1happykamper

These bad guys are not at all very bright. 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Provincial Governor Wichuwat Jinto explained that around 90% of the visitors were foreign tourists who will travel to Koh Phangan for the famous Full Moon Party, held at Hat Rin Beach on August 3

Infamous full moon party! 555 55

48 minutes ago, webfact said:

They coerced the tourists into posing as victims for a fake robbery content to be shared on social media.

These social media videos are really dumb and getting outta hand. The creators need to get a real job 

On 7/31/2023 at 10:31 PM, kinyara said:

No not 52% of 2019, the trend is clear even ignoring the huge disparity caused by the absence of Chinese :

 

2023 vs 2019

January - 58%

February - 59%

March - 64%

April - 68%

May - 74%

June - 74%

 

 

 

 

Where are you getting this information from? 

Oh come on ff.. a! 2 huge condo towers built... a while ago.... and now some twits say it's an illegal build? 

How stupid is this story! 

12 minutes ago, kinyara said:

I'd disagree that there are " half the tourists now ", monthly numbers are now running 75% of the same month back in 2019, with the absence of the less bar Pattaya bar oriented Chinese market being the single most important reason for the shortfall. If you're in a business type that catered/caters to the Chinese I'd agree you'll be doing badly based on less than 30% arrivals, not so for other traditional Pattaya markets like UK and Germany which have recovered well.

OK.. 52% of 2019. This year.. Chiang Mai... Bangkok and where I live in Pattaya show huge visible signs of much lower farangs there for any reason 

Not just bars in Jomtian and Pattaya... many other types of business that flourish on tourists. 

Half the tourists now. 

Go go bars in Jomtian now... 4 that I know of. It's the same story all over Thailand....especially Bangkoks red light districts. 

End of an era 

Jomtien is certainly packed. The hotel next to view talay 5 normally has near zero cars parked there. Full today plus 3 busses! 

Bizzy is good for biz 

Oh joy 

Us farang are laughing or shaking our heads.... what are the millions of Thai thinking? 

Obviously the junta government couldn't care less and they obviously have zero ethics... I can't imagine any foreign country wanting any trade with this government. Zero trust. 

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

To be accurate and factual, it was the impact with the baht bus that killed her, the driver did not kill her.

That's a very ridiculous comment. A 19 year old girl died because of that <deleted> driver! 

Raining. Unsafe to pass.... But the little sh*t did it anyway. 

Lockup him up. A menace 

Ha. I just read the article here describing the Thai people's debt as 99% of the countries GDP. 

Apparently they refuse to believe what's going to happen to them in the next decade. It ain't pretty. 

Greece had the same issue... easy bank loans... but customers unwilling to repay their debt. 

NOT sustainable for much longer 

Oops. That's my doorbell... 

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

At least the younger generation have some "go" in them...

the whole nation should be doing this, not sat on their backsides just moaning.

 

Passion is not a Thai quality it would seem. In Latin America the passion would be evident! Here it's just not happening 

On 7/18/2023 at 10:04 PM, JeffersLos said:

He didn’t really believe me.

What does he think the value of his signature has? He is and WILL be held responsible. 

I'm curious... Is there debtor prison in Thailand? 

I was living in Jomtien for a year until April this year... and went back to Chiang Mai. 

I lived in Chiang Mai 2015 to 2017. Now Chiang Mai is a shadow of it's former "glory". I agree with the OP... Thai in Pattaya are not much friendlier than the very worst Thai found in Phuket. 

Sadly Chiang Mai locals are better.. But not like 10 years 

Thai people have had to put up with a lot since 2014. A lot! I think it's reflected in thier attitudes... humility was never a Thai characteristic and now I think they are just downright angry about it all. 

I back in Jomtien as of Saturday... the air is fresher... it's MUCH more convenient for all sorts of things and it's EASY to find a really nice condo for 12k. 

What sad list. I take it that many of you really never explored the world before Thailand.