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There are many other places than SE Asia, for example my Mother came last year if she experienced that then she would say sod that, I'll pay for you to meet us in name the luxury country, not everyone coming to Thailand is a sex tourist.

I hope someone helps La out; I hope she doesn't get lost in a neverending stay in a detention centre. Ideally this would be the people who employed her, but I have a feeling they might not care about what they've got her into by not organising the correct visa for her.

Elite would be ridiculous for the cost vs time spent, DTV is for specific things such as Education, Retirement and Remote work

So what non-o suits this person? none... So, well done on losing out on potentially half a years spending from a high earning person who just wants to spend his off time here and isn't trying to live here full time.

I'm not talking about the intention; I'm talking about how it will put off tourists. Yes, genuine tourists will be stamped through but it's the hassle which will put them off. News of longer queues at immigration on arrival caused by these will put people off who don't want to wait hours after a long-haul flight because immigration is going through every page of every backpacker's passport. "I'm thinking of going to Thailand next year, you went last November Bob, how was it?" said Clive "Thailand was amazing but my god, was the airport immigration queue terrible, I'm never going to fly that far to wait 2 hours to be stamped in before I can get to the hotel to sleep, PH next time for me"

Large queues at immigration after a long flight.. they might be genuine but they have to queue still

Why would a 25-year-old offshore worker get a Non-O for 3 x 4-8 week trips to Thailand a year? You guys assume everyone is 50+

And once again how it's applied is never 100% followed so it may become inconvenient to people who have multiple legit holidays in a year, like say an offshore worker who spends their downtime here, comes 3 times a year, suddenly they get questioned, next year they go to vietnam or PH instead

Yes because what is communicated is 100% how Immigration operate at all times, no exception.

Of course it will; people will see the stories and think twice about potential hassle at the airport, which is something no one wants during a holiday. If they came in Jan and wanted to come again in November the same year, they'll likely go somewhere else for the 2nd trip to avoid being questioned.

I don't need to be an expert on waiters to say someone who waits tables for money is a waiter but whatever makes you feel better about your arrangements

Because you know you have zero argument, money exchanged for sex/companionship = prostitution

Paid arrangement is a hooker no matter how much you spin it

I'm British and I concur; most claim to be either a gangster back home or ex-SAS. It's actually quite funny. Either way, fighting over a hooker half your age is a rather stupid way to end up in a cell in Thailand

Never been to Pattaya, but this could apply to Samui; it really needs investment around certain areas of the ring road. What I do not understand is it's pretty clear if you provide a clean, modernish atmosphere that looks clean and serve a decent burger or healthy/vegan food, you can charge way more and have more customers, but certain areas are full of neon-lighted, dirty-looking bars with overweight 40+ girls harassing people to come in. Honestly, Thailand needs to move away from bargirls, certain types of massage shops, etc. The services would still be available via the online channels, but hidden away is better to attract families, etc. I doubt Pattaya can change its reputation, but Samui certainly should be looking at this.

I rarely go on FB but there's always a Villa investment ad for Samui or KPG

They should be, but who knows Technically even the subletters should be, as long as they were not dealing in multiple properties or daily rentals and paying their taxes... but I don't think this is the case.

3 Spaniards, 1 Argentinian, 1 Pole, 2 Thai, 5 Burmese are listed in the article

So it appears to be a Spanish guy with a Thai partner running the hostel. Why not just do this officially and hire Thais/Burmese and forget about hiring the other foreigners? Also, if they were unlicensed, how did Adrian have a work permit for being a clerk?

I thought sharing pornographic videos without consent was against the law, lock up the taxi man

Why would you do it at Airport exchanges? CCTV everywhere

Holiday insurance scam

I hate people using "we" for something that didn't involve them personally. You did nothing.

So he was still out cold on the floor and they took a photo at the scene, surely for these photos at least show someone attending to his condition or at least looking like they give a s***

How do we know they are foreign? Did anyone check their IDs? No context to the build up, but 4 on 1 is bs, whatever the reason.