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A Pheu Thai politician told the Thai government to stop its flip-flopping on plans to reopen the country to foreign tourism.
The Phuket sandbox was due to start next month without quarantine for foreigners. Then the center for Covid Situation Administration threw a spanner in the works saying tourists would need to quarantine for 14 days.
Tourists were left with not knowing whether they were coming or going!
Then the tourism minister in one report suggested that the island was not ready to link up with Samui on July 1st and may not even be ready at all.
It was also announced that bars and entertainment would not be reopening on July 1st.
This all led to the Pheu Thai party arranging a public forum about the issue.
Nan politician and party health spokeswoman Dr Chollanan Srikaew told the government to stop flip-flopping.
She said that locals in Phuket should come up with a workable plan not PM Prayut Chan-o-cha whose record so far has been terrible.
If they presented their ideas to Prayut they were bound to be better.
She called for mass vaccination in tourism areas like Phuket as well as mass testing as the keys to moving forward.
Niphon Ekwanich, a Phuket businessman, outlined the devastation caused by the pandemic in Phuket saying that the mini-recovery last year after lockdown was eased was further destroyed by Waves 2 and 3 of Covid, reported Daily News.
A near 400 billion baht business for Phuket - 300 billion from foreign tourists and 70 million from Thai domestic tourists - in 2019 was obliterated.
He called on a "single command" approach of government and opposition MPs like what was experienced during the cave drama in Chiang Rai in 2018.
He wanted everyone to pull together in a united approach for the sake of the nation and tourism.
And he also called for an end to the confusion and conflicting statements coming out of the mouths of government officials every time they speak.
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