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3 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Perhaps a Thailand economy that's forced to shift to actually working and producing things -- instead of relying on easy tourist dollars that don't require a skilled or educated workforce and ends up harming the country's environment -- wouldn't be such a bad thing for the country in the long term. 

Easier said than done. The fact is tourism an important element of the Thai economy which is getting destroyed right now.

51 minutes ago, jayboy said:

In the overall economic picture, it matters not a bit whether all bars and restaurants in Pattaya go permanently bust.And on the positive side it would be an important milestone in ending Thailand's sex tourist role, no longer appropriate for a country at Thailand's stage of development.

It is not about bars in Pattaya getting busted. What about 100 billion dollar tourist money which will not be injected into Thai economy this year?  Do you think it will go unnoticed?

21 minutes ago, Trillian said:

Posters views on the Thai economy, those  who live amongst the upcountry rural poor, amongst people who can't even qualify for a 10,000 baht line of credit on a store card, usually tell us that everyone is starving and the economy close to collapse.

 

The views of posters living in western expat enclaves such as Pattaya will argue that the entire country is ready for economic collapse, just because the beer bars, ago go's and ladies of Beach Road are not doing business.

 

Listening to the views of middle class Thais' and others who live in Bangkok may actually be a useful measure, simply because they don't have an axe to grind!

 

It's like posters views on the strength of the Baht, those that are getting squeezed. Those on fixed income who have seen their incomes fall tell us that a strong Baht is bad for exports and the economy will be decimated unless the currency is weakened....you rarely hear that story from expats who are earning Baht or who have Baht assets.

 

Consider the source.

 

 

 

One day you have 40 mln visitors per year and then you have 0. You don’t need to consider any source to understand that this will represent a huge hit to the economy.

34 minutes ago, JemJem said:

Inciting or indicating?! ????

 

I don't know, man. If these numbers reflect the truth, do you folks think it is due to increased xenophobia or due to sincere health worries?! 

Xenophobia and fear go hand in hand

Tired of this vaccine hype. 

Looks like they prepare the ground to expel the rest of us from the country. Any foreigner is dangerous by definition now.

According to this article, 2/3 of tourism businesses don’t need tourists to survive. Cool.

This is a real madness. 

20 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

I think some of the short term tourists left in Thailand are overplaying their importance to the tourism sector. They are more of a hindrance to immigration and the government at present.

With the number of tourist arrivals being solid 0 for several months - our importance for the Thai tourism industry is indeed on the highest point ever.

HIgh season in October? They forgot to mention what year. Not 2020, for sure.

But the nation has won a battle against Covid19. Who cares about the worst economic crisis in the history of the country? Stay home, wear mask, use hand sanitizer and everything will be OK!

3 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

I'm not a fan of Prajut , but he deserves some credit for the handling of this crisis .

It could have been much worse .

There is no way you can prove It