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1 hour ago, Nsp64 said:

No I dont get the point.

It's most Europeans are law abiding here in Thailand.

Most Nigerians are not.

100% of Nigerians standing on street corners and walking around lower suk and around walking street pushing drugs are not law abiding. 

So does it mean that those African women who stand every night in the same places in Pattaya, Bangkok and Phuket and... in clear view of the police and immigration.... and who grab the arms of passers-by as they walk along the street and say "hey, you want some business"... are not really tourists?

You mean they are taking money out of Thailand instead of putting it in like tourists are supposed to do??

I am as shocked as the immigration officers that uncovered this would have been. Those people are working on tourist visas! This is certainly a story that should make news.

Next you will be saying that all those African guys who stand every night in the same places in Pattaya, Bangkok and Phuket and... in clear view of the police and immigration.... and who ask passers-by if they want to buy some drugs are not really tourists either. That really would be news. 

But tourist numbers are just a driver of tourist receipts... the main thing they are interested in.

I wonder how tourist receipts doing? My guess is down a lot.

Indians with low spend capacity and Chinese who buy a lot of their trip with Chinese companies before and after arriving likely don't contribute nearly as much in the way of receipts as Europeans, Americans, Aussies and richer Asians.

And all tourist categories will be spending less because of the high baht.

He miscalculates that threatening Trump will make Trump back down. Quite the opposite. Trump's narcissism, instability and insecurity means that he reacts disproportionately to any and all threats.  

Together with a US policy of strategic destruction of extremist Islam and any country that harbours it, I would not be surprised to see something big happen to Iran when the time is right. 

Remember that Prayut's aim is to have FULL enforcement of all laws on the statute books. That's what he thinks his job is. 

Even for old, stupid and previously ignored laws that date from a different age when Thailand was a developing country without the capacity to design proper legislation. 

Prayut is a military man who is trained that all laws and rules are to be followed without exception. It's the way the military works.

He is a military man who is not intelligent or broadly educated and experienced enough to be a civillian leader. That's why he says "the law is the law".

Sadly for Thailand, he doesn't have the capacity to make suitable laws that fit with a modern vision. Only the military education to enforce laws that are already passed.

Improve transport planning. The Sukhumvit line has 50 stations going way out into the suburbs. No wonder its full when it gets downtown. How about multiple lines that are not so long and go to several transport hubs and interchanges so people don't all come in on the same lines through the same places.

"But now the TM6 form is to be scrapped altogether as the Immigration Bureau is running out of places to store all the paperwork"

So the reason they are scrapping it is not because they don't need it... but because the warehouse is full. Hehe.

Is Dr Mohammed by any chance a religious fruit loaf who spends his life trying to stop people drinking alcohol and having sex. What a w*nker. Not your business Mohammed.

If people wanted to live in China they would go to China. But they don't because it's a horrible place. The Chinese leave China. Do'n't let the Chinese turn the rest of Asia into China. It will be sh*t.

The UK is at 58. Just 4 places above Nigeria. How did such a sh*t country even get on the scoreboard?

Proof that Prayut is neither intelligent nor a man of the people.

If he were either of those things he would have turned this into a positive by pretending he was a busy man of the people prepared to eat as others do. 

He has shown he is stupid and pompous.

"The group have now been charged with working in Thailand illegally and will have their visas revoked."  They are running a huge fraud scam. But the RTP only have the capacity to charge them with working illegally!!!

They could arrest the African drug dealers in Sukhumvit and charge them with working illegally. Would be easier for them just to check passports than do proper law enforcement. 

4 hours ago, donnacha said:

When the Chinese stop desperately wanting to get their money out of China.

So never then.

There are billions of Chinese. And who would want to live in China.  Non-one, not even the Chinese. Every neighbouring country in SEA is more attractive. Thailand especially.

He should go to Cambodia for some beers in those bars that are open 24/7.

How sad that they think the bars should be able to stay open because they are not targeted at Thais. Because they want 2 things (i) Control Thais (ii) Get money from foreigners. 

Just let the people run their own lives and do what they want. 

Chanocha....   you are the representative of the people... not their boss.

Thailand can't be a major part of an international supply chain when it struggles to export parts and finished goods at a reasonable price because of the strong baht.

Chanocha is crashing the economy with his import tariffs and unsustainable export subsidies. 

But then, how could the head of the army be expected to know anything about economic development?

He only knows one thing: Control of the people by enforcing the laws. Including laws that are moronic and outdated.

Thailand is not a developmental state. It is a controlling state. Just like Burma used to be.

Is a high baht, which is linked to the balance of payments surplus, which is linked to export subsidies and import tariffs and controls.... an external factor? 

The sukhumvit line has 50 stations. It goes a long way out both directions.

I wonder why they continue to extend and extend.

By the time the train gets downtown it is often too full for people to get on.

Why don't they build more lines instead of making one very very very long line.

Do the Chinese government know why the Chinese don't want to live in China... who would choose to live there if they had the opportunity to live in another country?.. pretty much no-one, not even the Chinese 

This no-deal Brexit is going to be entertaining ...   its going to be a lot of fun to watch...

Good idea. If the government thinks it has the right to tell holidaymakers what time to go to bed, and to stop people from making money people will go elsewhere if they can.

When Thais agree to meet at a certain time, say 3pm, inside their brains they think that is the time they will leave their own room.... so that's why they are often late.... in my experience.

Another measure proposed by the finance minister is to give tourists a gift of Bt1,000, in addition to three extra measures, namely the Bt100 eat-shop-travel project, 15 per cent discount at a limit of Bt30,000 for tourists on food, hotel and travel, and a special week-day tourism plan. 

Subsidising tourism? He must be desperate. His boss Chanocha is a paranoid control freak who is chasing foreigners away with idiotic and mostly unnecessary policies to control people and stop them from doing a load of stuff that's normal in most free countries. So this tourism minister can't hit his revenue targets.

How about making the country a pleasant place to stay instead of a paranoid security state. And what happened to that PM who wasted money subsiding that other industry rice farming? She was overthrown by Chanocha for wasting public money on those subsidies. Will he overthrow himself if he starts to waste money on subsidising touristm? 

"He said 19.76 million foreign tourists visited Thailand during the first half (January to June) this year, which was an increase of 1.48 per cent over the previous year. They generated revenue of Bt1.02 trillion for the country."  

How much did they generate last year? Tourist numbers still going up BUT...receipt numbers going up very slowly or maybe even falling.

What about the number of non-tourist temporary residents and receipts from them?

My guess is that overall receipts from tourists + expats is down year on year. By a lot.