Katipo

Greater Bangkok. Manufacturing/Production

Not tourism, but I work in a factory and much of my wider social network do also. It seems many factories have been hit to varying degrees, with layoffs of indirect and direct labourer, and especially subcontractors. Certainly much more than usual.

Publicly listed companies are asking staff to resign, as opposed to officially laying them off, so as to avoid raising concern with shareholders. 

I think many of these people will have more difficulty than normal finding new jobs, so when their redundancy payment has been exhausted (usually 3 to 12 months depending on length of service), they might very quickly find themselves moving back with their parents 'upcountry'.

As car payments and mortgages begin to default, we are going to see things getting worse. With the knock-on/residual effects being felt for years.

I have to agree with Trump on this one. TikTok is very invasive malware, even when compared to the likes of Facebook.

5 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

Story make no sense.

 

Aren't all these Thai traveler's spending money?

 

Fully booked hotels how is there such a loss?

Not the best journalism. The Thai travellers came in droves over the long weekend (although it was not full according to Agoda). But during the week and regular weekends, I doubt they will be full. No speedboats arriving with Russians and Chinese from Pattaya either.

Dear Thai Police,

Please stop embarrassing the Kingom of Thailand and it's people. Your incredulous claims are completely unbelievable, and your continued propagation of fabrications are doing untold damage to the country's reputation.

Yours sincerely,

Everyone

There spotty service in rural areas might have something to do with it. At least that's the reason I changed back to AIS. No regrets.

Open the gates, and they will come. Yeah, nah. It's not that simple. Firstly you've got all the daft rules at this end. Secondly, you can be fairly sure that the tourists country of origin will have it's own set of rules about who can leave, and if and how they can come back. If my income relied on foreign tourists, I would be looking a new revenue stream right now.

Hit by a plane the PMs government allowed to land, disembark, and go shopping. The resulting chaos is going to result in even more suffering amongst people already teetering on the edge. At least he apologised for once, and it seems the loopholes are being closed.

While at least some of these requirements make sense, I sincerely doubt anyone will bother with all the effort. Couple that with many countries encouraging domestic tourism themselves, and you've got a Kingdom completely devoid of foreign tourists. We're only just beginning to see the impact this will have on the economy.

 New Zealand down at #9 in spite of being the only verifiable Covid free country on the world.

15 hours ago, smedly said:

he actually did nothing wrong, what he did was covered by exceptional circumstance in the rules, what mainstream media are doing right now in the UK is the real scandal

Whenever anyone uses the term "mainstream media" as the backbone of their argument, you know they have a pretty weak argument.

He's a leader, what do leaders do? They lead. If he acts a certain way, he's by default saying others can too. In a difficult time such as this, it is the exact opposite of what countries need, which is strong, united leadership, that sets a positive example. Not sneakiness and wordplay.