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Oh not many foreigners!? 

Too bad the local golfers are very cheap tippers, if at all

Somnumnaaaaaaaa

Tens of thousands of sex workers!!!???

But there is NO prostitution in Thailand, its illegal!!! 

They couldn't find any prostitutes on walking street! 

A Filipina I know was teaching English in Thailand last year

Most of the other Thai teachers were teaching only 5 or 6 units but gave her 17 units to teach 

Just saying... 

24 million baht!!?? 

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Not even when it was brand new 

18 hours ago, New beginnings said:

Well done Chiangmai, finally number 1. Now if we can just be honest about the actual number of people infected by the Coronavirus we could be top of that league as well.

But how much of the pollution is caused by people in chiang mai? 

It's one thing to say how bad it us but please also mention the source of the pollution 

But but but 

I was told its only those evil farangs who do this stuff!!!??? 

Sounds like animal cruelty to me 

Mistreating animals for money 

Cheap hotel room to stay where the air is unhealthy!!?? 

Who woulda thunk it's still quiet!? 

(largely tho its not CM's fault the air is poor) 

4 hours ago, Deli said:

In fact, now we enjoy Phuket a lot, without the Chinese masses. It's a bit like in the good times. Wife yesterday said almost like 30 years ago.

Not really but a certain quietness and "visible" Western tourists make a difference. And good to see that places who never worked with the Chinese tourists but with

Westerners, are busy. Just wish it will stay like this.

Nice, esp as phuket still has many nice beaches to enjoy and I believe is the only place worth spending time in thailand

42 minutes ago, AlienHermit66 said:

These could be 6 a.m. pics, indeed, but I'm not so sure. To compare, I live in Tokyo, whose commuter numbers and transit user numbers blow away those of any other city on earth, with several stations seeing a few million users per day, and I can assure you that there has been a massive drop in the number of people out and about not only early in the morning, but mid-day, afternoon, evening, night....all times of day. Saturdays in Sundays in Tokyo, the trains are essentially "full" all day Saturday and Sunday(not rush-hour death pack from hell full, but "full");however, I went to and from work as usual on Sunday, and I'd say the train and stations I use had only about 10-20% of the normal numbers of users - a full-on post-apocalypse feel. When I finish work on weekdays at 8 or 9 p.m., there are VERY low numbers of people scuttling to the stations like rats - a small fraction of what is usual. It's almost surreal. Basically, I think people who have to go to work do, but anyone else is hunkering down at home, and foregoing any type of non-essential shopping, eating, drinking, or fun. Personally, I'm glad people are staying home. Makes for fewer flu and other infections flying around for those of us who have to go out to work every day. 

Thank you for a first hand observation and info about the effects the virus is having 

8 hours ago, DLock said:

Groundhog news. Nothing will ever change.

 

Let the virus and AQI and value baht and state of Thailand's environment obliterate tourism and GDP in Thailand...

 

Money is the only thing they care about. 

 

Sadly, even then, they would find a scapegoat to blame and still do nothing.

 

 

Unfortunately you are 100% accurate! 

14 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

They are all staying in private villas. Much cheaper and more flexible.

AirBnb has a lot to answer for. It is killing the hotel industry

What so people staying in air bnb don't go out or go on tours!!??? 

But agree Airbnb n Trivago etc causing big problems for hotels etc

Gee just think of all those thais finally doing it a bit / lot harder! 

Thousands of jobs on the line! 

Well 

I hope they're proud of themselves! 

Dobbed in a frail old man living quietly and "he's no match for the bmw racing to arrest this heinous criminal". Disgusting and petty. 

What harm was he doing?

Disgraceful xenophobes

I've always been told Asian cultures are taught to respect elderly

What now - jail and deportation? 

I'm tipping he's got nothing in oz to come back to

So sad 

I had a Filipino friend who came to work as an English teacher in a Thai school

Her average workload was 16 units 

The tha teachers did 5 units 

Hmmmm