GeorgeCross

On 12/17/2019 at 2:21 PM, paulikens said:

same old story now coming every year and its nonsense,yes its not as busy as it use to be but trying get a hotel there and you'll find it hard to do cuz everywhere is full,and you wont get a hotel for love nor money over the xmas and new year week.

really?

31 minutes ago, saengd said:

These are the ATTA stats for 2019, even though the link title says otherwise:

 

http://www.atta.or.th/statistics-international-tourists-arriving-in-thailand-as-of-29-february-2016/

these numbers are a hell of a lot lower than 39M (and more believable):

11 minutes ago, beau thai said:

So sorry this happened to you but, really, if you have been coming here for years you should have been aware that getting a tuktuk to take you to a karaoke very late at night was not going to end well. I hope you also complained to Tourist police and gave due publicity on social media. you wont get any cash back but maybe you can embarrass them and help protect others from this scam

might want to wait to leave thailand first unless want to add a defamation charge (and 6+ months in thailand to fight it) to your woes

applying it and collecting it are two totally different ball games ????

unless they actually think Thai law extends beyond Thai borders 

ringing the bell at the top?

On 12/7/2019 at 3:26 PM, Estrada said:

There is a housing plot opposite my house worth over B10 Million, so today they started clearing the land to plant Banana trees. The people in our community will look after the trees and for free providing we can keep the bananas, so the land owner only has to pay 0.15% tax instead of 3%.

ah, thats why all the land near me is suddenly getting cleared then

so the plan is to turn every rai of land in thailand into one giant farm then?

great.

do these people ever think anything through? guess we don't need trees..

28 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

I don't think that you have tried to access the website. It's banned in Thailand, you can't veiw it. The message you get instead of displaying the website is telling.

the daily mail?? uk daily mail?

i am reading it now on 3bb

its not banned

10 hours ago, Thian said:

lowest unemployment and usage of automation the most of the world.

 

Unlike Thailand where 4-5 employee's do the job that one westerner would do.

what they don't tell us about that 98% employment rate is that only ~33% have what would traditionally be called a 'job' in the western world and pay taxes.. the other ~65% are in the grey economy or aren't looking for a job. that includes taxi drivers, noodle sellers, market sellers, sex workers, meth dealers(!), etc 

15 hours ago, Don Mega said:

15 hours ago, yogi100 said:

The complications arise when they want to spend more than 30 days in Thailand. Many do especially retirees who want to avoid our harsh winters.

if they are retired why don't they sort out the appropriate visa ?

WHAT? 

put 800K in a THAI bank or buy a useless 12 month insurance for a 4 month winter escape??

seriously?

2 hours ago, harada said:

Ironically I was only discussing this situation in Chiang Mai last night, the guest house that we have stayed in when flying in and out of Thailand over the last twenty years has charger 600-650 baht for the last 10 years when the Aus dollar was at 25-30 baht,it's now 900 baht and the Aus dollar is at 21-23 Baht and sadly the owners are trying to sell because of the low occupancy rates, but I guess as long as the elite are benefiting from the strong baht nothing will change.

no need to sell just up price to 1200 per night. won't need as many cleaners either. win win!

Thailand for the few not the many!!

55 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

don't think the world's economy is improved that much, still seeing foreigners here in Hua Hin sitting drinking in front of the 7/11's lol..

they put tables outside the mom and pop shops as well so the drunks expats can gather. i see them when i am picking up my son from school ????

4 minutes ago, Leaver said:

Sounds like now is the best time to buy a cheap bar.  ????????

well an investor would say "only buy when its cheap.."

but he'd also say "and the overall trend is up"

????

32 minutes ago, Rahibew said:

 This is what happens when Thai immigration runs off all the tourist and makes passports and visas so hard to get in this country and so confusing the people just say to hell with it will go somewhere else I think it’s about time Thailand straighten his act up or it’s not going to have any tourism next year and that’s the simple fact of it they can talk and tell you which the assets that but I am a Gratian is rude to tourist they think it’s a privilege to be here it’s not we come here because we like the country if they don’t want our money will take our money  elsewhere it’s a simple as that so I would suggest the visa shops get their act together and quit making it so complicated and confusing to come back and forth to Thailand to stay five or six months 

lets be clear they WILL have tourism and plenty of it but the plan is to kill off the sex tourism and its working

family friendly pattaya is no joke to this government, its what they want

3 minutes ago, sfokevin said:

If the bars are empty I’m surprised that the bar girls haven’t tried selling their wares thru Grab?... 

where do you think all the pretty girls went?

(they dont use grab though )

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He told Thai business media that an increase in flights this year will mean a sharp rise in the number of visitors.

wow if it is this easy why not send 1000 planes to every country on earth!