Sam Jones

I couldn't be happier then to see all the encroaching businesses demolished and sunchairs removed along the King's Phuket beaches. A miracle has taken place. I would never have believed that could have happened prior to the coup. Prime Minister Prayuth deserves the praise of everyone for accomplishing that.

The people who live here are overwhelmingly positive about these moves. Phuket Beaches haven't looked this great for many years. The corruption that allowed the beaches to be sold off took a major hit.

There is a minority of business people who blame the tourism slowdown on these moves. The tourism slowdown has nothing to do with eliminating these encroaching businesses and sunchairs off the beach. There is a global slowdown in tourism caused by the slowing of world economy. Russian, China, Austrailia are all part of this. Blaming government policies on beach sunchairs for the tourism slowdown is ridiculous. They aren't allowed on the beaches of western nations.

I get sick of hearing the tourism slowdown blame placed on the beautification of Phuket's beaches. Instead of spouting this nonsense, people should be selling how much better our beaches are since they are no longer a parking lot of sunchairs! The positive aspects of this beautification far outweigh any inconvenience there is of lying on a soft mat rather than a beach chair.

Phuket beaches are beautiful now. That's the bottom line. The business community must accept that reality and stop the bitching.

The people have won. Thank Buddha. And to those tourists who say they won't return because they can't plant their ass on a plastic lounger and have a runner grabbing their Singhas...bye. Others will be here to appreciate our beautiful beaches. There is nothing like what we offer in Phuket, the food, the people, the beaches. Not in Vietnam. Not in Cambodia. Not in Bali. Not anywhere.

Join us.

Where have you been in Vietnam if I might ask ... ? They have better beaches, tastier food and friendlier people but they could learn from Phuket how to scam cause they dont do that like in Phuket ...

My wife and I lived at the resort until earlier this year. Good condo block, not far from a local fresh market and great for runners. I ran everyday and it was convenient.

Pool ok, gym average.

I agree, Aussieroaming. The Resort look fine and pool area is great. Can you tell me if its a quiet condominium as our real estate agant told us that its almost empty ...

What Agency did you use, any pros / cons ?

I bet the Taxi driver is not "keen" on talking to the Police ... The public will avoid all contact with these buffons as its considered dangerous engaging with "Law enforcement" here ... and it is ...

As the Clown he is, he will give his best performance on the big scene ...

All I can say is be careful. There are a lot of older "gentlemen" on this very forum who like to preach to mostly younger crowd how Thailand is not cheap and how you need a lot of money to live here. The truth is Thailand is extremely cheap and anyone telling you otherwise is probably being ripped off by their wife and family.

Awarded BS of the week ...

I hope they dont get any ideas here concerning methods of punishment - they already use torture to get confessions (B2) so I guess its not that different from these disgusting Middle East Countries ...

David Cameron - the Neville Chamberlain of our time, a traitor to his own country ...

I guess ETA in Spain can give all the ISIS supporters a "job" since there are probably thousands among the Economic Migrants ...

Too bad Israeli guy forgot to give the "right people" a per centage of the value - then nobody would care in this Lawless mess of a country ...

These fools dont have any idea how much people despise them and laugh at them for their incredible incompetence - Police in other countries couldnt act so idiotic even if they tried ...

Mister Hall,you want to disappear???Keep pushing your luck...

RTP or just a shill maybe ... Anyway a cojones-less official no doubt

Go for it Andy - someone have to stand up to these ba$tards

If Thailand shines at something, its how to make enemies for them self ... Vietnam is not good to start a fight with, Thailand - your arse will get wiped ...

Soon only China and N. korea left to play with ...

Did Pres Charamporn calculate in the losses the ban thats gonna come from US and EU ... ?

Some mia noi´s will be happy - Gravy train moving on ...

Retirement present like a Gold Watch to Police Chief but here its commission of 150,000 guns + cut of the old guns thats gonna be sold to various criminals - the safety here getting worse by the day ...

Even in the darkest of Africa with a psychoe Coup-maker, e.g. Idi Amin, Milton Obote or Robert Mugabe, its impossible to find madness like in Thailand - World Champions of Idiocy ...

Even if he is a useless pothead, I´m not sure he is worse than thai teachers ...

“Thailand right now is in the crucial and significant stage to eliminate this deadliest disease. We must work together to build immunity against this evil that had undermined the country in the past years, and prevent this disease from resurfacing.”

He should have said "undermined the country in the past 200 years" ... Not to mention a Military Coup every 4-5 years in average

He might think he´s King of the World but at UN in NYC, he will realize that he is just a low life ...

I had good luck with ChiangMai Properties. Their office is across (sort of) from the Shangri La. Eak there showed me around and was very patient. I found a place in that price range here at The Shine Condominiums between Chang Klan and Chareon Prathet. Good luck!

I agree that Chiang Mai Properties are by far the most professionel Real Estate Agency in CM - its hard to believe that some of the other Agencies actually are closed on sundays ...

criminal energy is not only in Thailand, happened around the World

Oh God, one of those ...

You have one guess why this is called thaivisa and not worldvisa and oh, yes it happen everywhere just not at this frequency ...

Just another example of never buying property in Thailand and never Invest any Money in anything here ...

Well, boycott Natural Fruits here and countries where they might export to should investigate and sue NF for using slave labor ...

Thamrong said the policy raised public awareness about traffic accidents and encouraged drivers to be more disciplined while using the roads. He said the policy would help the hospital save money and personnel if police could enforce it for the long term.

and there we have the problem : Police not enforcing the Laws - yes I have seen some checkpoints where they take money from people not wearing helmets but the daily crazy driving continues ...

These.ambassadors wont help at all

Noone knows them outside Thailand and certainly no foreigners know them. So the execs at TAT. Know exactly zero about advertising this country as a destination. Colossal waste of time and money. These are old washed up second rate actors

how are they going to help?

My thaiwife looked at the pics of the 2 "Celebrities" : "I have no idea who they are" was her response ... Another stroke of genius from TAT ...

Before ascribing any significance to your somewhat commonplace post, one would need to know a little bit more about your Thai "wife".

Put the bottle down and realize we dont all have bargirls for wifes ... but good luck with that

Well, with leading politicians in EU like Cameron, Hollande and Merkel, what can someone expect ... They are like old toothless women just babbling and gossiping - give Thailand that now ....