Will the 90-day visa exemption policy be extended to Australian, US, and UK citizens?

@Andrew ******

oh yess, they are The Saviors of Thai economy!😅

If you need a visa exempt for 3 months, you are barely a tourist - get the Elite visa then.

@Victor *********

Good point . I think the agreement with the OECD will now change things for the Thai's, I hope so. The Thai Government is applying pressure in this direction.

@Bart *************

Oh that sandbox at least was better than my two other quarantines in Thailand, but was disorganised

@Michael *******

they did push the Phuket Sandbox through, making promises and even commitments to businesses in Phuket before the govt had a chance to even consider it. So they were kinda forced to give them something.

But the result was a middle way with totally unacceptable conditions, e.g.: if someone in the airplane next to you tested positive for covid, then YOU could be locked up for two weeks and AT YOU OWN EXPENSE. Impossible of course, by any common standard. De facto Thailand was still closed for tourism because the conditions to come were not compatible with tourism.

Had the TAT followed a more cautious approach, Thailand could have followed the same approach as Vietnam: fully closed on one day, fully reopened on the next. Drastic manoeuvre, but at least tourists don't need to fear for such unacceptable things. It would have been the better way.

@Bart *************

yep they call for lots and lots and never discuss with goverment first. Think its power play by TAT

@Andrew ******

TAT discuss lots of things and personally I think wrongly they release there statements to media before proposing to the govermeny

TAT were also reporting that the 45 day visa exempt temporary measure would be extended to the end of the year but it ended 31-Mar as planned.

@Michael *******

they call for a lot of things.