I think they need to be spending that money on improving what we already have, Improvements are greatly needed in the hospitality industry, the infrastructure, try pushing a buggy around then you see what I mean,
The standards are very poor, food hygiene should be a priority, training should be given to staff, not pay the authorities to go away, shut the places down if they don't comply.
I had my family here for a couple of weeks recently 5 in total they booked to stay in a 5 star hotel in Karon, the hotel was fine albeit only 5 rooms were booked out, they were really cutting back, the food on the breakfast buffet was bought from 7/11, I kid you not,
One day the little one was hungry, my daughter was about to order a Hot Dog, my grand daughter is not 3 yet, I looked over at the menu and it was 350 baht ++, cancel that it's only for the baby, I'll walk across the road to 7/11,
We tried to take them to different places to eat in the evening lots of food was left and sent back being poor quality or under cooked, I think my family would have struggled if they didn't have me or my wife with them.
That two weeks opened my eyes the place has gone backwards, Lets not talk about the lack of English.