News Forum - 13-day quarantine enacted for travellers from Thailand to Japan

[Thaiger]

Japan has announced new restrictions for travellers from Thailand entering the country, who must now undergo a 13-day quarantine on arrival. The new restriction will go into effect tomorrow and will affect travellers coming from Thailand and 4 other countries. The new restrictions follow a farther-reaching announcement on January 15 easing restrictions for the rest of the world, replacing the mandatory 14-day quarantine previously required with a shortened 10-day quarantine. But in an effort to contain Omicron variant outbreaks in Japan, 5 countries were added to the list that requires an additional 3 days to their quarantine time. Travellers from […]

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[Brawn]

Travel halfway round the world for a nice long quarantine ....perfect for discerning punters

[Vince]

24 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

Japan has announced new restrictions for travellers from Thailand entering the country, who must now undergo a 13-day quarantine on arrival. The new restriction will go into effect tomorrow and will affect travellers coming from Thailand and 4 other countries. The new restrictions follow a farther-reaching announcement on January 15 easing restrictions for the rest of the world, replacing the mandatory 14-day quarantine previously required with a shortened 10-day quarantine. But in an effort to contain Omicron variant outbreaks in Japan, 5 countries were added to the list that requires an additional 3 days to their quarantine time. Travellers from […]

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Japan has a consumer economy, and can afford to buy and sell to themselves. 

[Somchai]

The entry rules of Thailand are just one side of the coin.

 

If travellers cannot return home without quarantine, they for sure wont visit Thailand, even if the country is fully open .

 

So, forget Asian visitors and focus on Falangs and Russians. Their countries have much more relaxed return rules.

[Vince]

6 minutes ago, Somchai said:

The entry rules of Thailand are just one side of the coin.

If travellers cannot return home without quarantine, they for sure wont visit Thailand, even if the country is fully open .

So, forget Asian visitors and focus on Falangs and Russians. Their countries have much more relaxed return rules.

Great point. This punishes Japanese tourists as much as or more than Thais. 

Why focus on any group? 

Make the process easy - a one stop flat rate all prices included process, make it transparent - make it very very clear what happens if tourists test positive, and make sure there are no surprises. 

Thailand's friendliness, natural beauty, relaxing beaches and attractions will take care of the rest and tourism will recover. 

[Ynwaps]

90-year-old stoner dies from weed.  He had a sore throat and was diabetic.

[BraveNewFahrenheit]

Japan is still closed and not issuing long stay visas so not even sure what the point of this article is???

[Vince]

1 hour ago, Ynwaps said:

90-year-old stoner dies from weed.  He had a sore throat and was diabetic.

[Ynwaps]

6 hours ago, Vince said:

Wrong article, sorry

[js89]

This very much gives the lie to official Thai government statistics on Omicron numbers in Thailand...