cmsally

I send mine with tracking. 90 day received by them (signed) 2 March and put in post by them back 6 March. I received 7 March.

I don't think it is the company that has gone bust , it is the individual drivers. I doubt they have much margin to put money away. Surely you would need to clear at least 20k a month to cover your costs (every month).

This scenario is somewhat inevitable but has been accelerated by the virus. Years of too much competition, pushing down of prices, rising costs, less tourists leads to lower margins.

For the taxis they are all "yellow plate" which is way more expensive to extend the tax/license.

Getting out of the yellow plate is almost impossible and incurs large fees even if they can.

How come you escaped the "Reality TV " programmes?

Rim Fah For Fan Streetview

Been going here for 10 years , wouldn't go anywhere else.

It can be tricky getting photos countersigned in Thailand because they don't accept Thai nationals signing even if they have position/job/title etc. But as said above, no need if you look relatively the same.

I did mine last year and don't remember giving any photo ID apart from passport. I got a bank statement with address for proof of address.

After the banking debacle, I wasn't too sure whether I should read this!

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2020/02/14/gunman-on-the-loose-close-to-chula-uni-police-say/

The update on Khaosod says he has been apprehended.

45 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

I guess hotel bookings have nose dived in CM?

Depends who your customer base is !

The big question would be - how this tax would be collected. Can't think of anywhere in the chain that Ministry of Sports and Tourism has direct transactions with tourists. Attractions would be mostly under Ministry of Natural Resources or Ministry of Fine Arts. The whole thing does not make sense.

1 hour ago, Magenta408 said:

The retarded province of Alberta,Canada imposed a hotel tax; upfront and in your face. I wonder who gets that money? The same would apply with a "tourism tax" if you can call it that. Where would the money collected end up at?

Thailand already has a local hotel room tax paid to the local district office.

10 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

To avoid editing my previous message where cmsally already put a smiley on me, I add this:

 

or it is the recycling of dirty money, something unfortunately too common in this country.

In which case they would have to seriously fudge the books as they can't recycle anything if there are no guests staying.

In the immediate area around me there are still people buying up plots of land to build hotels. Small plot of land is minimum 20 million (more likely 30-40 million). Then you pay I guess at least 20 million to build and furnish something. So you are looking at an investment of 50 million. How the hell do you get that back. Then you have staff, utilities etc etc.

Instead of taking the mass numbers on a chart approach , Thailand needs to pay more attention to its niche markets. There are people doing a roaring trade even now in the niche markets. It all boils down to quality rather than quantity.

There are too many people approaching the tourism industry simply on monetary terms , invest X amount and get y in returns. This is what happens when its all about appearance rather than substance.

8pm update says he is still in the mall and may have taken about 16 hostages.

5 minutes ago, Tayaout said:

They are talking about promoting local tourism while in the middle of a possible epidemic. 

In other words they are hoping the local population don't know the definition of epidemic or pandemic.

They seem to have shut down his Facebook page.

As above they are now saying at least 20 dead. Presume he is still in the Terminal 21.

Shut down of the area in a 2km radius.