Covid fears vs Starving to death? Tourism businesses give their verdict: Open up Thailand!
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Voice TV asked some tourist businesses their opinion about opening up Thailand.
They got a clear answer: Open up the country now.
The message was put in stark terms.
There are still fears about Covid-19 but not opening up the country to foreign tourists would mean they would starve to death.
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Amporn W. who owns a massage shop in Huay Kwang, Bangkok, said business was terrible. All her customers were Chinese and Taiwanese so she had virtually none now.
There were few Thais wanting her service. She didn't know if she could last past the end of the year.
Yes, Covid was a worry to her but you could get the disease and recover.
What recovery was there from starving to death, she asked. None.
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The same was true of Jinda L. and Noprada W. who run a restaurant that caters to foreigners. They implored the government to open up the country to improve the economy.
They couldn't charge as much for Thais as they could do for foreigners, they lamented.
They too were worried about Covid but the state of their business was another form of death. They couldn't last longer either.
As always Voice found that people wanted quarantine to ensure the virus was not brought in, albeit suggesting that it was reduced to a few days or about a week.
And there is the crux of the matter.
Who is going to come for a short holiday if they have to quarantine for any length of time?
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Voice referred to the Special Tourist Visa that so far has meant a few tourists arriving for long stay trips.
But this involves 14 day quarantine and there have been few people prepared to do it.
It is not the answer.
Opening up the country now is the only answer to stop more tourism businesses going to the wall was the overriding message from their article.
Source: Voice TV
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