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2 hours ago, Isaan sailor said:

Agreed.  And for a dose of reality—USD (and all trade-connected western currencies) have tanked in last two weeks.  Meanwhile, the Chinese Yuan has risen by an equal but opposite amount.  And for some perspective, consider that the Vietnam Dong has remained constant vs the USD.  Vietnam has a history of standing up to China—Thailand does not.

So who do you think is manipulating currencies?

No-one.

2 minutes ago, Cereal said:

Smoke and mirrors.....Bread and circuses.....

 

Chinese tourists fly into Thailand on Chinese owned airlines. They get picked up at the airport by buses owned by a Chinese tourism company. They are taken to Chinese owned hotels and eat in Chinese owned restaurants before shopping in Chinese owned stores (unless it's junk food at 7-11 and even then maybe Chinese owned)

 

It's all about import and export leakage. Millions of Chinese tourists do not flood Thailand with billions of baht. The huge majority of their gross expenditures will remain in Chinese hands. 

 

Government figures are misleading at best.

Myth.

A popular one but still a myth. The more often you say it doesnt make it true. There's a reason why Thailand wants Chinese tourists.

Its like the poster who says there's 2m unemployed in Pattaya. The general population is 84k.

5 hours ago, robertson468 said:

This is classical Thai Government thoughtlessness.  How do they prove that Tourists come from these areas only, also that they have not travelled through areas that are still infected by the Virus?  The reason Thailand favours the Chinese so much, apart from the volume of tourists that come here, is that many of them have their roots in China. 

Sounds like a win-win solution to me.

3 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

Yes, this virus is everybody else's fault except the Chinese. They're just innocent victims. How is the air in Beijing today?

I don't know to be honest because I'm three and a half hours away by air.

Hows the poison where you are?

6 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

What does managing the pandemic have to do with all these ridiculous costs?

You don't have to put up wth any of your complaints about Thailand from Florida.

Regrettably the OP got a lot of absentee answers from ex-residents.

50 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Just as soon as New Zealand ends any intelligence gathering with other Western nations, condemns the US, makes Huawei its sole electronics provider, and announces that its currency is tied to the yuan, I expect all these Covid problems will disappear.

What about the Norwegian salmon that caused the Beijing out break?

Who copped the blame for that and how did China react that time?

1 hour ago, MadMuhammad said:

Can anyone tell me why they would bother to rush to open borders then ????????‍♂️

I'll volunteer. ????????

Because if you say 'I don't believe it' like Richard Wilson, you can make a proper farang fuss about it.

1 hour ago, Jumbo1968 said:

The more foreigners who sign up for the ASQ Hotels etc the more the Thai Government will keep the restrictions in place,, plenty of businesses hotels, hospitals, ‘friends’ etc are making money from the scheme.

Yes keep Covid out of Thailand but start looking at alternatives schemes starting with all Thai returnees required to be tested for Covid the same as foreigners, which might encourage more foreigners to return.

Also stop Hospitalising every one who is symptomatic possibly even the positive tests unless the person is older or has other ailments.

 

Stop hospitalising the symptomatic? Are you insane?

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

So with little or no domestic infections what have 1 million volunteers been doing?

Stopping them happening?

36 minutes ago, micmichd said:

Yes. 

Thank you.

4 hours ago, JusticeGB said:

Many Thai people are descendants of Chinese families they don't have dual nationality. In ancient times many Chinese merchants set up shop in Thailand and married into rich Thai families to get status. The Thaksins are one such family.

 

So they're Thai?

Maybe, maybe not.

However it's not your business.

5 hours ago, Shuya said:

Dirty farangs never shower and bring COVID to Thailand! Oh wait... 

If that sticks in your craw, is there a reason?

6 minutes ago, hangusthemonkey said:

Shame they won’t allow those with O retirement visas back in !!! OA only which means if you are outside Thailand with your multi entry O retirement visa you have to apply for a new one ???????????????? Yet again demonstrating exactly what this government thinks of you .

squeeze till the pips pop . What’s wrong with O retirement visa ? And why isn’t it being mentioned by Thai Visa or Richard Barrow

Perhaps they don't think it's important.

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Wasn't there a post earlier this week about fake news?

Tourism only accounts for a 12% slice, so we've been led to believe.

It depends how big individual posters make it to prove their point. Its been in a range of 6-20%

19 minutes ago, Walter Travolta said:

Im not so naive to search for something that isnt there now am I? I prefer to deal in facts and reality than guesswork and hope

Onto ignore you go.

2 hours ago, JusticeGB said:

They tend to shop in places owned by rich Thai Chinese owned businesses. Most politicians are rich Thai Chinese too!

So are they Thai or Chinese? China doesn't allow dual Nationality.

5 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

40 million people came here last year when the exchange rate was not that great.

When I travel and want to see a place, I could careless about the exhange rate.

If people/groups want to come on vacation I bet most do not fiddle with exchange rate penny pinching.

Seems to be more of an ex-pat fixed pension resident complaint.

Agree. Who worries about Satangs in the baht?

Only cheapskates.

18 minutes ago, JusticeGB said:

As usual TAT is talking through its own hat. Mostly Chinese tourists who come to Thailand come on Zero Dollar tours having paid for their whole trip in China before departure. Who knows how much of this money actually flows into Thailand. Secondly China is actively discouraging their people not to travel overseas but to travel domestically. The likelihood of even thousands of Chinese tourists arriving per month is highly unlikely. The 10m + figures of  the past are probably gone for many years to come. Dream on TAT.

They did back in 1990 but times change. Why do you think China is a sought after source of tourism?

UK features every day recently. How are they getting out?

13 hours ago, Salerno said:

 

You don't, but it is nice when posters use common sense and post within the realms of reality.

When does that start?

It is your freedom to contract a dangerous disease.

Doesn't sound so good does it?