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4 minutes ago, connda said:
And yet as it become more and more difficult to play by the rules, we are consistently reminded by our fellow TV members that using agents is "hassle free" and no need to worry about pesky little issues like money in the bank or income letters.
Perhaps they should turn a critical eye on their own IOs. Well, when pork takes wing.no-one would be in this situation (new rules nightmares) if immigration had cleaned their own house in the first place, but as i said in my last post it's not gonna happen. vested interests, the thai way of always targetting the demand rather than the supply and the fact that the agents must be paying someone on the inside or it couldn't happen!
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2 hours ago, webfact said:Thaivisa notes that this comes at a time when immigration has been trying to root out agents who arrange long stay visas for foreigners with money in bogus bank accounts.
no chance they will find anything wrong.. the fox is guarding the hen house
more chance of finding prostitution in pattaya, a few may be hung out to dry but nothing of substance will happen
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1 hour ago, cerox said:
Tourism can go down. They will just further raise prices, as food, normal massages and many things got more expensive here without considering the THB. I just do not get the logic. Less demand, prices rise.
did you read the OP?
prices are going down! price wars between hotels
QuoteBoth small and large size hotels were struggling to stay afloat with a price war being waged to attract what tourists there are - rooms are being offered at 30-40% less than normal, she said.
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4 hours ago, webfact said:
Marketing manager at the Chiang Mai Orchid Hotel Watcharaporn Jongphaophan confirmed the bad news saying that bookings were 30% down and that rooms previously priced at 1,400 baht were now offered for 900 baht.
There is also a group tour package for 9 rooms for 8,888 baht, she said.
lol someone needs maths lessons..
i'll take the 9 rooms at 900 baht each please, that being 8100 not 8888!!
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27 minutes ago, Centra said:1 hour ago, marcusarelus said:I guess that's why Thailand has 40 tourists to Vietnam's 1.
Not for long.
whats this 40 to 1 crap??? and check out the growth!!!
vietnam had 15.5M toursit arrivals in 2018:
Data source: Ministry of Culture, Sport & Tourism[8]
Year Tourist
ArrivalsChange 06/2019 8,480,993 10.2 % [9] 2018 15,497,791 19.9% [10] 2017 12,922,151 29.1%[11] 2016 10,012,735 26% 2015 7,943,651 0.9% 2014 7,874,312 4% 2013 7,572,352 10.6% 2012 6,847,678 10.8% 2011 6,014,032 19.1% 2010 5,049,855 34.8% source wikipedia.
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Solution to household debt must be found
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6 minutes ago, Psychic said:Tourists are creatures of habit. If they start going to places like Vietnam and have an affordable, pleasant experience that's where they will go back to.
And that's where they will recommend others to go.
and in a world connected as it is via social media EVERYBODY gets to hear about it and fast.
vietnam is going viral
even expats who live HERE are now taking their holidays there instead of phuket and the southern islands
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1 hour ago, BestB said:
Oh the trolly dolly out already . Try reading full sentences before making silly comments
it was a tongue in cheek comment, chill out!
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2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:That is not the way I play it. Pushback is my game. I have done this a dozen times. They ask for money and I say no. They get belligerent, and I say BACK DOWN! And start in with a whole litany of law (half of it is made up on the spot), my rights as a Thai resident, my expertise with social media, blah, blah, blah. You do not like it, arrest me, and take me to jail! I want to have a word with your captain. Or the mayor, whom I know. Or I might even talk to Prayuth. They always back down. They get scared and confused. I am not nasty with them. Just very firm. They are looking for an easy mark. They do not expect pushback, and are always surprised by it. All of these guys are basically franchisees, and I do not buy into their level of corruption. Sometimes I offer them 100 baht. Not often. The cops here and immigration are the last people in the world I am afraid of. They need to see more pushback. Thais are afraid to do so. But, I notice a bit of deference to foreigners, and I take full advantage of that!
i agree, i do the same, and never had any ill consequences or ever been conned. the trick is to lean in, be confident and firm but NOT angry.
they are looking for easy marks, be one and pay or not and walk away with a smile.
thai baiting is a personal joy of mine, got to get those little victories where ya can! ????
