This morning, the long-anticipated launch of the government’s Half-Half Thai Travel programme plunged into digital chaos as hopeful vacationers were met with technical failures that left them stranded in front of screens rather than sandy beaches. As the clock struck 8 am on July 1st, the virtual gates to discounted holidays were supposed to swing wide open, thanks to the Amazing Thailand app, but instead, they firmly clamped shut with blunt error messages like, “An error occurred. Something went wrong.” Users were either greeted by screen-snapping technical gremlins or tossed unceremoniously out of the digital queue altogether. The perplexing meltdown wasn’t limited to just one app, though. The ThaID application, crucial for verifying the identities of eager travellers, also crumbled under the application onslaught. Thousands of would-be tourists found themselves stuck in a virtual labyrinth, unable to pass the necessary checks, much like forgotten travelers with expired passports. In the…