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What are the latest updates on the Phuket Sandbox rules for foreign tourists?
Phuket SandboxThailand TourismVisa RulesForeign TravelersCovid-19 RegulationsTravel InsuranceThai Marriage LawsQuarantine Policies
Jun 26, 2021
5 years ago
Garrett ***********
ORIGINAL POSTERPhuket sandbox drama Thailand edition is getting better! Head of the Phuket tourism association (whatever that is) said in an online interview today that only Thai women who were legally married to a foreigner would be allowed to share a bed with them during the sandbox.
The Thai powers that be quickly pulled that back and said, well, he said that but don't listen to it yet, sort of.
The Thai powers that be quickly pulled that back and said, well, he said that but don't listen to it yet, sort of.
TLDR : Answer Summary
Recent comments by the head of the Phuket Tourism Association suggested that only Thai women legally married to foreigners could share a bed with them during the Phuket Sandbox program. However, these statements were quickly retracted, indicating a lack of clarity in current regulations. The post sparked discussion among commenters who criticized the tourism authority's approach to reopening, the requirements for insurance, and invasive rules that disregard personal freedoms. A consensus emerged that these rules might hinder Thailand's tourism recovery, drawing comparisons to regulations in neighboring countries.
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Wayne *******
Have anyone seen the latest take on covid from Singapore .
No more reporting of cases , covid to be treated as a flu strain like any other . Qurantine of travellers to be dumped as will be isolation of close contacts
Something for the Australian bed wetting covid politicians to ponder .
No more reporting of cases , covid to be treated as a flu strain like any other . Qurantine of travellers to be dumped as will be isolation of close contacts
Something for the Australian bed wetting covid politicians to ponder .
Michael ********
@Wayne ******
just did my weekly RRT then wednesday is the ART testMichael ********
@Wayne ******
methinks you have been fed fake newsWayne *******
@Michael *******
well there it is again on Credlin with her preaching on national TV . She has challenged the Australian Government at tomorrows national cabinet to follow Singapore who are going to ..as quoted by her , drop qurantine for vaccinated arivals , treat the virus as a flu strain , no more reporting of cases , adopt a strategy around living with the virus ...and work towards an open country again .. perhaps she got fake news as well ?Unbelievable here in Australia 30 cases and the entire country is wetting the bed ! lockdowns everywhere ..2 cases Perth, McGowan considering hard lockdown . The descruction caused by Australias eradication policy adding billions to the already massive deficit . A nation of bed wetting numpties
Michael ********
@Wayne ******
and just listened to 5 pm news 4 new cases, two HDB (apartment) blocks all being tested as traces of covid was found in sewage lolMichael ********
@Wayne ******
Load of cock and bull no idea where she getting information.I got 36 men been waiting six months to enter country from Malaysia so follow news a lot.
Same with all other projects lack of manpower Singapore is locked down.
They just eased off measures last week by allowing dine in at restaurants and bars with maximum of two customers and all out by 10 pm does that sound like they are easing off lol
Wayne *******
@Michael *******
maybe a future goal she has just made a fool of herself on national TV Dont know if you can catch Alan Jones he will be all over it
yes now as I type on Bolt report as well
Michael ********
@Wayne ******
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001Thats the only thing i can find, nothing in news here just searched through two local new outlets
Wayne *******
@Michael *******
Ahh ok Michael ********
@Wayne ******
i think they picked up on a story of what might happen when Singapore reaches herd immunity. But thats still only at discussion stage nothing approved
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Wayne *******
@Michael *******
pretty good government there I am sure they get it sorted yes I am sure they will be cautious Wayne *******
@Michael *******
yeah perhaps it was too good tob be true 🤔Michael ********
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@Wayne ******
you got to be frigging Joking, i am in Singapore at the moment and they are stricter than ever, doing covid tests twice a week to be able to work in Shipyard.My son who was born in Singapore but not a Singaporean citizen cannot get permission to get in the country and he has his Mum who is permanent resident his Grandmother who is Singapore citizen and myself an employment pass holder.
Full reports of covid are happening just check out channelnewsasia.com.
Quarantine has not been dumped in fact its been made longer for anybody travelling for countries with high incidence of the delta variant. One of my workers is getting out tomorrow after 21 days coming from papa new guinea
Sian ********
@Michael *******
I totally agree!! I’ve got a friend living in Singapore who’s husband went back to the uk to visit his sick mother.........he’s now stuck in the UK for the foreseeable future!😱Reply to
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Wayne *******
@Garrett **********
It will be all over Alan Jones tonight as on Credlin today quoting Singapores plan going forward with covid Reply to
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Bruce *****
The man is an idiot and he has discredited the organisation he claims to represent he must resign
Mark ***********
Fake puritanism. A 17th century Quaker mentality, that compels some to say silly things.
