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Development of the eastern corridor with unregulated industry will do nothing but chase real tourists away due to china like pollution who are they kidding?

Chinese prefer to rent villas for their private parties... roflmao... let's put things in perspective a more accurate quote would be:

"now that we have chased all the farang away the Chinese are drinking in their rooms and the Indians are visiting the 711s"

This is a joke.  This "crisis" has been created to not only scapegoat and persist Thai xenophobia but to open the door for someone in the insurance business to make a fortune off foreigners.  Like Rahm Emmanuel liked to say with Obama "never waste a good crisis".

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

The only reason drug cartels exist is because there is a demand. Unless something is done about that, the problem will persist.

Problem is the CIA is indirectly a beneficiary what needs to be done is to clean up the secret agencies such as the CIA.

Just now, Chomper Higgot said:

Explain to me how declaring (illegal drug cartels) as terrorists might save lives?

 

Duh... it gives the u.s. govt more freedom to take action against these cartels.  I disagree with international intervention but in this case it is needed as the Mexico govt is rotten to the core and too corrupt to take action proven by decades of inaction.  Where have you been under a rock?

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

We're all guilty, from time to time taking our frustrations on a inanimate objects but kicking an ATM with the hope that it will pay you money after you kicked it that' a new one...

no we are all not it is ridiculously childish behavior

4 hours ago, Is this real said:

Respectively, Keith101, It's not the Baht, or the sunken boat that has crippled tourism.

Very few in Thailand understand what attracts a tourist from another country. 

 

 

The real problem is Thailand refuses to bring in a real expert who know tourism.  Bring in someone with experience in Las Vegas or New York City.  Then listen and implement their suggestions.

So, what do tourist want?

A good experience at a reasonable price.  β100 prices won't do it if the experience is poor.

The experience is poor because:

*Tourists are no longer welcomed.  In Phuket, beach policy is very restrictive.

*Timing.  If Thailand has a good attraction, it needs to be promoted for at least 3 months and then be in effect for at least 6 months.  Good tourists plan ahead.  Any promotion which is announced a month ahead of time, then expires after a month or two, will surely fail.

*Unsafe.  No enforcement of laws and tourists aren't treated fairly.

*Rip-offs.  From taxis to tuk-tuks, to two tier and price gouging.

*High Baht exchange rate.  While β100 isn't enough to attract anyone, a 17% rise in the Baht certainly will cost a tourist substantially.

*Eliminating tourist attractions.

 

 

Things will never change until someone in Thailand takes it seriously.

Bringing in foreign experts means loss of face and simply won't happen

Scapegoating has long been used by the country's elites to distract from the real issues and the real opportunists.  Not so difficult to put 2 and 2 together if you open your eyes.

32 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

Maybe with the money changed in all the exchange desk

the data about the foreign currencies changed end at the bank of Thailand

so they know on a monthly basis (Or by year) how much indians rupees have been

changed against thai baht in the country.

And with the data collected by immigration, they know also how many

people from India are coming each month or year

the rest is just mathematics

Not even close to accurate.

Good luck.  I watched an Indian tourist first butt into a line at KFC to order a rice bowl probably the cheapest item on the menu.  He then refilled his water bottle from one of the complimentary pitchers.  Wonder where he is spending the other 9900 baht lol.