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neither - it's guessing and presumption.

Perception is skewed - the numbers of western tourists have been pretty constant - visitors from India china and Russia have increased exponentially. Malaysia has always been one of the top visitors - a reason for this is border crossing in the South which are in the thousands every day.

How do you know all this?

so does that mean issuing of all 60 day visa exempts end in November?

I don't think I ever had a dish there I didn't like

THat comment is spo wrong on so many levels - are you trying to be satirical?

Sounds - dare I say it - sensible?

n 2021, the average number of factory closures per month stood at 57. The average increased to 83 per month in 2022 and surged to 159 per month in the second half of 2023. "From 2023 through the first quarter of 2024, about 1,700 factories closed, affecting roughly 42,000 workers,"

It was a massive open structure

It is an unfortunate result of Covid that the hardest hit were the smaller businesses, often family owned - big corporations with access to capital have been able to start up again or continue. The result of this is that the face of Thai tourism has become a lot blander and more uniform as corporate businesses take over. This is similar to what happened in Phuket post tsunami. THere doesn't seem to be much support for small individual businesses to help them recover.

THat catered for coach tours etc.

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THe ones on Second Rd and Noen Plubwan were the best....I think the location on walking street wasn't conclusive to their Laos-style menu

So your principle is just "avoiding" tax?

So you simply have no idea what I'm talking about?

Not sure you understand the question?How many do you get a day and how old are they?

I've just had a spate of reactions (mostly positive) to some of my old posts - I talking about a year or more old. Has anyone else experienced this or am I being "stalked"?

I've sent them an email.

Maybe the guy was getting old - but he/his family ran a really good restaurant - as said above, at many locations around Pattaya (I thought Walking Street was a mistake) - so you'd have thought something would have risen from the ashes.

I paid tax for 20 years - even got rebates in some years.

THat shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how things work in Thailand - If you are a person "of influence" in Thailand you can to all intents and purposes by above the law - a humble farang may not find that so easy. - without a load of cash to spend.

You appear to be joining a discussion to which you either don't know the answer or don't understand. I don't know the owners name or his staff - they may have opened and not got on Google yet as they are new or it's equally possible they have started under a different name I'm really not prepared to receive such facile answers. Could you not think around the topic a bit more to help you realise that you can't be of any help?

I'm not - I'm asking if the restaurant has reopened elsewhere - It requires someone with up to date knowledge of Pattaya "Does anyone know if they are planning to re-open? .. or have they already doe so? Maybe somewhere else in Pattaya?" Why do you think I'm asking how to Google?

I'd they say are both wrong then. Look at the dates? - the tripadvisor reviews are all rre-Covid Google maps says permanently closed. - WWHH+Q8R, Noen Plubwan Rd, Pattaya City, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri 20150, Thailand I drove past in March and it looked derelict. Do you have a link for the ones claiming it to be open?

TH Vientiane restaurant was always pone of the best eateries in Pattaya - the last one on the "Dark side" - is now closed. Does anyone know if they are planning to re-open? .. or have they already doe so? Maybe somewhere else in Pattaya?