Is downloading a tracking app mandatory for travelers to Thailand?

@Richard *****

please do not infer from yourself to others!

@Richard *****

Is that what they taught you at university? It appears things have greatly been reduced recently.

@Daniel ***********

the gov't was proposing a new tracking app for new arrivals (thai and non thai) to track where people are going. but having an app on a phone doesn't mean it will actually track where you've been. you have to enable background refreshing on the phone (which eats up battery) so most people turn that off for app's they don't need.

The Thaichana app is the one to download for when you go into malls, restaurants, and stores so you don't have to manually put in your phone number each time you enter. You register your phone number on the app, open it and scan the QR quote upon entry, and then check out when you leave, you don't have to be putting in your phone number each time.

@Daniel ***********

it's a tracking app