Jack **********
go to columbia
Garrett ***********
ORIGINAL POSTERJack Colombia*
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Bob **********
Fake news
Mazi *****
If anyone need legal wife with paper please contact me we provide short time wife with all the documents ..my new business 😂😂😂😂
Joel *******
@Mazi ****
I heard that's what they do in Iran. You can get a 'wife' for the night and then divorce her in the morning, and the religious authorities are fine with this apparently 🤔Michael ********
@Joel ******
indonesia as wellMazi *****
@Joel ******
that's correct so we have the same leadership in Thailand as well 😂Reply to
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Bruce *************
You know a market when you see one ;)
Michael ********
@Mazi ****
good ideaReply to
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Marguyvin **********
Trying to sell more rooms.
Thoram *******
ppl need to be free in holiday after more then 1 year of restrictions...Thailand didn't understand that
Roger *******
Another unfolding circus
Ron *****
Do u even have to sleep in the hotel? How they will even enforce any of it, tuck you in every night?
Michael ********
@Ron *******
gps wrist band trackers, which you could of course leave in hotelReply to
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Jaime ************
Sounds like iron fisted rubbish to me. There are some funky rules that make 0 sense out there. Power hungry people...smh
Wylie *******
Just another person making a comment that he shouldn't. This rule will end up being thrown out just like the whole Thai nationals and long term visa holders not being allowed.
Tod *********
Ahh, the hare-brained, Phuket "Litter-Box" gets more and more convoluted every day
Edna *******
@Tod ********
how about more like the poo hunks most sandbox’s have. I like thousands of others was hoping for success, not over yet. I do want to see my fiancée in Khonkaen. It will be two years in November. Since I’ve seen him in person.Reply to
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Andy **********
Yea... Nah. My girls us visa is just about finished. I think we'll stay here and work until Thailand finishes shooting itself in the feet.
Frank ********
what can happen if they do share a bed ? LOLOLOLOL (censored )
Andy **********
@Frank *******
the military will come into your room and conduct a viewing of your activities to determine if you're making love or just f()cking.Edna *******
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Jeremy *********
Lol I wait until 2023/ 2024 I am not going jump through hoops.
Brent *******
The PCR TEST to go to Thailand and return to Canada and the insurance is the price of my plane ticket! I have had both shots and have the certificate but still I have to quarantine for two weeks in Bangkok. If you want a holiday, why would you pick Thailand ? People who are vaccinated need to be given some latitude
Colin ********
I have a wife in Thailand too and I'm stuck in China, that's just the way it is and qurantine is here to stay, especially with all the variants. Get used to it.
Colin ********
@Brent ******
It's the SAME for every country. Having the vaccine DOES NOT stop you from passing it on and HAVING the virus. It just prevents YOU from being ill, hence the necessity for quarantine still. Simple really.Colin ********
So you could test positive 2 days AFTER arriving, is that too difficult too understand?
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@Colin *******
that is not the way the vaccine works. Reply to
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Colin ********
There is 10-14 day incubation period
Brent *******
@Colin *******
if I have the vaccines and test negative when I leave Canada and test negative when I hit Thailand... why two weeks of quarantine? To boost the failed policies of the government in relation to tourism? Reply to
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Wayne *******
@Brent ******
I agree , but covid has been turned into an economic boom for parasite insurance companies , and governments Look at travel agents the incredible boom they are having as immigration and movement has now been trashed by beaurocrats and health Nazis.
Couples separated by covid are knocked back by the likes of border force, forcing them to spend on Agents and lawyers
Edna *******
@Brent ******
all I want to do is see my sweetheart. In a yellow zone no less. Brent *******
@Edna ******
yup I have been trying to get back to Thailand since January 2020 to register my marriage with my wife there. Reply to
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@Rich ***
that’s exactly what I thought, as soon as I heard the term, sure is Uninviting for such a beautiful country. Reply to
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Fari ******
I can't understand why tourists still need an covid insurance that cover 100.000 usd even they are vaccinated, that doesn't makes any sense to me.
John *******
@Fari *****
being vaccinated is not a guaranty you will not be able to get COVID. Non of the existing vaccinations are 100% protective (yet).Janne ***********
Thailand may be the ONLY country in the world that FORCES all cases and mandate they must go to a hospital and stay until not testing positive, a good way to make money for the hospitals. 98% or more of them just need to stay at home and quarantine until symptoms are over and done with. The system is awful!
Marc ***********
@Fari *****
because if they are tested positive and have no symptoms (which can still happen apparently) they will be sent to hospital for treatment that don't need... Kevin ***********
Now they've got an insurance mandate for foreigners, it might just stick.
