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    UPDATE: Pushback from local associations over the Thai government’s “Phuket Model”

    in Phuket News

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    1 hour ago, eeworldwide said:

    I think that thailand refuses or is unable, to view themselves from the outside perspective.

     

    What made Thailand a popular tourist destination in the past, was that it was

    • cheap
    • carefree
    • accessible
    • fun
    • exciting    

    People came to Thailand because it meant they could get away from the bureaucracy which plagues the west; one could come here and clamber on a motorcycle and travel on pavements. You could dash away and be anonymous at a full moon party, or go up north and get lost in the jungle and fall in love with some crazy isaan girl and have mad sex parties until dawn (if that floats your boat) or you could take the family to a high-end resort in the south and have all manner of fun on boats and beaches.

     

    You could be a pretty broke student backpacker with $50 in your bumbag, and you could stay in a crappy hostel and meet up with other fellow stinkies, and hitch it down to the south and have an adventure and make friends for life.

     

    You could go kickboxing and train with some of the best in the word. Go rock climbing, sky diving, snorkelling and deep sea diving, and all at competitive prices.

    You could finish it all off with a couple of hedonistic nights in Bangkok, which might still only cost you 1500-3000 baht, if you weren't completely insane ( less than that 10 years ago)

    You could visit the silk factories in the north and go camping in Kao Yai, or if you were elderly you could receive great medical attention and get pleasured by a pretty nurse into the bargain.

    If you were american you could have a stab at setting up a business pretty easily ( it would fail after a year or 2  - but still have some fun).

     

    Simply put, that has all gone; poof! Up and disappeared like a fart in the wind, never to return.

     

    It was going downhill long before Covid, and now it's well and truly gone forever.

    The problem lies within Thailand and their inability to appreciate tourists and to integrate - and hell - even to learn the bloody english language properly.

     

    Nobody is getting on a plane to stay here anymore.

     

    As long as covid exists it will be over.

     

    Thailand needs to accept that the world is not standing at the departure gates across the globe straining at the leash to get here - and even if and when they DID get here - they'd soon find out how deathly BORING it is now!

     

    There's a horrible pall of depression hanging over everything and the current political situation is further dragging everything down and is like a powder keg waiting to blow. 

     

    You can't have FUN here anymore.

     

    Pattaya is dead - its all GONE. The fun was in the relative anonymity - the great melting pot hodgepodge of people from all over the world - getting lost in clubs in Silom and China town and waking up hungover with a bad tattoo  - it's all gone. It's over.

     

    Stupid hairbrained "Schemes" are not going to solve it  - because nobody is thinking about thailand. Nobody wants to come - everyone just wants their lives back - and that starts at HOME. And HOME is screwed because some Chinese clowns wanted to eat bats for dinner.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    You nailed it. 100 % on the spot.

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    Plan on the table to allow Europe’s ‘snowbirds’ into Thailand for up to 9 months

    in Thailand News

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    6 hours ago, samsensam said:

    Then they’d be clear to roam around the island for their third week. After 3 weeks on the island the visitors would be free to travel to other parts of Thailand.

     

    how are they going to know which tourists are which? which tourists have been in thailand for more than 3 weeks? which foreigners are tourists and which foreigners are long term residents, retirees, employees? will they have police checks all over the country continually stopping and checking foreigners? it's a mad plan.

    They have the super smart BMW ????

    What stresses you in Thailand?

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

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    20 hours ago, ShindenGo said:

    Honestly I’m worried about the US. Imagine when Joe Biden wins how will the Republicans react?? You will see cities destroyed, minority businesses destroyed, livelihoods destroyed, burning cars, people walking around with guns and killing people. This is scary and I wish I could go back to pick up my family and head over to our cabin in Colorado. Trump supporters are terrifying. They’ll destroy this country for their own selfish desire for power.

     

    This is why we need to elect Joe Biden. He has a politician for nearly half a century. He knows America’s weaknesses and our strengths. We need Joe and Kamala to heal the racial divisions that Trump and his supporters have caused. We need Joe to end the racial strife and unprecedented violence of blacks at the hands of whites. We need Joe to end the violence of LatinX at the hands of whites. Only through Joe, The Light Bearer, can he navigate through the darkness that has befallen America. Please vote for Joe Biden. Please vote for Democrats. 

    Didn't get your meds today ?

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    I've seen the grim reality of Thailand without tourists – and it isn't pretty

    in Thailand Travel Forum

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    5 hours ago, Pilotman said:

    Think on this, over 40 million Thais live in rural locations that never see a tourist and don't need them for their local economy.  Don't get tourism out of proportion.  It is less than 18% of GDP and not absolutely vital to Thailand. Watch this space. It may all virtually end and I dont think that many Thais will cry any tears if it does. At the very least, it may be confined to a few restricted areas only, such as Phuket and Pattaya. 

    You better change your nick to "Caveman"

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    the lo-lo budget residences...are they truly farang-able?

    in General Topics

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    Spent about 2 years in a condo building with almost 400 units, starting from very basic to better middle class. Sharing a room with 4 or more mated for some Thais was normal. On some floors aisles looked like in old jails and people in and out could scare away the faint hearted. However, never had a problem, maybe coz of 4 locks, but met some very interesting people... and got serious fun.

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    Pattaya: Business and tourism leader calls for more help from the government

    in Pattaya News

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    20 minutes ago, CapeTown said:

    Where is the pressure from other thai tourist resorts - the islands, hua hun, chiang mai?

     

    It is this kind of pressure from business, and pressure from the public, that will encourage the govt to nuance its single goal of 0 covid.

     

    Given that tourism is a fifth of gdp, and china a third of tourists, you could hike gdp and employment by almost 10% simply by letting in visitors from China.

     

    No 100,000$  insurance.

    No 14 day quarantine.

    Just a fit-to-fly certificate.

     

    After all, China is as clean as Thailand.

    I would rather prefer that China pays for the damage they caused, without sending their spitting hordes again.

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