Around 2,500 travellers flew into Suvarnabhumi airport yesterday… the primary day of the rebooted Test & Go program. The passengers arrived on 46 totally different flights. Just some fast maths suggests that’s around fifty four individuals per flight… glad I’m not working these airways.Most of the arrivals got here from Malaysia and Singapore, and a few from European locations as nicely.To be clear, none of yesterday’s arrivals have been underneath the model new Test & Go program which solely opened for registration yesterday morning at 9am.Travellers are now required to take two PCR checks, one on the primary day of arrival and another on the fifth. They also have to remain in an SHA+ resort for those two days… all of that pre-paid with the receipts uploaded whenever you apply on your Test & Go Thailand Pass.Whilst most of the arrivals in the intervening time are Thais, enterprise folks and expats, the country’s tourism sector is cautious about the more sophisticated Test & Go reboot goes to convey the flood of vacationers the TAT and Tourism Ministry imagine. We’ll keep you up to date on the progress of the relaunched Test & Go right here at The Thaiger.
The Thai / Saudi love-in remains to be in full swing. PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed tourism businesses in Pattaya to prepare a journey roadshow for upcoming ministerial visits to Saudi Arabia so as to promote tourism and develop relations between the 2 nations.Following the directive, the TAT governor met with the Pattaya entrepreneurs group “One Voice” to reveal the PM’s journey to Saudi Arabia together with cabinet members and TAT officials (of course), though the date has not been set for the travelling expo at this stage.According to the governor, the main aim is to attract Saudi vacationers to visit Thailand and promote the country’s tourism industry, which he said may have a major impact on the Thai economic system.Early plans are reportedly within the works to promote Pattaya as a “HUB” for tourism from Saudi Arabia, significantly Islamic tourism, with plenty of halal meals, local mosques, a rising Muslim community, resorts with Muslim-friendly prayer rooms, and family-friendly tourist attractions which are acceptable to Islamic guests.And as all of us ponder that final paragraph, we’ll quickly move onto the following story….
——————————————————————————————————————————————————Authorities have slapped the Phuket taxi driver, who is accused of overcharging a Thai passenger after an argument over the payment went viral, with a 2,000 baht fine, and have ordered him to go through etiquette coaching. The driver charged a Thai traveller 600 baht for a roughly 15 minute drive from the Kamala Beach space to a resort close to Patong Beach.The traveller had tried to guide a journey by way of the purposes Grab and Bolt, but drivers on both platforms refused, apparently as a outcome of fears from what they described as a taxi mafia. The traveller says the fare was listed as 168 baht on his Bolt app. driedfruit and his girlfriend determined to hail a taxi, however when the motive force advised them the experience was 600 baht, they obtained into a debate and then the police turned concerned.The traveller filmed the altercation, where the driver could be seen yelling that the fare is 600 baht, and the movies were widely shared on social media. The driver swore at the passengers and informed them to call the police, including that officers won’t do something as a outcome of “they are friends”.According to Phuket Police Commander, the motive force is now under investigation for causing fear by threatening and intimidating. The police say they are gathering more evidence from CCTV footage and asking extra witnesses in regards to the situation earlier than pressing additional charges.
——————————————————————————————————————————————————Two Chinese men have been arrested for allegedly defrauding greater than 1,000 people for greater than 2 billion baht by luring them in to make high investments on an internet buying application. Police in both Bangkok and Chiang Mai received complaints from those who had lost cash within the alleged rip-off.According to the chief of the 191 Patrol and Special Operation Division, Pol Maj Gen Somboon Thiankhao, the two suspects have been found at their condominium in RamIntra district after following complaints.Four computers, 10 cell phones, and 57 passbooks with ATM and mobile phone SIM playing cards were seized by police, who additionally found a total of 2 billion baht being transacted, with 1.four billion baht being transferred to different financial institution accounts and the remainder being laundered by way of cryptocurrencies.During questioning, the 2 suspects told police that they got here to Thailand to work within the monetary companies for a month-to-month pay of 30,000 baht every and reportedly denied that they’d misled others.Now they are being charged with exploiting digital money and working with out work permits in the kingdom and have been transferred to Khok Kram police, along with the entire things confiscated, because the investigation has now been expanded to search out their collaborators.
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In the previous several months, 76 inmates have escaped from Thai correctional facilities, a significant improve when compared to the previous year. The Thai Justice Minister says a lot of the prisoners escaped during their 14 day quarantine at a brief lived jail or hospital, which remains a requirement before being housed within the general prison population. For a long run method to managing the situation, the minister says the Department of Corrections will organise a jail system to supply a particular area for the model new inmates to quarantine as the Covid-19 state of affairs is ongoing with no clear finish in sight.
——————————————————————————————————————————————————And as Myanmar marks its first anniversary after the 2021 military coup, streets in some of the country’s primary cities had been nearly abandoned. Opponents of navy rule held silent vigils to mark the coup de tat (French word… koo day tar) that sparked deadly chaos and destroyed the country’s tentative steps in the course of democracy with Aung Sun Su Kyi on the helm.The US, Britain and Canada imposed new sanctions on the Burmese navy and joined different international locations in calling for a global halt in arms sales to Myanmar.Since its bloody suppression of protests within the months following the coup, the military has confronted armed resistance on multiple fronts in outlying areas from teams allied with the ousted government.Yesterday, an explosion occurred throughout a procession of army supporters in Tachileik, proper on the border with Thailand’s Chiang Rai province. The blast killed two individuals, in accordance with witnesses, and wounded more than 30 others.
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