StayinThailand2much

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The International Union of Sex Workers (IUSW) has revealed that Thailand is home to 250,000 sex workers, one of the highest numbers worldwide.

Wait till the IUSW gets sued for defamation in Thailand. Sex workers?? No such thing...

5 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

300 b times 40 million tourists expected that's a lot of baht.

New BMWs, villas, and Rolexes being ordered while we still talk about it, and Somchai Doe (of 95% 'lower class') not getting one satang of it...

2 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Still does but it's a departure tax. Might be wrong but as far as I know all airports have this on departure from the country.

Of course they do, but this proposal has nothing to do with higher airport-costs, or tourism-industry improvements, or insurance, but is (in the latest proposal) purely a money-grab, cause there are "too many tourists", despite TAT's very frequent announcements about plans to attract like 80 million international tourists, or more.

6 hours ago, AreYouGerman said:

Deport him.

Ban him for life; he dared to criticise something related to Thailand!

"Baht Slides: Economic Impacts for Thailand"

More bl**dy cheapo tourists... 🙄

4 hours ago, webfact said:

His successor will need to pursue unfinished initiatives like (...) to promote Thailand as a Southeast Asia tourism hub.

And yet, wasn't the word only a few days ago that there are 'too many tourists, and the Tourism Minister should take action'? So, why is there still a need for promotion, or do certain parties in Thailand get a cut from the promotion budget?

6 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Dunno how they work this out vs how many foreigners are already holidaying here and burning money (...)

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The festival revenue largely streamed from various segments. Accommodation costs totaled to 42.069 billion baht, food and beverages followed with 33.069 billion (...)

It's simple, they just assumed that each tourist (all singles, obviously) spent 1,000 baht on accommodation per night, and 800 baht per day on food and beverages...

15+ hours return (for the driver); good luck finding a taxi at Suvarnabhumi for such a trip. Of course, if you offer enough cash, you might get lucky... Probably you'd have to offer at least eight or ten thousand baht.

I just learnt that 'Bora Bora' is a country. Wonder, whether, adding Tahiti and other islands, French Polynesia could have come close to Thailand's ranking...

LOL. 'Interests' and searches mean nothing if they don't result in actual bookings... I often check out accommodations on Agoda, or tours on other websites, but only go through with the booking once in a while.

13 hours ago, webfact said:

This incident has triggered concerns about domestic abuse and illegal firearms possession among foreigners living in Thai popular tourist areas.

I'm sure he brought them in when travelling here by plane... 😝

On 4/24/2024 at 1:05 PM, Dexxter said:

Happened to me at Don Muang coming back from a Phnom Penh holiday just before Covid early 2020. Got pulled over and sat next to an IO desk being asked questions for 30 minutes. I was worried I would not be allowed in even though I had a 6 month METV. The IO said I should get a more "appropriate" visa for my "longer" stays. Then Covid hit and I was out of Thailand for more than 2 years so I expect everything reset.

Yes, me too. Was pulled aside and questioned for up to half an hour at three immigration checkpoints in early 2020. Left Thailand later for about six months. After that no issues, and I got a long-term visa following that.

1 hour ago, terryofcrete said:

If there was no prostitution in Pattaya the s-hole would be empty...oh wait... there is no prostitution in Pattaya ! 

Didn't the TAT announce in the past that Pattaya tourists come for the temples?

2 minutes ago, PomPolo said:

Have said this before  and will say it again, at all the international airports they should just have a U-turn before passport control to take you back to your country on the same airplane you arrived in and buckets in the departure lounge that say "Please put in this bucket all the money you brought to spend on your holiday"
Pompolo for head of TAT!

That's exactly what they want. No pesky tourists, or 'having to play the host'... No, all they want is grabbing as much money with a minimum of effort from their 'guests'. And more and more tourists learn it the hard way, visiting only once...

Just now, Millcx said:

OVER Tourism 555555555 How many people are chocking on their breakfast as they laugh out loud … I’m laughing trying to type this “;0)

Perhaps they mean the large numbers of Chinese tourists buying up all the cheap snacks and instant noodles at Big C... 😄

4 minutes ago, outsider said:

Not a day goes by without the idiots singling out foreigners for whatever reasons, or trying to fleece them. Just. Can't. Fix. Stupid.

I remember well, how Anutin called (Western) foreigners "dirty", and asked Thais to stay well away from them not so long ago... Add how dirty and polluted the country is, overpriced compared to neighbouring countries, and the changed attitude of Thai women. - Yes, I really want to be fleeced more for all this... Not! - This is not the 1980s where there were limited other destination choices in the region.

Just now, Scouse123 said:

I agree with you and plenty on here missing the point with comments of " it's only 300 baht"

If one has been here long or often enough, one will know that Thai greed knows no limits. If successful, those 300-baht fees would quickly be doubled and tripled...

3 minutes ago, Nickcage49 said:

"Over tourism"? Are these people kidding?

 

One minute they're crying because they don't get enough tourists and giving freebies to countries like India and China and the next minute they're trying to do things to slow tourism down.

 

Make a decision guys!

Seems, they are believing their own propaganda and fantasy numbers... "We want 80 million tourists", and each one should pay 300 (or why not 3,000?) baht.

Just now, outsider said:

 

I think the intention is to manage the money to ensure it does end up in where you and I don't think it should be. To me, it is just them seeing an increase in tourists, and thinking how to squeeze more money from them, with nary a thought on how to use those funds to 'improve' tourism and infrastructure or anything beneficial, for that matter.

That's right. No way even 2% (6 baht) of such a 300-baht fee would be used for "improvements"...