Of course money is number one but does that allow Thailand to waive international aviation regulations. Is there no global body that oversees how aviation rules are enforced?
Are these tourists coming in on leased (aka stolen) Boeing planes? If so they have not been (properly) maintained and will therefore have have no insurance. Does TAT allow uninsured, unmaintained planes to fly around Thailand?
If these planes are those stolen from the EU then i presume they have not been (properly) maintained and therefore have no insurance. How can TAT allow them to use Thai airports?
If that's the price of electricty people should have to pay it. Where do they think the Government gets money to subsidise electricty, the magic money tree? You either pay more for electricity or more taxes.
My go to hotel in Pattaya was always the Areca Lodge on Soi Diana. Nice hotel in the centre of the action. Plenty of bars nearby. Not sure of prices now 2000 ish i guess.
I think some of the old farangs here are as bad as the thais. They think because there are no traffic rules here they can do as they like. "Too poor" check the 800k he has in the bank.
I think around 25,000 is the sweet spot. You get a quality, resonable spec machine for that, not the cheap chinese rubbish like Lenovo. I recently bought an Asus Vivobook for that, with a Ryzen 7, very pleased with it.