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One can only wish... I do think there's been a decline in numbers - but nowhere near 94%. Likely causes are feeling unsafe, and much higher prices - which ironically they were a big part of causing. And China economy worries probably aren't helping either. Now do India please... they've totally taken over entire areas.

The bottom two are already required, but never enforced. And that's the bottom line: it doesn't matter how many rules or laws they make - if they don't enforce them they don't matter.

Realistically it's impossible to stop low quality tourists from coming in as long as there is a visa waiver. The IO doesn't know what kind of person is in front of them. If they were to require a visa from everyone and verify availability of funds then quality will rise substantially, but quantities will drop massively (which is not a bad thing IMO). Unlikely to happen. But it's not just tourists- also expats quality has gone down. With online gigs that bring them a few bucks a month young and broke expats are multiplying too. Often see them out spending very little and behaving poorly. The DTV no doubt is contributing to that trend too.

I think social media has really dumbed down recent generations. All the "influencers" and dumbasses making pointless videos and feeding off of each other to get more "wild" (obnoxious). Especially in developed countries.

While they do walk all over the place, especially the area between WS and Pratumnak, you rarely see them inside regular clubs. They mostly stick to their own clubs. Not really an issue for me. Ho Chi Minh on the other hand I've been a few times and have zero desire to ever go again - unless that's changed in the last few years, nightlife is very lame, especially weekdays, and the girls are cut throat pros - none of that Thai GFE.

I wish both didn't exist, but with cigarretes you can at least escape the smoke. Vapes are now so popular and common that every other person in a night venue is sucking on it non-stop - it's absolutely impossible to go out in Pattaya without being constantly exposed to second-hand vape. In Bangkok many clubs have nonsmoking rooms - but for whatever reason which makes no sense they allow vaping.

Thanks for the laugh. It's usually the girls who exploit tourists and expats. But I like to view it this way: we're providing much needed financial aid to single mothers (and entire families) in need. Speaking of exploiting - conversation between a girl and her bf while laying in bed next to me: Her - shhh it's my boyfriend calling Answers the phone: "What??" Him: what are you doing? Her: sleeping Him: where are you? Her: in my room Him: why I can't see (it's dark) Her: I'm sleeping. Talk later. Bye And you still think they're the ones being exploited? She's literally collecting a "paycheck" from him every month and sees him maybe twice a year.

I don't know who wrote this and what's their agenda, but none of this is true: it's very much high season in Pattaya, the bars and clubs are flooded with tourists - so much so that the girls have become picky and prices have gone up to ridiculous levels. Taking a girl from a gogo has never been cheap, but now only the bar fine is 2-3k, on top of drinks, and some of the girls want 5k "tip"! Pattaya has never been "a family friendly destination" and will never be. P.S. Neither Terminal 21 nor Central Festival are new. Both have been here for years.

Keep living in denial. It's a FACT vaping is just as dangerous as smoking if not more so. It's a nice excuse for smokers "I'm not smoking, just inhaling harmless vapor" - but it's not harmless, especially not when the vape fluid comes from questionable sources like China.

Why is this **** not illegal? wait, it is, but they're doing nothing to enforce it.

Selfish much? for someone who's here for a few days or even a week cutting away 1-2 days of their vacation due to a religious holiday for a religion they don't practice nor care about IS awful Yes, but in practice what happens is a bit different and differs between provinces. Pattaya yesterday some venues were open until midnight, some clubs completely closed, and a few clubs open until 2:45am. Tonight they all open around 11pm-midnight. Bangkok everything was closed after midnight yesterday, clubs mostly all closed, and will open tonight after midnight.

Will achieve nothing except make life harder for bona fide customers, i.e. everybody.

On more than one occasion I've heard tourists voice their frustration when they realized their vacation has been cut short a day. It makes absolutely no sense. Should at least allow tourist-oriented venues to serve.

None of this is clear, but typically from past experience regartding late night venues (clubs): Pattaya - some venues open Tuesday night, everything closed Wednesday night. Bangkok - everything closed Tuesday night, all open Wednesday night at midnight.

Who cares if it's home made or factory manufactured. Attempted murder is attempted murder - hope they do their job and put him away. Put all of them away for that matter, there's no inncent bystanders in these gangs of youths - today it's him, tomorrow it's another one.

This level of obesity should be a crime. It's a wonder he made it to 30. Likely won't make it much more unless he changes his habits drastically. Good luck is all I can say...

He is clearly lying. Either this is completely made up, or there is a lot more to the story that he's leaving out. Very likely "evening stroll' means drunk off his *** walking around being a nuisance. People don't normally walk into signs, more likely he deliberately hit it, causing damage. Thais don't normally refuse compensation when offered on the spot - more likely he refused to compensate and was rude about it. Police don't normally haul you off to jail if you can compensate unless you're being difficult and uncooperative. Airbnb hosts don't normally kick you out or rob you for no reason. Police don't normally arrest you again after you paid the fine and was released. So much is missing and makes no sense here that it wouldn't be a wonder if completely made up - not to mention the same photos used in multiple incidents.

🤣😂 Thanks, needed a laugh. Bitcoin is just a bubble of hopes and dreams that will come crashing down eventually once countries start cracking down on it's insane waste of energy and environmental impact. It has no practical use for people who aren't criminals or dreamers.

Finally some good news. **** tourists. Already had enough for high season, ready for low season yesterday.

Put this animal down. It doesn't matter what he was on - attacking random people for no reason makes you an animal, not human. Hope he gets what he deserves (jail+deportation+lifetime ban)

Could've been easily preventable with a child-proof lid, which begs the question why the hell didn't they put a lid on it?!? Aside from being dangerous to a toddler (negligent really), it's unsanitary as who knows what kind of things will make it in there.

Being on the losing end of a fight doesn't make you a victim if you're the one who started it. All of this wouldn't have happened if the bike driver wasn't aggressive and didn't break the car's mirror and try to flee. Sure, the car driver shouldn't have deliberately hit him - but it's unlikely he intended to kill him. This isn't murder, it's just stupid road rage gone wrong - which the so-called victim actually instigated. Moral of the story: play stupid games, win stupid prizes. On both ends.

What for? Thailand already has enough tourists (too many). It will just drive crime and prices up while providing very little benefit for normal people. The only ones who stand to gain from this are the wealthy. For the regular Thai this is a lose-lose-lose. Not to mention it will drive away "good" tourists in favor of gamblers and criminals. Net loss for the country.

I think it's not so much that they want to leave Thailand as it is that they realize in other countries they have better financial opportunities. But at the end of the day they miss Thai food, they miss Thai lifestyle and partying, they miss their friends, and Europe is cold - have you ever seen a Thai person who likes the cold? 🙃 I know a few girls who stuck it out in Europe, but they are the exception. I've met more who lived abroad for a while then came back. Some do it routinely and go work overseas for a few months at a time (in various jobs - legit or not so legit) then come back to recharge.