milesinnz

4 hours ago, naryan said:

For 4 mounts there have been no tourists and it does not look any different in the near future.

So I make no tourists down 100% maybe I'm NOT GOOD A MATHS but 0 coming in  makes 0.

And the regulations that will be in place do not make Thailand a good place for tourists topped

with a high THB and extreme racism not a good advert for wish you were here!

The resent Marathon excluding foreign participation and the 2 prices for Thais and foreigners not very welcoming. I have a Thai wife or I would go elsewhere, so I'm not really a tourist.

put it down to "rounding errors".. TAT were never very good at maths..

12 hours ago, DirtyHarry55 said:

It will find it's way in eventually if you keep the boarders shut or not and I have no doubt Thailand can deal with it.

If they're waiting for the Vaccine I reckon it's going to be couple of years can they wait that long?
Immunity is the way to go but that people need to be exposed to the Virus.
Flatten the curve not eliminate it.

 

 

 

you mean the Trump approach ? Thailand is little different from a state in the USA....

I wonder if any of the Rolls Royce and BMW dealerships have closed in Phnom Penh.. somehow I doubt it...

Heck.. bring it on... the more the mismanagement and waste of government money the more likely the eventual fall in the Baht....

Only in Cambodia. Yet from what I can understand, these same people are crowing about thousands of Chinese returning to Sihanoukville.. presumably without any of these demands being met ? I stand to be corrected... but really, you could not make this up if you tried... Cambodia well earns the complete loss of Western tourism.. and Cambodia is also betting everything on China - whose future is far from clear...

19 hours ago, smedly said:

100% correct

 

minimum wage and worker rights don't apply to the Asian foreign workers

does not just apply to Thailand.. many so say "advanced" countries.. same picture...

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

obviously mentally ill.

 

lets hope he gets the help he needs.  

the question that is not often asked, is why people end up mentally ill.. this is the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff stuff.... out of site out of mind, except the outcomes are not out of sight and out of mind...... in the huge majority of cases, people were not born this way...

1 hour ago, murraynz said:

I understand your frustrations..with nz immigration,but we have to admit..many people are trying to find ways to stay in nz...legal or otherwise..

do they put a time limit on how long a thai tourist can stay in nz.

i want to travel both islands by car.

have my own car in auckland.

 

I think you can stay for up to 9 months.. in any 18 months ?... the problem is you have to convince NZ immigration that she is a genuine tourist and that she is going to go back and she won't get stuck here without any money - like what happens if you have a "falling out" ?  They asked for bank statements from both my Thai girls - they both could show they had an income in Thailand. They are also looking for trafficking.. like you come to spend some time in NZ, air BNB, and then rent her out. It does happen ! I was told that showing they had traveled outside of Thailand before was a strong positive, but then why was the second time one of them came the same load of <deleted> as the first time ???? My experience 3 times now, is that NZ immigration is a sick joke. And how easy it would have been me to make up all kinds of stories. They never checked anything about me, I could have been anyone and that includes anyone not in NZ. I can't remember them even asking for proof of ID......

Yes, done it 3 times with 2 different Thai girls.. NZ immigration are a joke, and from what I read they are getting worse. First time was paper based and subsequent was Internet based. I am a Kiwi and resident (not that they asked for proof - crazy). So I could "sponsor" her. Can't remember about the last visa (2015), but I think they both had to travel to BKK to get their passports stamped with the Visa - but I think NZ immigration has reduced the number of offices so I don't know what has happened to the BKK office. It was a real and unnecessary game. The key things they look for is that you have proof that you know her, some photos or some internet chat. They will be looking for trafficking. They want an itinerary - like we were going to motorcycle all over NZ - that was a joke. They also look for any history of her having traveled outside of Thailand before. They also want to be convinced that she is going to go back to Thailand after her holiday - so some good solid family connections in Thailand - like elderly relatives to look after or a job/farm/business they have to go back to. Last time I complained to the local MP, and even that was a joke. NZ is a third world country demanding a first world standard of living, with a broken third world economy... maybe you will have better luck than me, but one of my friends wants to visit again, and we will tour by motorcycle for a few months... I am not looking forward to the visa process.... strangely I have been told if she was coming to visit a relative here already, it would be easy - as is the case with Filipino...

1 hour ago, alien365 said:

Why did the trawler not move out of the way? It's a lot harder for a 100meter plus oil tanker to suddenly change direction.

the question should be were (anti) collision rules adhered to ? boats at sea don't suddenly pop up in front of you...

