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good morning everyone i hope you are all having a wonderful time so first of all i'm gonna
wish happy easter for everyone celebrating easter this sunday and of course i'm here
to update you about the latest situation in thailand concerning the rules and obligations
if you are willing to come to thailand very soon so let's start it right now
first of all guys i wish you again happy easter and of course happy songkran which
is the thai new year as you see i am on my way to the airport heading to phuket
and from there we'll have a drive to fangnabe to do some beautiful vlogs
so keep an eye on the channel let's take the airport link and see you there
so as every weekend we are updating you about the latest from thailand and things are getting much
better by time in today's vlog we are going to talk about the situation of the airport
after the removal of the pre-departure pcr test the mess that happened and how it was solved
the smooth songkran festivals and of course the opening big step that might happen in two weeks
and thailand can be on the right path by removing the pcr test and why not
the thailand pest so lots of interesting informations let us start it right now
the pre-departure pcr tests were removed and this made a big change on the arrival situation
at swannapum airport now before i talk about that let me give you an important information
about this matter most of the airlines now are following the rules applied at the arrival country
so if you are flying to thailand then thailand don't require a pre-arrival pcr test then the
airlines will not require two before boarding of course there could be some minor exceptions
but in general that's the case now let's talk what happened in suanapom airport
a mess happened at the airport that was the topic of the week
everywhere on social media after the complaints made that the arrivals are getting lost
and wasting time by searching for their hotels to take their taxis and so on well what happened
really that the number of the arrivals went six to seven thousand more per day so the test and go
counters could not handle that and the mess happened but very quickly swannapum airport
handled the situation and added more counters moreover now you have a qr code that can help
you to find your hotel very quickly all in all it's a mess but better than before
now as we were talking about the mess but on the other hand now the situation is much better at
the airport and more tourist daily landing this means that once the rules are eased things will
be back on track but before we talk about the big possible opening step next month
let me tell you a little bit about the song run festivals and if it went dry or wet
as you know from the previous vlogs that songkran festivals were supposed to be dry
again this year too and indeed it was dry in most of the places in thailand
and the celebrations were limited but rules were broke in some areas like kosan road in bangkok
and bangla road in phuket and kosamui well after all it's songkran but things went back dry after
so all in all better than nothing and hopefully next year things will be normal
again now let's jump into the main topic of today and see what's the coming next step
well my friends it seems that if everything goes well in the coming week then may could
be the start and big changes can happen in the entry rules yes the talks are serious
and as i said in the title big opening step and no thailand pass let's talk about
now the first big step is the removal of the arrival pcr test
which means the termination of the test and go and all the mess that is causing
imagine no one day bookings no nothing so what will be the alternative well it could be just
an atk test or better it might be nothing just you're vaccinated then welcome enjoy
your vacation which is more reasonable than any atk test which may cause another mess
this step will reveal in the coming week so fingers crossed
once it's applied then vaccinated people can enter thailand without
any obligations and moreover the unvaccinated people might have an atk test at the arrival
now the details and changes will be revealed as i said next week so let's hope for the best
well here we come to the most interesting part which is not island pass is also big possibility
but here the point is little bit blurry if it happens does the removal of thailand pass means
no more extra costs like the insurance well we have to check that once it happens but at least
that time wasting application can be removed now there are other talks that it might stay
and be much easier and less requirements but i hope that it won't and it will vanish forever
now let's go back to talk about what really could happen in the next week till now
everything according to the schedule and the reopening steps are much faster
so if they announce the test and go and thailand pass terminated
then things are back on track but if not the last could be the pcr replaced with 80k
and less requirements and easy types once all this happened but let's hope for the best
well guys i hope my explanations were clear to you and hopefully next week i
will make a big announcement in the updating vlog now it's time to fly
thank you for watching stay safe and subscribe for more from live love thailand
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