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Pita Catches Covid For The Third Time, Coalition Talks Put Off
newnative replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It's no wonder with all the people he has been coming in contact with since the election. -
Phuket Tourism Sees Rebound Amid Influx of Foreign Visitors
newnative replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
I would imagine some people living in a desert climate all their lives might since rain would be a novelty for them. -
Prominent Thai lawyer calls for Pita investigation to be dropped
newnative replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Now if we could just get a groundswell of others speaking out and calling for the investigation to be dropped, as well. -
Whereabouts of the ฿140m online gambling extortion money a mystery
newnative replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Try Switzerland. -
I found the article to be just chock full of extremely useful insights, such as this one from the CEO: 'Ultimately, he emphasised the significance of increasing the number of visitors, as a higher influx of tourists directly correlates with a more positive impact on the country’s revenue.' Wow, just wow. More visitors will increase the country's revenue. That's deep. Who would have thought it? Let me get that gem tattooed on my arm so I won't forget it. Meanwhile, Thailand managed to attract 39 million visitors in 2019, who thought Thailand had plenty of attractions to entice them to visit. As Kinyara has pointed out, in April we were around 73% of 2019 numbers, with some nationalities even at higher numbers than 2019 at this point in the year. The only nationality not yet recovering at this point is Chinese visitors. Likely that will change at some point. I feel Thailand has attractions galore. If it could attract a Disney World that certainly wouldn't hurt but Thailand's tourist numbers were growing every year, pre-covid, without it. What I feel is needed more than new attractions is more emphasis on infrastructure maintenance and improvement, coupled with a truly serious--for once--all-out, no expense barred, full-throttle effort to reduce pollution. The world-wide, extremely negative stories regarding Chiang Mai's pollution being the worst in the world had a much more negative impact on tourism than the number of attractions on offer.
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Yes, total mess. The other day we were driving on it and noticed one of the workers using his foot to smooth the soil before doing lord knows what. Talk about primitive tools. As always, very few workers on site. If they were going to do turning lanes they should have eliminated parking in the turning lane sections to allow space for an actual turning lane and 2 thru lanes. Our least favorite road and getting worse, not better. And, the less said about the sidewalks, the better.
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Not broke, thank goodness. We've just mostly spent our money on stuff that's impossible to steal in a 10-minute break-in.
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I'm wondering what a burglar would even find to steal if he hit my and my partner's place. We own no gold coins, gold bars, fine (or un-fine) jewelry. A couple of odds and ends rings we used to wear that I'd be hard-pressed to locate in a pile of storage boxes. No bitcoins. No loose diamonds or emeralds. No safe filled with cash--although we do have a small safe that we bought sometime ago that we haven't gotten around to getting out of the box. No expensive watches--we wear those inexpensive sport watches that tell us how many, or in my case few, steps we take a day. Our tvs are huge--one is 75 inches--so, hopefully, too big to easily cart off. No Van Goghs on the walls, more's the pity. No Giacometti or Remington table sculptures. I guess that leaves our laptops and cell phones. . .
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Prawit Denies Involvement In Anti-Pita Conspiracy
newnative replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Wow, looks like he is really porking up. Talk about a fat face. Guess he's getting ready for those, hopefully, upcoming lean years away from the trough. -
Thai police chief revamps recruitment after promotion scandal
newnative replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Rearrange those deck chairs! And, once again, what is a lieutenant general doing as a lowly police spokesman??? That is a job for a lieutenant! -
Retirement Visa Extension. Up to date info
newnative replied to roger101's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
I just did mine at Jomtien and it was no different than previous years and required the same docs. as what you stated, OP. Someone a few weeks back mentioned something on this forum about being fingerprinted but I wasn't--perhaps my prints were already on file due to traveling in and out of the country several times in the past few years. One thing new--they took a photo of me. -
‘Election Commissioners Must Go To Jail’ Hashtag Tops Twitter Trend
newnative replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Investigated for their gross incompetence and then fired or locked up. First, they investigated Pita twice and certified him ok to run for office in 2019 and 2023. Now, when he wins, suddenly he is not fit for office? Ridiculous and shameful. Next, they let the equally ridiculous stock shares accusation percolate for weeks before announcing the accusation was filed too late--that could and should have been done the day it was filed and it should not have even been accepted. I suspect they were holding off until they came up with a way to use it themselves. Filing late could have been excused away--they really have no shame about anything so that wouldn't have stopped them. Disgusting--keep their feet to the fire. -
What are the criminal charges against Donald Trump in documents case?
newnative replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Looking forward to the perp walk.