"organize a nationwide ceremony to pray for Thailand and the Thai people".. what a great idea from the 100% in control Prime Minster... that will make a huge difference, not sure in which direction though ? ... makes you wonder why prayers are needed if he is 100% in control ?

about time thieving scamming Thais were kicked out of all Western countries, to go back to their rice fields.... but hey.. lets hope this gets into all the Western press, plenty of better and more welcoming places for Farangs to spend their money than in dirty old Thailand, with their murdering thieving ladyboys and their worn out hores..

I give up. I am planning to return to SE Asia and to visit Thailand at some stage.. how can you make plans when you never know what the rules will be tomorrow.. I am in New Zealand, but have to change planes in Singapore - and given the flip flop over Singaporeans first having to isolate then not. But I am not a Singaporean, just in transit I can imagine it will be total pot luck how I would be treated on arrival in Thailand. If any of this is to improve tourism, I can assure you it is having the opposite effect... and I can't see the Thai clowns getting their act together through the whole of this year at least... must be nearly time for another Military coup..

Well, I am trying to deal with one supplier in Shandong Province, next to Henan, they are still in lock down.. it is most certainly NOT over in China...

16 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

I give it a month and everything will be almost back to normal, the panic served it's purpose and the rich just became richer, make of that what you will.

 

Yes fear creates panic, but what is the panic about, nothing more than another strain of influenza which kills 500,000 plus people a year worldwide, but we don't hear of that, do we.

 

If your old, 80+ and have a weak immune system, or have a pre-existing respiratory condition or diabetes, I would be worried to go out until a vaccination is made, as for the rest of us, soldier on as tomorrow you could get bitten with a mosquito and get Malaria which kills around a million, yes a million people a year, or if you get influenza it kills 500,000 + a year, road deaths 1.25 million a year. Now do you feel better ? 

As far as I am aware, Cornoavirus is not just another strain of the flu, it is a different virus... as for giving it a month and thinking everything will be back to normal, you are clearly choosing to ignore the economic consequences, and the time/effect of the virus spreading in Thailand and other SE Asian countries.

Now when you say the flu kills 500,000 people every year, does that make it ok ?... and if there had been an opportunity to have stopped it would you be saying "it will only kill 500,000 a year, don't bother trying to stop it"...

As regards fear creating panic, true, but ignorance creates fear that then creates panic and you are doing very little to alleviate the ignorance.

As regards this being a device to just make the rich richer, I am not sure where your logic stands on that.. as the stock markets have gone into a tail spin, then I guess you as one of the rich, can pile in and ride the next wave up and become even richer.. nothing stopping you... and then being the wonderful sort of chap you are, you could donate some of the extra millions you have just made....

Suicide pact..

Lets hope this makes mainstream western media, and drives away more and more and more visitors to Thailand.... either as an expat or as someone grieved about their time in Thailand, it's a win win.. if the economy crumbles enough, it will drive Thailand into - well, it must be soon time for a pile of civil unrest... I have modified the amount of time and money I spend in Thailand..

They are going to close the prisons.. you mean they are "open" now.. well that beats me....

8 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Jan. 24, 2020 - China has agreed to increase the rate of water release from Lan Chang River from 850 cubic metres per second to 1000 cubic metres per second in order to meet the urgent needs of Thailand and other countries in the Mekong River Basin.  

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30381002

• Since 2019, rainfall in the Lan Chang-Mekong River basin has continuously decreased as a result of climate change, causing severe drought situations in China and many others along the Mekong River basin.
• At Lan Chang River in China, the average precipitation is 728 millimetres, 34 per cent lesser than usual. Until January 21, 2020, agricultural areas in 1.07 million villages (450,000 rai) were affected by the drought because of the shortage of water in 15 rivers and 43 dams in Yunnan province of China.  

China can't provide what it doesn't have - water for Thailand.

Maybe ID needs to update its facts.

“With the completion of more mainstream dams and the cumulative effects of climate change, that tipping point” for when the Mekong can no longer sustain these changes “may be coming closer,” says Brian Eyler, the Southeast Asia program director at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C.......... > it's both... if you have control of a dam further upstream, and you need the water more than others downstream, what would you do with your dam gates ??????? ah.. how does this fit with your "facts" ???

Chinese English teachers anyone ???