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That is the tourist the Thai Government is targeting.The Western guys were giving Pattaya a bad image so here we go was Chinese to save the tourist image now the Indians. Fact is Thailand is to expensive poor service stupid taxes on wines and Western foods.

I think we use to pay a departure tax and maybe an entrance tax which was added to your airline ticket. Later it was all scrapped and looks like a new 300 Bhat tax.Not a big deal but seems like a desperate measure. Thailand is no longer a cheap destination and adding more taxes makes it less attractive. I like the idea of adding the fee to the ticket or better still just forget about it.

Oh well another Farang who has not read Private Dancer.The book should be made compulsory for any Farang going to Thailand. After spending a long time in Thailand always on short term visas I have seen and read and still read about these scams.300000 Baht is a lot of money but my friend lost about 1 Million Dollars on what I call a scam in Thailand and when the last Dollar was spent she was gone. You can take the horse to water but you cannot make him drink People are always offing advise on these matters but you always think oh no my girlfriend is different. We Western people find it strange that a women there will marry a farang when she has a husband in the village.In some cases relocate to a Western Countries with husband number 2 or 3 while her husband is in the village drinking and partying on money sent each month from wife. I could write 10 books on the topic and all true stories.

Daddy looks a little scruffy but money talks in Thailand. A couple of million for Buddha and a few Million for chiefs Christmas party will help a lot. Million I mean Euros .

The police refuse to do anything about vehicles running lights and here in Pattaya they seem to increase speed at the red lights.Now I am talking about a set of lights directly opposite the police station. Motor bikes are worse and think their skills are so good that they can go around the pedestrians and in most cases yes but somethimes things go terribly wrong.

I think the Government was thinking the Chinese and Indian tourist are better value and hence Western tourist have dropped of. I stay in Pattaya or Jomtein and all the hotels are overrun with those tourists who have no consideration for the way we think people should behave.My wife is Chinese and she even hates going to Thailand. Once my Dental treatment is complete we will not be going back in the near future.Something I did not mention it is no longer a cheap destination and many hotels have failed to keep up maintenance. Last hotel in Jomtein we changed rooms 4 times due to sewerage smells. To the hotels credit they kept changing us rooms but the fact is a 4 star hotel should be better.

In some cases the fact that the salad was mixed with seafood is enough to cause a re action.More to the point that is Thailand never accept any responsibility for stuff ups. I been to the Land of smiles more times that I care to remember and it is always the same story when things do not go right for the client. I have no idea why they have this attitude but does not seem to matter what the issue is it is never their fault. Not long ago while in Pattaya I gave a cleaning lady 100 Baht tip and a day later I was checking out and she accused me of taking a mineral water from the mini bar.I was about to give her another 100 baht but she was carrying on like a pork chop. I refused to pay as I never use any mini bar and will never stay that that hotel again.

i know the richest man in Bangkok and he only uses buses. I have used both but when Mr T. Driver is not there it is a little nerve racking.Most cases I am arriving late at night so I started to book a hotel near the airport with pick ups and drop off and next morning I get the bus to Pattaya.

If they want tourist number to increase rapidly they need to scrap these stupid rules.I booked some weeks ago and after reading the requirements I cancelled the following day. The requirements were not very hard but are time consuming and waste of money with transfers and staying in certain hotels only to move next day to your preferred hotel.I have a black earth card which is currently useless as we still need a separate policy for Covid.

I had booked flights for May but when my insurance company said they do not cover for Covid and would need a separate insurance policy I decided to cancel as there are to many obstacles for me to enjoy the holiday. As soon as Thailand and other countries take a sensible approach to this now flu people like myself will not travel. As I am a fit 70 year old it counts for nothing when it comes to the Covid insurance as my policy is over double than my partner who is 44.