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    Pattaya: Reports of resort’s demise greatly exaggerated, tourists still here, say beach vendors

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    On 2/22/2020 at 5:51 AM, madmen said:

    Oh dear, the usual TV resident Pattaya bashers won't like this. Can't get a better source of information than the vendors themselves! 

    its not pattaya its jomtien.jomtien will soon be dead aswell,when the russians and scans go home.they sit on the beach all day,drink and eat from 7/11.Not pattaya bashers.Is telling the truth a basher.The place is finished to what it used to be.And they have brought it on themselves.

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    Stronger pound, ruble hold promise for Pattaya tourism

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    It makes no difference.Even if it jumped 10 baht ,Its expencive in thailand,Unless you want to stay in your hotel.Dont drink or go with women.So there are many places less expencive in europe for drinking and beaches.Pattaya was popular,because it was cheap.And many could stay there for long periods of year.And you used to get respect.even though many did not deserve it.

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    Pattaya: New bar area is not "Naan plaza!" Group insists it's not just for Indians and claim project will lower bar prices

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    Have never read so much <deleted>.Cheaper bar prices ?,Cheaper compared to were.The cheapest around pattaya bars is 60 baht for a small bottle of beer.Nearly 3 of these to a pint.So thats over £4 a pint.Girls asking 2000 is the norm now.I have also heard that shooters is going to put bar fines up to 1200 baht.? Noise not a problem ? Big brown envelope there.So pattaya needed another bar area ? The place is dead.Its expencive,and the whole attitude to farrangs stinks.Full of indians walking around looking into bars.Avoid the place,Its finished.

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    TAT sees steady growth in tourist arrivals from Vietnam

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    20 hours ago, DLock said:

    310 direct flight to Vietnam per week?

     

    Thats 44 flights per day.

     

    That is much higher that I would have ever guessed.

     

    Is BKK just a convenient hub and easier to get to Vietnam than from other countries? 

    Its correct.I know there are 105 bankok to HCMC in a week.take into account the other 5 airports in thailand and 5 in vietnam.

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    Before: Pattaya never sleeps! After: Everyone in bed by 11 pm: Resort is dead say Thais

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    1 hour ago, smedly said:

    although I highly respect most of your posts and find them to be a good read - you are way off with this one.

     

    Having lived here a very long time I see no evidence of changes of the type you are suggesting.

     

     

    What has happened however are three fold

     

    - Thailand has become very expensive mostly down to the strength of the baht, people I know that came here on a regular basis are no longer coming.

     

    - the authorities decided to treat western tourists with contempt, they are making it harder and harder for tourists from the west to travel and stay here, so why are they doing this - to my 3rd point

     

    - they have foolishly overestimated the value that tourists from places like India and China bring here, there may be big numbers arriving but what are they doing when they get here - certainly not spending money because they generally don't have much, I see Indians wondering about in groups just looking, they may spend some time in hanging in massage joints looking for cheap relief but that is about the height of it

     

     

    Thai authorities think that big numbers translate to big revenue - well it doesn't, they have alienated the big spenders who are now going elsewhere - to places were they fell welcomed and treated properly

    Correct.I am one of those that came.I virtualy lived there for 12 years.Not been back for over 4 years.Attitude started changing about 12 years ago.Even the thais used to stand at 6pm to the king.No respect anymore.You are looked upon to be abused in any way they can.I know hundreds that have stopped going.What pattaya was good for has all gone.Its now just an expencive bad place.Rats,filthy sea.Bus fumes.Thieves.Scammers.Even police issue tickets for no helmet and your wearing them.Over the years many people have asked me about going.I tell them the truth.So they dont go.Its now become a place to avoid.And to many other parts of thailand.it is still cheap.Even though its expencive now.

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    Popular Thai Beaches Pricier Than European Resorts: It’s Not Just About the Higher Baht

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    19 hours ago, webfact said:

    Popular Thai Beaches Pricier Than European Resorts: It’s Not Just About the Higher Baht

    Raini Hamdi, Skift

     

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    It’s easy to blame the baht as the butt of the problem for a decline in European arrivals to Thailand. The issues are wider and deeper than just currency appreciation.

    — Raini Hamdi

     

    The cost of a holiday in popular beach resorts in Thailand is now on par with or higher than those in Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and Egypt, which are closer to home for Europeans.

     

    The cost of a five-star resort in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Samed has reached around $500 per room per night including American breakfast. This is similar to the cost of a five-star beach resort in Greece, Italy and Spain, and dearer than a comparable property in Turkey or Egypt, which costs $350 a night, according to Diethelm Travel Group.

     

    It is even pricier than a mountain resort in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, which is $450 a room in the summer July/August high season for Europeans.

     

    Full story: https://skift.com/2019/11/13/popular-thai-beaches-pricier-than-european-resorts-its-not-just-about-the-higher-baht/

     

    -- Skift 2019-11-14

    99.9% do not stay in $500 a night hotels.It is the baht .plus the thai etcetcetc putting prices up as well.Pluss the attitude of no respect to tourists.ie only looked upon to scam steal from.etc etc etc.

    Pattaya Halloween: The only scary thing was the complete lack of tourists

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    8 hours ago, AussieBob18 said:

    I have been told that I am being very negative (other posts) about Thailand and the Baht, but I am certain that I am right, and this post is just another of many examples of what is actually hapenning in Thailand.  The economy is in big trouble, but the 'echo chamber' of the Thai leaders in Bangkok (Junta et al) cannot and will not 'see' it (and some TV posters).

     

    Unless they take drastic actions to decrease the Baht, the world economy will take action itself - and it will be big and ugly.  Maybe not as big as in the 1990s  - but it is going to be bad if they dont take action soon.   This is Thailand's net external debt - I will not bother showing charts about how muchg the Baht has increased against ALL foeign currencies - but of note is that those graphs look very similar to this one below.  

     

    It is unsustainable - and a correction is inevitable and is coming.  But being the optimist that I actually am, I can see the Junta being thrown out after the correction happens, and a pro-Business and Pro-USA Govt taking their place.  And amongst all the changes that new Govt will make, I reckon the attitude towards Expats will eventually return to what is what in the past - we are good for the economy - please stay/come back. 

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    You have not got a clue what you are talking about.

     

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    High Season: "Tourists will be safe and we will be good hosts" says tourist police chief

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    11 hours ago, Daffy D said:

    First time I've heard the word Host used in connection with tourists.

     

    Unfortunately the average Thai does not understand the word host and the attitude and behavior it implies.

     

    We are always reminded that we are just guests here and it's all down to us to conform to local customs and attitudes. Fair enough but as we are invited here Thais also have a responsibility to behave as "Hosts", make allowances and treat us the invited guests that we are.

     

      

    They used to.But now they have changed,Not just to tourists.They all used to stand at 6pm to the King.I asked many times,why everything change,There answer was always thai have money now.No respect anymore.Money number one.You are only there to be taken advantage of.Car accident etc,if you not here .it not happen.you are to blaim.Best is to stay away from the place.

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    Thailand's September foreign tourist arrivals up 10% year-on-year - ministry

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    On 10/29/2019 at 7:46 AM, steven100 said:

    this can't be correct ….TVF farang keep telling us that everyone is leaving.  lol 

    This is correct.I still know people that still go and live there.I was told that last christmass was very quiet.I lived there upto about 5 years ago.And pattaya was dead all year except for christmass and new year.But even then was very quiet to what it used to be.Im told now it is full of indians walking round spending no money.And many of them to one room.

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