DonniePeverley

It's not just the sheer number of tourists, but the quality of the tourists. I have never met horrific people like this in my life. It's like you take the worst set of Arabs, the worst set of Indians, draft dodging Russians, and the Benidorm Brits and bring them here to create chaos.

How can you have a wealth fund when you have so much debt ?

Nothing to do with racism. It's to do with managing your countries ability to absorb so many tourists. Thailand's infrustructure cannot cope, and allowing so many people to enter at one time (especially during peak seasons) dilutes local culture to the point it is erased. Throw into that people staying here longer and you are effectively over powering Thailand and it's people. I do understand Thailand wanting to have diplomatic ties to China, and allowing visa free access - but the cost is a huge implosing in crime. The one that makes no sense is the visa removal for India. India does not even let Thai people enter their country without a visa. How can essentially all of Africa require Indians to have a visa, but in Thailand they can just walk in ? That's how crazy it is, no one else has such a generous visa policy as Thailand, and it is this that is creating the chaos.

Where's the freedom of speech in Russia ? He never mentions that. Didn't he sue Bill Maher too for something he said, which was a joke. Where was the freedom of speech there? Lets face it ... all this talk of wanting 'freedom of speech' is just another way of saying 'we want to be racist openly'.

That's one of the issues. The soft policing approach, terrified to upset tourists. It's ruining life for those who don't get drunk and look for violence, or break the law.

Looks like the Benidorm British crowd. Influenced by social media to come to Thailand instead of fighting in Benidorm or Magaluf.

Feel for those who bought condos and moved here. Now unable to sell those condos. Most just getting offers to rent out only. This place is ghastly now. Thanks Sretta

The numbers are true. What is more misleading is that these are cheap tourists from cheap countries with low GDP's. Despite China's power in the world, the average GDP per person is still very low. India's GDP per person is even lower than Thailands.

How much more tourism do they need to boost ? We are already seeing Phuket being descimated by unruly behaviour, and now they want to add fuel to it. Horrific.

Thai logic ... revenue going down from tourism. So lets just let more people enter to makeup for the shortfall. No attempts to clean up the image or cut out corruption, clean the image up, etc

What is astonishing is that India doesn't even let Thai nationals enter India without a tough visa !!!! An Indian cannot get into Congo, Ehiopa, Nigeria, South Sudan without a visa. But Thailand .. no problem. Absurd

This is firmly due to the visa policies by previous PM and the current administration who have removed all visa controls to India (and basically most of the world). As a result you have a raft of cheap tourists entering the country ... well basically because it's the only country that lets them in. They have destroyed any hope of quality tourism by this one insane measure. It was a panic ridden decision after the pandemic to kick start tourism - there was simply no need for it, tourism numbers have returned to pre pandemic levels around the world. They let the Russians take over Phuket. Now have essentially let India takeover Pattaya. It's absolutely awful. You tell me how a quality tourist will want to go here?

Who ? We saw alot of the Benidorm British crew around. Or the Russians ?

It's usually the Russians that do this. Why? Why do they want loud noise ?

Utterly ridiculous take. So the local Thai who works hard just to make ends meet, on around £7 a day is meant to just take a hike ?

There's a British lass who is openly cash in hand doing fitness classes. She gives the gym owner a small percentage. Sometimes even does group routines. It's pretty open in some areas of Phuket.

For research purposes where are these indian prositutes?

Thailand is not a rich country, despite the glamour you may see. It has low wages, that simply cannot let it's workforce be taken advantage off. These laws are there to protect them. We are already seeing an erosion with living accomodation, with foreigners now having more rites, and able to stay longer term. The russians are effectively living in Phuket, and have pushed up rents, pricing locals Thai's out. We already seeing visas being introduced to allow foreigners to stay and takeover whole regions. You simply cannot let foreigners work here, unless on a pre prescribed short list. They have some protections in many countries . This is a disgrace. We all know in Phuket Russians are working there, doing tour guides, running shops, hair salons, the work . They are working. It should be taken down strictly. There is also the question of the 'fronts' who run the business, but employ Thai's to run it. I suppose you could say that is fair game.

What is it you would like to say to them that you can't ? Or does it mean you don't want your 'rite' to be abusive, racist to be infringed upon? This is just about having a definition of what islamaphobia is, for it to be clear to everyone, including the courts There is a definition for Jews anti senitism. There is definition for racism too. There is a definition for homophobia. Definition for sexism in the work place. Nothing wrong here.

The racists had already started stating the Swedish mass shooter was a muslim. Salivating they were. Bob in Pattaya, reading the daily mail with a British breakfast was growling with anti muslim rhetoric "they don't assimilate them", the media were sending reporters to Sweden from all over the world, X was going nuts with muslim bashing, even the richest guy in the world was mentioning it. Turns out it was a white guy. Cue story buried, never spoken of again. Mental health. No riots. No casitgating christiananity or white people. Posts quickly removed for fear of shame by some major celebrities / news reporters too. Shameful. RIP to all those who lost their lives. The media are scum and playing to racists.

Media went mental when story first broke. Reporters were being sent to Sweden. X was going crazy with islam talk. The usual racists were salivating. Turned out though it was a white guy. Story gets buried. Mental health, loner cliche lines come out. No riots. No hysteria. No blaming christianity or all white people. RIP to all those who lost their lives. The media though are complicit in the rage around people. British men in Pattaya were already charged up ready to blame muslims for this. Now they gone quiet too, waiting for the next atrocitiy hoping it will fit their narrow minded thoughts.

What about if the UK or Thailadn did not allow dual citizenship.... So let's say you wanted to become a Thai citizen, but lost your UK citizenship. I doubt anyone would become a Thai citizen in that case.

You have no idea how UK voting representative system works. Farage on some very dodgy polls is doing well in very small samples, but when translated into seats it brings him up to 20 seats. People in the UK vote for constituencies. He has support in some regions, but to win seats and hold a majority you need to win seats around the country, run from the middle and for him he hasn't captured the centre vote. His flagship policy of Brexit was a disaster, and people will not trust him as much. Let's see how well he does at the local elections coming up, where usually a protest vote will kick in. The next UK election is in 4 and half years time. He has no chance of getting into power despite the nonsense you will be reading in twitter.

In some Indian states there has been moves to protects Christians and Catholics - where it is a minority religion. It's just about protecting minorities. What's wrong with that? Your racism and xenophobia can go to hell. Not every muslim is a terrorist or an idiot. Every religion, race, colour creed has good and bad people in it. We have laws to protect the Jewish community, quite rightly. Very strict laws infact. Nothing wrong with protecting the muslim community too, especially when a few idiots amongst them tarnish their whole religion and allow racists to use it against them. Anytime there is an incident, a shooting, anything my muslim friends panic in fear that a random Bob from Pattaya will now start attacking them if it is some idiot being an idiot using their religion. Why should they live in fear like that of taking abuse when it is nothing to do with them? Bob from Pattaya never mentions the IRA, or other horrific regimes that went on. Infact he is known to do a Nazi salute despite their horrific crimes. Sorry if Bob sitting in a Pattaya bar feels it may infringe on his rites to be racist. Tell you what ... try attacking Budhism in Thailand, see how well it goes for you. Try saying something against the Jewish community. But you won't because you will get into a little bit of trouble.

Oh dear .... no point arguing with these people.