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16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

From January 1 to April 27, Thailand welcomed 11,841,911 foreign visitors, marking a slight increase of 0.12% year-on-year

Decline? Or just not enough of an increase? Thailand loves to whine about the need to increase over tourism 🤮 

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

"On average, 100 to 200 visitors, both Thai and foreign, ask staff daily where they can spot a monitor lizard or take a photo,” he stated. “Now we’ve got a landmark to make that easier.”

😂 If you can't spot one without asking, you are in the wrong park 😂 

Uncalled for destruction. Dispute or not. Hope they find the Ukie and make her suffer.

Thailand can't figure out what boot to lick... Cheap Charlie's or the rich and shameless. Are all those quality hi-so tourist really complaining about a couple hundred baht

Send him and all his kind packing.

Good. Don't come. Mass tourism sucks. Go wherever it is you think is better. The only legit complaint is higher prices, really. But that's happening everywhere (to one degree or another). And if you can't figure out entry requirements (visas, VOA, VER) and entry forms (TDAC), maybe you shouldn't travel. Everything else in this article is just the same recycled blather... Duel pricing, cleanliness (which Thailand never was nor will be), infrastructure (which has always been substandard by western stds.), and fear of cannabis (which is just boomers and their reefer madness nonsense).

It's not hard to get a thai phone number (SIM) in your name, and to them open a bank account (in your name) using your thai number for mobile banking... remain calm.

16 hours ago, rough diamond said:

I think it is the airline that has been upgraded/recertified, not an airport.

It was Thai aviation air safety that was upgraded... FAA announced upgrade of Thailand's aviation rating to Category 1. 

On 4/26/2025 at 1:58 PM, Patong2021 said:

There would have to be a return to flying to the USA, and it just isn't happening. The route is not viable.

All that Thailand is doing is  enforcing the applicable rules. nothing has changed except now  they want to see all liquids in one bag.

As others who have been flying have pointed out, as new  3D scanners  are introduced in the UK and the EU, the limits are being increased significantly. Thailand is still using the old US style  scanners. 

THAI used to fly a non stop to LA. I could see that returning now that the FAA has upgraded Thailand's airport

On 4/26/2025 at 4:10 PM, ronnie50 said:

Maybe THAI will fly to LA again

exactly

Here is a controversial idea... make missed 90 reporting an offense on par with overstay, then make presenting the TM47 receipt AND passport mandatory (pdf and photos acceptable) for all sorts of mundane reasons (checking into a hotel, requesting bank services, obtaining a SIM card, booking tickets, boarding planes/trains/ferries, etc.) -- no more using Thai DL... watch the number of overstays decrease significantly.

Good, if it works for all (including foreigners). Sadly, Thailand and technology have typically had a rocky relationship. I for one have done 2 renewals and never taken a written test (just the physical test, and watched videos). But would welcome not having to go to DLT at all.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

engaged in illegal work

And that's on the people who hire them... So, take a good look in the mirror, Thailand. It's not a VER problem, it's a Thai employer problem.

Applaud the sentiment but it's not going to fix anything. Unless of course they eliminate VER (visa exempt rules) entirely (which is a bridge too far; will never get there). Cuz people will just overstay the visa they do get... Overstayers, overstay, it's what they do. Could try electronic ankle bracelets 😂 

Toss this clown out already... Thinks he's above it all. 

Wow. Over emails 😂 honestly, I'm just glad he's no longer in Thailand #dolt #unhinged 

Fewer tourist on Koh Samui sounds wonderful. But never fear, there are plenty of other tourist waiting in line to fill the void.

Could (and frequently does) have just as easily have happened at a fraternity party in the USA. 

Yet, Thailand has everyone conned that their medical capabilities are 1st class (hub of medical tourism). Can't have it both ways. If a Thai who relo to UK wants to brings his Thai dad to UK for treatment, that's a testament to Thai medical capabilities. Then again if it's not plastic surgery, maybe Thai medical capabilities really are not all that.  Else, this is just a halfbaked sob story.

ICU nurse must see a lot of motorcycle accident patients. No one ever thinks it will happen to them. Love and learn.

Fool. Send him back to the USA. Too many of these broke chumps coming to Thailand trying to live on their paltry social security. Let him perpetrate his petty crimes on US soil. Make america great again 😂 

This country is so trapped by myths and superstition that it's no wonder their education system gets poor grades. Not to mention they allow anyone to drop out after grade 9. And nothing will change as long as the people in charge first reaction is to question the survey methodology (stop blaming the messenger). This is not the first, nor will it be the last, time the education system in this country has been criticized.  Wake up or stay dumb it seems. You want to solve... Make education free for all through grade 12, build better schools, hire better teachers (and stop blindly praising them just because they are teachers - most are mediocre at best), and use better text books. 

2 women tried that with me in Vietnam. I immediately went the other way. Astonishing what some people fall for.