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the baht is only half the (financial) problem - domestic inflation has been on a tear these last 5 years regardless of what official inflation numbers suggest.
even earning in baht things are getting damn expensive and the locals are suffering much more than us expats
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53 minutes ago, Bullie said:Tourists are opportunistic and go where they get the biggest bang for their money. This, due to a bad exchange rate and inflated prices (not in the least by the ladies of the night) for practically everything tourists enjoy has not been the case in Thailand for several years now. Practically all surrounding countries now offer more or less the same, but often still more authentic and cheaper experience.
We've seen the same ting happening in Europe: first Italy, then Spain, Greece and Turkey respectively.
Nothing new under the sun.
i must have read 10 articles this year in the mainstream media (guardian, new york times, etc) singing the virtues of vietnam for the young, backpackers, nomads, the adventurous. before it was all thailand, thailand, thailand.. now they don't mention here at all or if they do (rare) its as a not friendly country.
so i'm not surprised, its not only the young that read these articles, thailand is just not "cool" anymore.
they've lost their mojo and this is echoed by the reports i've had this year from my friends in and visiting vietnam
one final word they will be toast when the islands along myanmmars west coast open up
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57 minutes ago, BestB said:did not want to keep quit, told him who I was, and he was not interested at all, not even a sorry.
shocked he didn't know you were the infamous BestB from thaivisa forum..
i'd have been on my knees wai'ing
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wait a minute..
if visitors from china, europe, oceania and the middle east are down but tourism is still up where are the new tourists coming from?
russia, india? they dont have the numbers to offset europe never mind china, so are they counting surrounding countries too?
this cannot be good either way (well for thailand, good for me :D)
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to those with buffer issues..
ITV4 over ITVHUB on VPN or TVmucho will solve your problems
also Eurosport player over VPN
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8 hours ago, Mikisteel said:
No chance. A completely doped up sport. Lance not so strong tainted the sport and it will never be the same. Maybe those that like this type of cheat plagued sport do not mind cheating and getting unfair advantages in others also.
actually the reason the racing is so good this year (and the last 2) is because, post EPO and TUE's, the field of riders is much closer now and they now have bad days too.
finally the best riders are winning not the ones with the best "doctors"
negativity aside.. loving it this year, can't wait for the alps
go on G not over yet mate!
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pay the fine then tell the landlord you are leaving.
with a big smile of course. the thais like smiling..
then move out, you are a westerner not a doormat.
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7 hours ago, ChipButty said:
Like scrap yards in a residential area
yep, some guy out in the country near me has got a beautiful 2 rai plot with 2 villas on it and lovely gardens.
now they are building what looks like a giant factory next to it. i totally feel for the guy, worst nightmare, it runs the length of his property and is only 1 meter from his wall. got to be 8 meters tall. and as if to rub the salt in.. the carpark is on the other side, no consideration at all ????
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7 minutes ago, fforest1 said:You marry a Thai which will be costing you a lot more than 500,00 baht...lol
not if you choose one carefully.
don't take in the "strays" at home or here! ????
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1 hour ago, Lungstib said:
I was in the travel business for 30 years and watched places like Kathmandu, Bali and Phuket get destroyed by that simple business strategy of 'growth'. More people, more hotel rooms, more sales will bring us more profit. The destruction of the simple pleasures of clean seas, quiet atmosphere, uncrowded beaches, un-jammed traffic and greened areas leaves these places more like war zones rather than places of tranquillity. So people move on to a new quiet place and ultimately do the same again.
it is possible to do but it involves "planning" and here, well, anyone with a bit of land can build nearly anything they want.. so they do
hence the chaos.
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the queues at savanakhet are going to be getting a lot longer once word gets around.
to the OP how comes you didn't get an interview? do you think it was the previous work permit and did you get back in at the border or still in laos?
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bad news i'm afraid, the new tourism minister has stated his desire to make short term airbnb lets legal (along with ride share companies like grab) so i doubt anything is going to get done by anybody in the meantime.
i think it may be something everybody has to learn to deal with ????
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so bangkok > pattaya aircon van 1600 baht
and phuket airport > kata 1600 baht
some "misunderstanding" ????
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now ya talking, where do i sign up!
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2 minutes ago, neeray said:This is just not good for the image of Thailand !!!
need to shoot that messenger NOW.
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Back you go! Thirteen foreigners with no money denied entry to Thailand
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its a good point and well articulated but i think i'll disagree with your last statement and just head to vietnam with the other 15.5 million or so tourists this year.
i'll take my family and credit cards too.