Pattaya Mayor says city still plans to open to foreign vaccinated tourists by September 1st, developing final plans

[The Pattaya News]

The Pattaya News
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Pattaya, Thailand-   The Pattaya City Mayor, Sonthaya Khunplume, met with his deputy mayors and relevant tourism and business owners and agencies in Pattaya today, July 7th, to discuss the reopening of the city to foreign vaccinated tourists without a strict fourteen-day quarantine, like Phuket and soon to be Surat Thani. First, you can read […]

Pattaya Mayor says city still plans to open to foreign vaccinated tourists by September 1st, developing final plans
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[ElDiablo]

[OKAY]

If I were to begin my 14 day ASQ on 26 August would I get any benefit from the Sept 1st opening day? Would my quarantine be shortened? Yes, I am vaccinated with Moderna shots.

[Zeb]

8 hours ago, OKAY said:

If I were to begin my 14 day ASQ on 26 August would I get any benefit from the Sept 1st opening day? Would my quarantine be shortened? Yes, I am vaccinated with Moderna shots.

I suspect thats unknowable atm and may well remain so for some time.

Too many things happening overall, the hoops to jump through remain and at the end of the day the Thai Government need to give their OK. Whats happening with the virus in the Sandbox as well as throughout the country also comes into play.

The mayor is taking about plans and while he and many people including me want this to happen, they remain plans, hope etc.

Sadly.

[T-T-T]

I don't understand the structure of power in Thai Government does the Mayor have the ultimate power to make this happen or is this just his wish list and  does the central government have final say etc ?

[Billy Shears]

7 minutes ago, T-T-T said:

I don't understand the structure of power in Thai Government does the Mayor have the ultimate power to make this happen or is this just his wish list and  does the central government have final say etc ?

https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/pattaya-mayor-claims-no-ability-to-help-entertainment-industry-362624

[likeaking]

13 minutes ago, T-T-T said:

I don't understand the structure of power in Thai Government does the Mayor have the ultimate power to make this happen or is this just his wish list and  does the central government have final say etc ?

The central government has the only say. I think the mayor is trying to mollify locals pressuring him to do something to save the city's businesses. However, officials in Phuket talked about the sandbox long before getting the okay from Bangkok so talking about it may put upward pressure on the central government to make things happen.