StayinThailand2much

I used to 'wai' every monk when I was new in Thailand, to the amusement of my company. Nowadays, however, I have no respect for Thai monks, and I wouldn't trust them with donations. One just needs to read about the millions some monks have accumulated in their bank accounts. Nuff said...

Personally, I prefer giving food, or I do good deeds for people who don't need it. Cash only if I have nothing else, or, sometimes, as a tip for people, I think could need it. (I never show off, like is often the case in Thailand.)

Or the foreign maids...

So, that's how the Saudis want to fight the Houthis...

It's not just the forum, but it's most social media, the negativity in mass media, and widespread cynicism in society as a whole in the 21st century. People and their posts on FB, Twitter, etc., are not any better. The demise of the family, loss of humour, and loss of compassion are symptoms of this development, which is ever getting worse. - I blame 9/11, the ruin of the middle class, rising inequalities, the Covid pandemic, and geopolitical developments in the past two decades.

Have they discovered Uranus too?

Wait! Didn't the TAT just announce record numbers of tourists, and another million to arrive during Chinese New Year? So, why is he worried?

TAT might be okay with that, but others, incl. the Immigation department, don't want many foreigners being given the opportunity to stay longer.

Next we may experience (some) barbers outright refusing foreign customers, thanks to this quality (well, they get 90 days on arrival, after all) tourist from Russia...

Living the high life in Thailand - with cannabis...

2019 they had 11 million tourists from China, which is less than 0.8% of China's population, meaning 99.2% of all Chinese, asked what they think of Thailand as a travel destination, would answer: "Meh..." - Same for India.

Tourism board, government, Immigration, Immigration at (certain) borders... They couldn't agree on 'when is lunchtime', not to mention a long-term tourism strategy.

Wrong. Like many long-distance travellers to SE Asia, they could just visit other places in the region as Thailand is only one interesting destination. Then flying back to Thailand; easy. Ahem, well, never mind...

Guess, he's not planning to fly First Class then...

Does Google Trends include China? Google Search says: "Insights that are validated “worldwide” do not include the following countries: China, Iran, and North Korea..." - Guess, TAT story writers don't know that...

The frequent attempts of luring Kazakh tourists always makes me chuckle. Do they even know at the TAT how small this market of (potential) Thailand travellers is, or where Kazakhstan actually is? - Why not charter a jumbo jet once a year to fly all the Kazakhs who want to travel to Thailand for free?

And they were never even in power... - Amazing Thailand!

They wouldn't complain if a foreigner gave a Thai free food...

Wonder, why Xi is in a hurry...

If they were light-skinned, it probably wouldn't have made waves, as light-skinned people are good people with high social status*... *Beware: sarcasm!

Something's missing... So, did the drug dealers get stamped in at an airport without being present, i.e. did they arrive by private plane?

Interesting! Language like in South Africa 50 years ago...

Haven't they always been involved? One just needs to venture down Walking Street... Lots of Russians promoting the Russian go-gos. All promoters with work permits, I'm sure.

Weird story! Why do Korean and Russian tourists have a brawl about the price of massage services? Do (male) tourists in Pattaya offer each other massage services these days?

Sorry, but, on the rare occasion that I visit a bar, I don't want to pay for some bubbly half-full mix-drink for some 'lady', who, nowadays, won't even sit with me for 10 minutes, despite of the lady drink. Such an entrance fee would only encourage me to visit like 'never', instead of 'seldom', meaning the bar would lose the sale of a few beers too...