Dimple

Well, Aiming is a good move.

‘Is Thailand creating a Cannabis tourism empire?’
 

No, not on this side of eternity anyway!

Now, The Netherlands, Canada, Jamaica and the US can be called Cannabis tourism empires.

Try to imagine Thailand ever Being as unwinding, pleasant and relaxing as walking in a coffee shop in Amsterdam??

free tip, Stop trying to imagine that BEFORE your hair goes all white , Ok?

No one, single or any size group foreigners will ever be able to damage Thai image the way this man already has. Ever. 

Well it would great, if they were able to a actually pull this off.

Ah, there’s the good spirit!

Italian virus?¿?

Is there no Thai version of ‘Don’t cry wolf’ whatsoever??

Reading that was like watching a slot machine in action. 

5 hours ago, Gimbo said:

The health authorites in Norway says face masks worn by non-professionals have little to no effect, and could actually make matters worse and is just a waste of time and recources. Cleaning your hands as often as possible however has far better effect. 
 

TAT is in the entertainment department, right?
 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147140-coronavirus-uk-government-issues-travel-advice-to-brits-returning-from-thailand/?utm_source=newsletter-20200207-1243&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

Foreigners, no I mean aliens, don’t understand Thailand.   

Not happy??
 

That has got to mean that the ‘bring-happiness-back-to-the-people-campaign’ has failed completely then, yes?

Oh, the irony. 
 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1145441-thailand’s-pm-assures-coronavirus-situation-is-“100-under-control”/page/7/#comments

Does this mean that PM have lost face now?

‘PM assures’ Is something that’s been heard so many times the last 5-6 years. So from experience I believe most people know whatever it is that’s being assured, the exact opposite will be the truth. 

Perhaps this been said before a few times, but wouldn’t this would be a golden opportunity to initiate some nation wide effort to restore places that’s already been trashed by way, way more visitors than the natural setting can handle. Cleaning the beaches that literally turned into sandy garbage dumps probably would help a lot too, and do something about that sewage water flowing into the sea on the beaches around the kingdom. Maybe set up a national yearly schedule as how to keep the kingdoms natural beauty clean and well maintained at all times?

food for thought. 

Finally someone who’s talking sense in plain words!!

i’ll be glad hear more of that!

On 1/14/2020 at 9:45 AM, Bassosa said:

It's more like months and months of unhealthy air, here in Chiang Mai at least.

I work in tourism and longstayers are cutting their stays short and leaving. 

It's happening here, Chiang Mai is dying. A high season ruined by air pollution will be the final straw, especially if the "normal" smoky season is as bad, or worse, than last years.

I'm also working towards an exit. Don't want to pay the price later in life, I'm 40 years old.

I’m afraid that next years ‘smokey season’ will be worse than this year and worse the year after that and so on until the people assigned to handle the situation actually DO something. 

9 hours ago, MaxYakov said:

Article:

 

"Particulate matter less than 2.5 micrograms per cubic metre (PM2.5) averaged 27-66mcg per cubic metre in over 50 areas, exceeding the 50mcg per cubic metre air quality standard of the department."

 

World Health Organization:

 

"Air quality guideline. Air quality guideline is an annual mean concentration guideline for particulate matter from the World Health Organization. The guideline stipulates that PM2. 5 not exceed 10 μg/m3 annual mean, or 25 μg/m3 24-hour mean; and that PM10 not exceed 20 μg/m3 annual mean, or 50 μg/m3 24-hour mean."

 

Thailand is right on target as usual (NOT). The books are not being cooked in Thailand. Wouldn't want to "panic" the Thai people (and others).

Funny how ’safe levels’ of toxins varies for people in various places on earth, isn’t it?