Originally Posted by transpac

This is interesting.

Would love to hear more detail...what were you told was the reason for the DB? "Apparently" makes it sound like you were not given specific reason(s). What did they suggest you do? Were you starting an LHR-DOH-BKK return trip?

This sounds more like a Qatar/QR issue than a Thailand issue but without more detail, it's hard to assess.

In any event, the situation is not going to improve here (in Thailand) anytime soon. Things will get much more confusing, as if that is possible, with various ministries issuing countervailing "orders" as an incompetent military dictatorship grapples with a crisis they are wholly unfit to deal with. Tanks and bullets work on pesky citizens, not so much on a virus.

All the sites, temples, food, entertainment, and hopefully the bulk of the population, will still be here after this crisis has abated. The Grand Palace is no less magnificent with thousands of other tourists. While you might think the locals will appreciate your money I can't say that this is the best time to visit the Land of Smiles. Foreigners (non-Asian looking), are somewhat subtly being portrayed as bringing the disease to Thailand. Sort of the inverse xenophobia Asians are experiencing elsewhere. That said, Thai's are sharing their resentment for other Thais returning from Korea, where they have been living and working illegally. So there's a lot of fear and hatred in the air.

The "tipping point" in public fear amongst Thais was roughly yesterday, in my completely unqualified observation.