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@Kevin **********
absolutely sure it will. Its been on the cards since before covid.Reply to
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Jon ********
Vaccination does not stop you getting or transmitting Covid hence the insurance requirement, therefore it is a medication not a vaccine by definition
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@Fari *****
if u are infected with covid in thailand, where do you get the money to pay for hospitalisation/ICU? expect Thai govt to pay for you if you don't have the money?Mazi *****
@Fari *****
if you living Thai or you want live here .Put sense back to your home ..They don't understand that word call >sense<Edna *******
@Fari *****
other things go wrong besides Covid.Ivan ************
@Ed**
other things may go wrong but the insurance requirement is specifically for Covid, it doesn't have to cover anything else.Garrett ***********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Ivan ***********
No, you need health insurance that covers Covid. Ive never seen a company that only offers Covid insurance. Mathieu *****
@Ivan ***********
how much cost this insurance ?🤔Reply to
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Edna *******
@Fari *****
let’s think out of the box for a moment. In the past many travelers had no insurance and stuck Thailand with the tap. Pack packers fir instance. Many foreign travelers do have insurance at home but not good in other countries. Insurance will probably continue-into the future, even when normalcy occurs. Unless they can document policies that cover other countries.Frédéric ******************
@Edna ******
I was an interpreter in a Thai hospital for a while. The bad payers I met were not backpackers, they were jobless men in their 50s who took their old mum or dad in Thailand with them and living with an ex-bargirl on the parent retirement money. Then the elderly in their 80s got sick...and no insurance!Reply to
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Garrett ***********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Fari *****
Everyone that tests positive has to quarantine. They make forigners have covid insurance so they can bill for the asymptomatic Covid quarantine.J ******************
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should not need it if you have other health insurance in place Reply to
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Dev *******
Sounds like dubai🤔🤔🤫🤫
Paul *****************
Forget Thailand Holidays 4500baht 1 Test p.P need 3 in Holidays. Mask everywhere on Beach to. Not wasting my Time and Money for nothing.
Maledives, Cuba, USA and Dom Rep are open.
Maledives, Cuba, USA and Dom Rep are open.
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@Heyland **********
in Holiday and for Money everybody Friendly around the World. Thai only Smile for the Money. Heyland ***********
@Paul ****************
Good to know that /South America they don’t smile for money.. Your choice of selection are freedoms for the holiday destination. No one can really force you actually... Reply to
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Edna *******
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yep, plenty of beaches in the US.Paul *****************
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i like Venice Beach and Key West. Reply to
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Heyland ***********
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Only thing, others they don’t have like Thailand are friendly people...Garrett ***********
ORIGINAL POSTERDeimos Most countries in South America they'll also ride up to you on a motorbike and put a gun in your face for $5.
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Most countries in South America are open too. Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Reply to
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David **********
WTF....its called tourism...are the govt nuts or something???
Fratech ********
So no short time rooms
Bob *******
Do long term overnight relationships count?
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Jonas *************
I thought about bringing my harem. It's that ok?
Edna *******
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only kings can do that.Brent *******
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only If you are royalty.Reply to
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Eugene **********
So they wanted to sell more hotel rooms and did not realize they were violating people basic freedoms. Idiocy
Ivan ********
Tribe ppl!!!
Garrett ***********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Eug***
To be fair, Vietnam technically prohibits Vietnamese women from living with foreign men of they're unmarried. Hear stories in Da nang of the police showing up and telling someone to leave because they aren't married. Maggie *****
@Garrett **********
Not only foreign men. Vietnamese are not supposed to stay in the same room if they’re not married. Some wards are stricter than the others.Garrett ***********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Mag***
Actually didn't know that, thought it was just a foreigner issue. I know Vietnam made a lot of laws after the war to stop prostitution with the US soldiers. Maggie *****
@Garrett **********
The same apply to female expats and VN men too. There are ways around it though if the landlords or hotels really want to help under normal circumstances. Registering them in the same ASQ room is still impossible.Reply to
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@Garrett **********
same in Laos but I doubt it’s as highly enforced in Vietnam as I believe they changed the law in 2000 from what I’ve read. In Laos not so much. *********************************************************************************
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@Garrett **********
sure, but that has been the case for decsdes and could well be written into their laws. However that is certainly not the case in Thailand. Pretty sure it will be a comment that is forgotten about very quickly Edna *******
@Ray ****
in November of 2019 I traveled all over Thailand with my Thai fiancée and was never questioned by anyone.Ray *****
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I don't doubt it at all it is not against the law in Thailand so it would have been unusual if you had been questionedReply to
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Mustafa ******
i have never seen such a ridiculous blatant rejection of money in my entire life.
they're essentially being handed billions in tourism revenue to open back up and saying nah we good bruh maybe later
they're essentially being handed billions in tourism revenue to open back up and saying nah we good bruh maybe later
Jean **********************
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some countries give money to tourists to come ....different style ..Reply to
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Lee **********
Who gives a shit anymore
John ******
Wake up Thailand. Walk in Vaccination and test centres needed.
Garrett ***********
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They don't have enough vaccinations for that yet. John ******
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