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12 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

..........a fox running the henhouse while looking at his watch for the time....

That's his first problem; which watch does he look at!

On 8/6/2022 at 7:04 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Presumably you still had you Thai mobile number? which bank

I use my UK number for dealing with UK banks.  Try TSB: I had no problem downloading and using their app.  

The problem is that since Brexit most banks don't want to play now, and are gradually closing accounts without a UK address.  You may be lucky, but they all need a phone number for 2 step security.  

6 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Ensure app and online account is set up. If phone needs replacing probably best to do before you go, sometimes installing app on a new phone abroad can be a problem

I had the same problem with my UK bank; couldn't download the updated app.  But I used a VPN, and was able to download successfully.

On 6/10/2022 at 3:29 AM, webfact said:

.................. was found dead on the road with a serious head injury in the midst of surrounding bystanders.

And, don't tell me - All the surrounding bystanders were using their phones to get their daily gruesome fix for their albums!  And, no doubt, the emergency services were the first to check for a pulse!  

Thai Health Ministry may propose lowering COVID Alert from Level 3 to 2

.....and I MAY win the lottery, but I doubt it!

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Article 123 has been amended and will mean that all children aged up to 6 years old will have to be in a car seat.

I've seen kids younger than that clinging-on for dear life on the back of motorbikes!  Only yesterday, in my rear-view-mirror, there was a guy riding a motorbike with a kid of about 2 years old who he was holding on his left knee, and he was right up my backside!

Article 123 can be amended all it wants, but it'll mean SWA!

5 hours ago, newnative said:

     In 2019, Thailand's best year for tourism, the number 1 generator of income for Thailand was exports, not your claim of tourism.  Exports accounted for 60% of the GDP.   Tourism was 21.9%.  Since this is a thread focused on domestic tourism, I thought the Florida stats were both relevant and interesting.  I was quite surprised at the 131 million domestic tourists who visited Florida vs. less than 10 million foreigners.  I would have guessed there would have been a larger number of foreigners.   Out of curiosity I checked on the number of domestic tourists in Thailand in 2019.  Found 167 million 'travelers', although likely some not tourists.  Whatever the exact number of tourists in that figure, in both cases it seems that domestic tourism is more important than perhaps  originally thought--and helps explain how some tourist businesses have managed to remain open here in Thailand. 

    Despite that large number of Thai domestic travelers, I totally agree with your statement that 'Thai tourists are not going to solve the problem'.  And, I never said they would.  Apparently, when reading my post you did not get to the final paragraph:

 

 As has been said so often, and so obviously, Thailand's tourism industry, unlike Florida's, can't sustain itself on domestic tourism.  It needs large numbers of foreign tourists to support the greatly expanded, and still expanding, tourist infrastructure.  Pattaya, alone, has three very large new hotels set to open soon--to join the many others large and small that opened in the past 10 years.  But, while we wait for the foreign tourists to return, the domestic tourists have helped quite a lot to keep some tourist businesses open, along with the jobs.  Nice to see a fair amount of people on the beach this cloudy, thundery, morning--and the parking lot looking rather full at Centara Grand yesterday.

Oh, I got to the final paragraph, but thanks for reprinting it.

As I said, you're missing the point.

Have a nice day.

21 hours ago, newnative said:

     Totally agree with Jacko45k's comment.  Earlier in this thread I posted that in 2019 Florida had 131 million domestic tourists visit and about 11 million foreign tourists.  Obviously, the vast number of tourist jobs in Florida's number 1 industry, tourism, were being supported by domestic, rather than foreign tourists. 

    True, the 131 million domestic tourists were, in most cases, likely not 'injecting money' from abroad into Florida.  But, they were keeping domestic money in circulation, rather than under their mattresses.   And, whether you have a hotel job in Orlando or one in Pattaya, you care not a bit where the tourist staying in the room is from.  You are happy he has come to town to visit and picked your hotel to stay at--keeping you employed.  

      As has been said so often, and so obviously, Thailand's tourism industry, unlike Florida's, can't sustain itself on domestic tourism.  It needs large numbers of foreign tourists to support the greatly expanded, and still expanding, tourist infrastructure.  Pattaya, alone, has three very large new hotels set to open soon--to join the many others large and small that opened in the past 10 years.  But, while we wait for the foreign tourists to return, the domestic tourists have helped quite a lot to keep some tourist businesses open, along with the jobs.  Nice to see a fair amount of people on the beach this cloudy, thundery, morning--and the parking lot looking rather full at Centara Grand yesterday.

You're missing the point, and whatever happens in Florida is irrelevant; TiT!

Thai Tourists are not going to solve the problem.  Tourism is Thailand's number 1 cash-cow, so if foreign tourists are taken out of the equation, that leaves the coffers somewhat empty.  Sure, more Thai Tourists are contributing to tourist businesses, but a lot of those Thai Tourists are from the poorer section of the population, and can ill-afford the expenditure, but are attracted by the empty beaches, etc.  

The bottom line is that without the billions of Thai Baht coming into Thailand that TAT reminds us of on a daily basis, the money that Thai Tourists are currently contributing is just a drop in the ocean, and will without doubt cause further household debt to those already on the breadline.

On 4/29/2022 at 6:43 AM, jacko45k said:

Why do you say that? Do they not stay in hotels, eat in restaurants, visit theme parks and attractions, go shopping in Malls? I believe they do from what I see. 

Yes, they do all of those things, but they're not injecting money into Thailand like tourists do.  If there are no jobs, soon the locals won't have any money to spend; maybe not even on food.

8 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Can't wait to see the headlines and viral social media posts when tourists start getting banged up for a few days for the heinous crime of Vaping. 

  

If you get 15 years for picking wild mushrooms, it's got to be at least 30 years for vaping.

.....Russians staying in holiday condos and eating economically - restaurants at resort suffering.....

Cracking headline!  So, which part causes the most concern, the Russians eating economically or resort restaurants suffering!

As far as I'm concerned, all Russians shouldn't be tarred with the same brush.  It seems that a lot of Russians don't agree with the war; those here are probably no different to the many nationalities stuck here during the pandemic.  But of course, if the restaurants are suffering, the local media are on it like a soi dog on heat.

In all the years I've been here, I'm fed-up with reading about the constant daily  monetary value given to every situation.

Good luck to Ukraine, and any Russians who want no part of the war.  To the Russians who chose to fight - As far as I'm concerned, you can burn in hell; and the sooner the better.

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

.....but has asked the public not to panic.....

The only people panicking are the alleged experts in the food chain. 

I hope whoever attacks books a quarantine hotel for days 1 and 5; why should they get-off Scott-free!

If there are any fossils underneath, he'll be appointed captain of The Bangkok Hilton, and his seafaring days will be over.

Let's start with stopping the young kids riding motorcycles, stop teenagers riding motorcycles with wheels as thin as a condom packet and make all adults learn to drive with a government approved driving school.  

The only worrying thing is, who the hell is going to train the driving instructors!

I don't see any food on the tables!

It wasn't so long ago that it was reported insurance companies requested they be allowed to cancel covid policies because they had already paid-out I think it was 38m Baht and only had about 100m Baht left in the kitty.

So, what was the pm's answer?  Does the current situation hold any clues?  I wonder.

How about a crackdown on crackdowns that don't crack anything.