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hello everyone i hope you are all having a wonderful day here we are almost at the end
of december and heading into a new year where too many up and downs occurred in thailand reopening
schedules but at the end it has managed to open the doors for everyone although with rules and
streak requirements but at least it did not disappoint lots of willing tourists to enter
thailand if they are ready to follow the rules and the terms depending under which group or country
they are coming from so as we said in the title thailand is open for everyone but under different
rules and requirements and despite the latest new variant that is making changes in all over the
world thailand will stay open by keeping the same rules and obligations for all of the groups with
some minor changes that we will mention it through this vlog so stay tuned and enjoy till the end
now of course lots of tourists are not happy with the existing rules and obligations
and through all our vlogs we read comments or reactions
that says they are not ready to pass all the hustle that is required now
and it is better for them to wait until things get easier or maybe just like the good old days
they are totally right and everyone wants easy rules to travel and enjoy less costly vacation
but for the time being we like it or not the existing roads are the only way to visit thailand
the entry rules and requirements that is being applied since october 1
will stay the same the latest announcement about shortening the sandbox from seven into five days
or replacing the pcr test with atk tests and removing the obligatory one-day hotel bookings
will not be applied and things will stay the same for all the three groups
hence thailand pass application and its requirement did not change anything
even though it was announced to be applied in december 16 but again nothing is changed
or will change until further notice so i hope this point is clear to you
so concerning the test and go group you still have to do an arrival pcr test and
book a one day accommodation in the approved category of hotels and weight your result
which for some is like one day quarantine but according to the latest arrivals and their
experiences ninety percent of them are getting their results in less than six hours and enjoying
their vacation from the first day although they have booked a one night stay so in my opinion it
could not be considered one day quarantine rather than a couple of hours waiting time
the sandbox group category will stay seven days besides the arrival pcr test and the atk test
at the last day so the news that we lately saw on social media and in some youtube channels
that the sandbox group will have longer quarantine is not so accurate
since the 7 days were never reduced to 5 days and it was still under
review which means same requirements and no one has to panic about that
concerning to the ones that are not vaccinated and they are willing to enter thailand they are also
welcome but of course with the specific rules that are applied to the unvaccinated category
which is again to apply for thailand pests and also to book the required hotels to spend 10
days of quarantine before they can come out and enjoy their vacation so it's better than
the previous 15 days that was required before and the best thing that it is called happy quarantine
now as we said there were some minor rules concerning to the countries from african continent
that are willing to travel to thailand and that was because of the latest variant
hence first some countries were banned to enter and the rest were obliged to undergo
two weeks counting now it has been announced that the quarantine has been reduced since december 16
into seven days except some nations that are still restricted to travel to thailand for the
detailed informations you can check the official thailand pass website and read the details there
here we come to the latest situation in thailand and the good news is that the covet
numbers are getting low gradually despite the partial reopening and the vaccinated
people percentage are getting high hence making thailand one of the safest places in the world
to travel and enjoy your vacation until now everything seems under control
and working according to the schedule so so far so good
so according to what we mentioned now we have more blue zones in thailand
and less restricted areas this means also that tourists can enjoy more provinces and be safe
while they are traveling and hopefully all the provinces in thailand will be blue zones very soon
you know lately no more curfews in the blue zones and hence more action at
night time which gave some breeding space to the night time activities
from markets into malls and restaurants and that helped the nightlife to be on track again
since now they are permitted to serve alcohol for more hours and moreover they
will be allowed to celebrate and serve till 1am in the festive days and we are hoping
that the full reopening of the nightlife will be on 16 january so let's wait and see
new year celebrations are also being organized and there will be new year if countdown activities
but of course by following the rules and the safety measures where in crowded places
people must be vaccinated or had an atk test in order to participate and enjoy the celebrations
for the time being according everything we mentioned things will stay the same the rules
and the requirements and all the obligations till at least the beginning of the new year
and according to the ground situation things might get is or maybe stay the same for a long time
and all we hope that nothing's rolled back so that by time thailand can have more tourists
and why not to remove all the current requirements
i hope you enjoyed this vlog stay safe and subscribe for more from live love thailand
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