What should I do if Thailand suspends visa-on-arrival travel to China and is cancelled?

Many people in China used Thailand as a transit point because of Australia's restrictions. The most worrying thing is the visa on arrival in Thailand, which still happened. Just recently, Thailand announced that it would suspend visas on arrival for 18 countries, including China. The latest entry rules of Thailand are issued by the Thai Embassy

Passengers who come to Thailand from high-risk areas should provide medical health certificates without COVID-19 infection risk

Thai Airways follows the instructions for passengers who travel to Thailand from South Korea (Seoul and Busan), Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, Xiamen, Hong Kong and Macao) and Italy (Rome and Milan). In addition, passengers must fill in the T8 form (Infectious Diseases Act 215) and show it to the disease control officer of the International Office for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control when they arrive at the destination airport in Thailand.

passengers passing through Thailand and not entering Thailand in areas with high risk of infection

passengers departing from the above areas and transiting through Thailand and not entering Thailand do not need to provide the above health certificates. Thai returned passengers

According to the information of the Ministry of Health of Thailand, Thai passengers who have stayed in the above-mentioned high-risk areas for less than 14 days before and have a fixed residence after returning to China do not need to provide the above-mentioned health certificate.

At present, most domestic and foreign airlines in Thailand have complied with the notice of the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand

(CAAT), urging passengers from South Korea, Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, Italy and Iran to show their medical health certificates without the risk of COVID-19 infection before departure (they are observed by doctors 14 days before departure, and the health certificates are valid for 48 hours, regardless of hospital level, and signed by doctors). When you arrive at the airport in Thailand, you must fill in the T8 form (Infectious Diseases Act, 215) and show it to the disease control officer of the International Office of Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control.

Three restrictions:

14 days before departure, the health certificate is valid for 48 hours and signed by the doctor. I believe many people have been able to find it a bit difficult to go to Thailand.

the official website of the Thai government gazette announces that tourists will be refunded if they can't travel for some reason, and the website of the Thai government gazette announces the relevant provisions of the "Thailand Tourism and Tour Guide Committee's guidelines for refunding tourist service rates in 2563 (Gregorian calendar 22)".

1. Tourists can apply to cancel their travel itinerary in advance and apply for a refund of the service fee:

If tourists inform the tour operators to cancel their travel itinerary at least 3 days before departure, the tour operators will refund 1% of the service fee; 5% service fee will be refunded if you inform at least 15 days before departure; Inform within 15 days before departure, and the tour operator does not need to refund the service fee.

2. If the tourists are forced to cancel their trips for some reason and it is not the fault of the tourism practitioners, the tourism practitioners need to refund 1% of the service fee.

III. Refund of tourists' service fees shall be carried out according to the above two items. If tourism practitioners collect tourists' cash for planned travel, the service fees shall be refunded according to the following provisions:

1) Visa fees; 2). Airfare; 3). Other necessary funds; If the tourism practitioners spend more than the fees they have received (tourists) during the formulation of their travel itinerary, the tourism practitioners have no right to charge them from tourists.

airasia canceled all flights from Thailand to Kunming, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau from March 11th to 31st. Passengers who booked their tickets in advance can request to change their flights for free, save their tickets for the next use and ask for a full refund. Attached with medical health certificate:

Attached with health information card: Songkran Festival in Thailand will cancel

Songkran Festival celebrations in Silom Road, Kau Shan Road and the area around the Four Faces Buddha in Bangkok.

the Bangkok municipal government will cooperate with private enterprises to discuss the cancellation of various Songkran Festival activities held in various crowd gathering places, including in Asiatique and CentralWorld.

In recent years, one of the biggest events in Thailand, S2O Electronic Syllabus also announced the cancellation of this year's event due to the epidemic situation.

Chiang Mai will suspend all the activities of the parade during the Songkran Festival.

All water splashing activities in the ancient city of Chiang Mai will be suspended.

However, in the Tapemen and san huang Monument areas in Chiang Mai, traditional custom activities such as sprinkling water on Buddha statues and piling up New Year's sand towers, as well as the prayer activities of Papudaxi Yunfo in Pasin Temple on April 11th and 13th, went on as usual.