Reply #1 austin821's post
Suggest the mods leave this thread, but as it's not a report, A-points only, gentlemen. Thanks!
Lots of chatter about this here as you'd imagine. Before anything, I recommend reading this, from local newspaper the Nation:
Why Thailand’s tourism sandbox programmes failed
https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40006751
This is what happened to the much-ballyhooed Phuket Sandbox and Samui Plus schemes. The reality? As of now much inter-provincial travel from the "dark red zones" (i.e. Bangkok & Pattaya) is difficult or impossible. Thais cannot travel freely within their own country.
So far there has been ZERO actual discussion of ASQ. They will reduce it to seven days...let's not forget they already did that earlier this year. Then they jacked it back it to 14 (actually 15) days.
My strong advice: get vaxxed, and make tentative plans if you want. Do NOT purchase any nonrefundable air/hotel tickets until you hear from sources who've actually been here and described the process. You can come anytime you want, as long as you prepay 15 days at an approved ASQ hotel. I did it, and others have. But as of this writing that is the deal. Phuket may allow you to roam the island, but I don't know about that.
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