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Another bizarre and avoidable story brought to you by the excessive consumption of alcohol.

Thailand proves once again to be one of the worse places to invest one's money... Even in the weed biz people (will eventually) lose their money in Thailand. Oh well, there is still prostitution, alcohol and gambling 😂

THA didn't ditch cash 😂 until I can no longer get cash from ATMs or money changers, it's not ditched. Plus, there are far too many poor people in the informal economy to making ditching imminent. Stop the scar mongering. 

Populist giveaway that THA can't afford to undertake, nor will it lead to any real meaningful lasting economic change.

Let's be real... It's a billion dollar capital investment that employees about 50 on-site full-time... MS builds these centers to get closer to customers and address data access issues. They are HIGHLY automated (much of the management done remotely from India, etc.) and don't generate a lot of jobs for Thai people post opening. But Thailand will hype it (if it even happens - seeing as Thailand is not an IT skills strong work force; they can't even get their own apps and systems to function at a high level) as the next coming of Thailand's dominance 😂

16 hours ago, JackGats said:

"Cryptocurrency exchange". Does that mean "selling Bitcoins"? Is selling Bitcoins illegal?

It's is if you are a foreigner running a business in Thailand without permits. 

Thailand has had gambling problems with its own people for decades... Thais have no self restraint. And will gamble until everything is lost. This gambling rush is going to be the curse no one paid attention to. Mark my words. But hey, at least the hi-so Thai developers will get rich 🙄

3 minutes ago, transam said:

Well, yes is, take your own country for instance...........😋

I emigrated out of there years ago... Immigrated to Thailand. This is my home. 

15 hours ago, khunjeff said:

The much-discussed tourist tax is not mentioned anywhere in the article - this appears to be a separate scheme.

No such thing as a free lunch... Someone is paying and it will (if not now, eventually) be tourist (one way or another). 

Poo-ket is a chit hole already... Too late. Should have thought about this long ago. 

How about cracking down on all criminals... Is that really too much to ask... Nevermind 😂

31 minutes ago, Bobthegimp said:

 

Make the filthy retirees pay for it with a new income tax policy.

Someone is gonna pay, cuz it ain't free. 

29 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Thailand has been there and done it before.

COVID insurance for foreigners in Thailand 90-day coverage to cost 2,500 to 14,000 baht. About $70-$380 at today's exchange rate.

https://www.thaiembassy.com

Different. That was insurance tourist had to get to get their COE to be allowed to enter. This new scheme covers anyone injured (without insurance) or killed, though a nominal tourist tax on all tourists (regardless of who you are or if you already pay for your own insurance already).

58 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

An excellent observation, but I figured that was a given.

 

Still, I wonder how much it would cost to provide every tourist with basic emergency cover, and how much they'd have to jack up the tax on flights?

 

And would that added tax be offset with reduced travel insurance prices for the more responsible folk who buy it?  That could make it a win-win for tourism.

 

And finally, would tourists do even more stupid stunts knowing they're covered if it goes sideways? (Though I'd hope they exempt Darwin Award attempts from the list of stuff that's covered...)

 

I'd rather the scheme pay for basis emergency medical treatment for the uninsured, if needed (there were only 400 cases of tourist injury, of all kinds, last year, but no mention of how many of those where uninsured - my guess most where insured) vs compensating tourist for their death (of which there where 185 tourist deaths last year). And the only reason I say that is so that hospitals will be less likely to turn people away - like they did to the man from Taiwan who later died as a result. If this gets the greedy Thai medical establishment to at least know they will get paid for rendering services, then people will be less likely to needlessly die due to hospital greed. Unfortunately, my guess is if tourist know they're covered for emergency medical they will do more stupid stuff. But then you can't fix all stupid. 

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

Seems like it would be simple enough to add $5 to the tax on international flights and nobody would even know the difference on a $200-$3000  ticket.  At 40 million arrivals and 40 million departures, that would be $400 million.  I suspect that would cover it nicely.

 

With plenty left over to line enough pockets to please any Thai. 

101 ways to die on Death island... 

Hitting back at all the cheap Chinese goods flooding Thailand and being sold on lazada. Problem is they are not hitting at China, but at their own people. Thailand again has lost the plot. Well, at least their Chinese overlords will be unharmed 🙄

Tough guy with the fu manchu facial thinks it's ok to attack another person because he's inconvenienced #dunce

Maybe next year 😂

It's a fallacy that underground gambling will diminish as a result of legal gambling. Truth is illegal gambling operations will simply continue to thrive (even expand) alongside legal gambling, because as with everything in Thailand, regulations will be lax and enforcement  insufficient.