DonniePeverley

Benidorm Brits. Horny Indian men who have no shame in soliciting infront of families. Racist British guys in Pattaya pontificating about immigration and Brexit. Cheap backpackers who take up much needed tourism space. Follow the flag lemmings. Taxi drivers. 'Influencers' who lie about the cost of living in Thailand and sell unrealistic expectations. The group involved in removing all visa restrictions.

By that logic then other countries should just allow vast swathes of illegality to enter Thailand then? There is usually international law and order protocols to this. Plus i imagine if there are any fines to administer they are taken in Thailand. Unless of course there is some other explanation why they keep missing all these large quantities ....

Bloke in my condo was telling me his app been locked. Turns out his account is set to be closed. He used the DTV had an agent open his account. Now has to fill in reports to try and get his money out. I've always said do not put in large volumes into a bank account here if you are doing through 'illegal routes

This is becoming absurd now. It's clear there is some crime syndicate involved. Thailand clearly has a problem at it's airports with detecting this sort of thing. How can you miss this volume ?

No idea how these are getting past thai x-rays. However, they are going third party routes as Europe is targetting flights from Thailand. I was told by an agent in both Amsterdam and London, that extra checks are placed on Thailand flights due to the volume of marijuana being smuggled.

That sentence sent a really awful example. Floodgates would have opened after that. Only loss would be the money from the cannabis. But i am assuming most of these people are just mules.

The US has massive lawsuit nature with regards to free speech. Go say something against someone and you will be sued. Try supporting Palestine and see what happens over there openly. There is no such thing as free speech there. Is there free speech in China, India? There are curbs on free speech in Thailand too. These are just trouble makers online who are pushing this narrative that the US intends to take action on these matters, on the usual social media platform. It's utter nonsense. FREE SPEECH usually means I WANT TO BE RACIST. Me thinks the broader picture is that there are US social media apps (obvious which few) who are fearing regulation and heavy fines are coming for them.

Have you not been watching any of the media of late? Whilst it goes on, it's illegal.

You will struggle in a court room as airbnb rental is illegal in Thailand. However, your 'landlord' will also struggle as like i said it's legal to rent out short term like this.

But how ?

Why didnt she pay ?

Hat Yai. I thought i might get a new experience there. But the city is dull beyond belief. Evening time you had boat loads of malaysians turning up to get cheap massages. What on earth was that about ?

Over on the pattaya addict forums many are suggesting the new wave of STD's women are catching are coming from India. I am aware there has been investment in Pattaya from indian business men to cater for Indians, but they've basically taken over a city. And if you continue to just let them enter without restrictions it won't stop at Pattaya.

Zero shame. You can clearly hear them bargaining too .... 6 guys pressuring one lady to give them a discount. Total 3000 for 6 guys (thats the final price to include everyone). It's sleazy and disgraceful. The prostitute in general will agree as it's money, and she may not get any more transactions that day. Imagine being the 6th guy though, or the guy that picks her up after she returns to the streets after being with them. Christ.

The resentment comes from the sheer volume of numbers. Tourism spend is actually down, despite last years massive number of arrivals (almost record breaking). One or two credit card companies have said spend was up, but that doesn't give an overall figure. Spending with inflation will always look rosier. Thailand also used to gain 2000 Baht from issuing visas to Indians. They removed that. Try working out 2 million times 2000 baht. That's a big hole to fill. The issue if you allow in so many cheap tourists, whilst you may think it looks good, you then see the knock on effects - with many looking to work, over stay, but crucially you cannot get past the low spend and behaviour. You are changing the landscape. Malaysia recently reversed it's own visa policy for Indians, taking a more strict approach after many over stayed and began to work.