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Sterilised dogs can't reproduce and vaccinated can't spread diseases like rabies. You have totally got the wrong end of the stick!!! CNVR is the ONLY way to tackle the dog problem. Despite the SDF 's efforts people keep feeding dogs and local authorities leave garbage uncollected...this feeds the dogs and allows them to breed. SDF targets certain areas....take a look at Phuket compared to other areas of Thailand.. Bangkok has a huge problem and SDF almost alone are addressing it.

Before Covid, tourism in Thailand accounted for 40 million visitors.... half of them from China. So even 19 million represents a drastic drop in numbers. Up yo half those in the industry will still be out of business.

Thai Airways sold off a lot of their fleet in the last 4 years

It is indicative of the advanced age of the majority of members on this site that there is a large number who are locked back in the 1990s and still MMCC deniers. The fact that even those who put forward those denials in the 19990s have changed their mind will not alter their views. However those absurdly outdated views still seem to be those of many of the Thai authorities and this means any future plans they make regarding tourism won't include the results of MMCC thus leaving the country vulnerable and exposed to changes in air travel. This cannot bode well for Thailand

The fact that this topiIc exists at all shows how archaic attitudes to women are both in Thailand and on ASEAN NOW

Im afraid that just because you see a new hospital, it doesn't follow that hospitals in Laos are changing. Luang Prabang and Vientiane are quite dissimilar to the rest of the country. They cater for the ruling elite, businesses and foreigners but how good they actually are and what the cost is requires some serious, qualified research. However just a quick visit to any regional hospital....e g. Laos second city Savanakhet will prove an eye-opener even to the most casual visitor. Anyone who can tries to make it over rhe River into Thailand. ...and Thailands healthcare leaves a lot to be desired but its still preferable to Laos.

If you can't see it, you probably never will...sad but true.

As I said the evidence is as clear as the nose on your face....you just don't want to see it. It your problem, not mine.

QED

Not my point...my point is the profound lack of understanding of most expats in the face of clear evidence.

That is true....but you failed to grasp that? You just can't come up with and argument.

There is a basic fallacious your premise; the percentage doesn't vary significantly at all. This is a common fault of perception due to confirmation bias.

And these people have the nerve to criticise Thai drivers....

I bet it was!

Do you think it won't happen?

I bet it did!

I had I 1990s Defender rom new in Oz, it was a heap. I changed to Landcruiser and my troubles evaporated. I once had a conversation with a guy who owned a sheep station about Landrover v Lañdçruiser. He pointed out that his house was over 50 miles from the nearest public highway and he needed a vehicle that he could rely on to make that distance ... so he HAD to have a Landcruiser.

About 60% of the MGB range and variants went to the States. However it Leylands almost total lack of marketing and R&D that brought about the demise of the brand in the 1980s and the company by the start of the next century. The fact that a Chinese company was able to buy the brand and turn it into a success underlines the lack of vision of the British motor industry.

Because of work my family and I have had Landrovers since the late 1950s and I can confirm that "quality" and "reliability" are most definitely not their most notable features

It now seems the THAI authorities are dropping PCR testing and one night initial quarantining anyway. Just the thailand pass will be required. This undoubtedly will help restore visitor numbers. There will no doubt be a few who want want to holiday in a country with so many cases. If however the virus variates for the worse, then disaster would follow unless we have reached herd immunity levels.

It's nothing to do with the cars themselves...its the idiot self sprinted critics. When Japanese bikes and cars cane along, everyone tried to say they were <deleted>....then Kirean, then Chinese ...it is precisely this attitude that brought about the downfall of both UK and US motirindyßtries.... bad management and crsp products totally outclassed by foreign "upstarts".

Since the 2014 sale of Chrysler and Jeep to FIAT jeeplike and other similar vehicles are now produced by BAIC subsidiary Beijing Automobile Works Co., Ltd. (BAW). Fiat-Chrysler plans to re-open Jeep production in China through a joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group (GAIG). Wiki

If you were to believe the media, you'd have to believe that hundreds of Thai people have suddenly taken to drink.

Interesting that Koh Tao is not releasing figures. The nabobs on this island seem to be a law unto themselves. I'd like to know how many visitors to the island turn up rlsewhere with Covid. An overall view of Thailand shows the healthcare service is increasingly under stress due to hospital admissions for Covid. I'm sure many people are still very uncomfortable about visiting Thailand at all....least of all an island that isn't releasing their Covid figures.

Doesn't answer the question though, does it?