DonniePeverley

What about levels of oxygen in your home? If you have everything sealed tite, of course air will get through - but i dread to think how much your place stinks. What about your toilet ?

Went to Vancouver a few months ago - could barely recognise it from the last time i was there 15 years ago. Complete takeover by the Indian community, and many rich Chinese (Hong Kongers) buying land in the city centre.

I'm just curious do you never let any 'fresh' air into your home then? Cooking smells, dust everything just lingering around ...

They literally have public busses running on the streets blowing out black smoke. Why not ban them for a start ? The vehicle emissions is disgusting in Bangkok. Make sure vehicles comply with regulations on emissions - and actively pursue those who break the rules.

The pollution and over tourism is certainly making me thinking of going back. This country essentially has open borders at the moment. Seeing crime on the rise too, with alot of anti social behaviour - mainly from tourists.

MASS CHEAP TOURISM gdp per person of China is still only $12,000 - which is very low. Stating the obvious here, but it's alot easier for Chinese to mingle in and work here without attracting suspicions like westerners. Whilst it has a high wealthy number too, most of those are going to Europe.

Insanity in charge

Quality tourists that Thailand want.

They promote these tours as ethical because you are not riding the elephant and see no chains - which makes said tourist feel better. It's still exploitation, as most are still not free to roam around. None of us really know how the elephants are kept when away from tourist eyes.

Nothing done. Yet the pen pushers have kicked off street food vendors from my area because it's not nice.

London homes .... hmmm, reminds me of that guy on tiktok who says the elite in thailand don't live and work in Thailand because of the pollution, poor education, etc

By taking it ! You know what happens when you take ozempic ... you start feeling full. Fake ozempic is usually just insulin, stops sugar cravings for a bit - but has no effect on appetite or how much you eat.

Way too much fake ozempic out there at the moment in Thailand.

Revenue is down from it's peak pre pandemic. Indiciating the open border policy is allowing in mass cheap tourism. With crime up, infrustructure costing more, less revenue is calamatous.

Why not just admit Thailand is now just under the umbrella of China. Anyone that doesn't allow it, will have the regime changed. USA do this too.

There's crowds, then there is insanity.

Or tourists worldwide are not spending less, just rather Sretta ex-pm blind panic to restore tourism after the pandemic meant he has let in nations with economies worst than Thailand and enter and stay for a long period. What i suggest is you limit low spending tourists. Have a proper visa system. Aim for quality tourism. Clean up tourism properly. Standards. Most European countries, USA, Australia etc would have visitors in the hundreds of millions if they opened up tourism with the (non existent) visa rules Thailand has. But they seek quality tourists.

I am very shocked by this news. You should see how shocked i am. It's a major shock. I literally am in shock.

Thailand relies on tourism. But there becomes a limit when the country is just importing cheap mass tourism. They've already seen revenue down from tourism, which indicates more cheapos are coming.

Go tell that to the thousands of lcoal Thai's in Phuket who have had to move out their condos, and move to less developed areas and smaller places because of the hordes of draft dodging Russians who have taken over, pushed up rents and taken up all the space. Or those on pretend 'muay thai' courses staying long term, taking over jobs illegally and setting up businesses in direct rivalry with Thais. Thailand is not a rich developed country, where the smaller people can just be trampled on. They must be protected, especially when the state is not going to do anything for them. Or Go tell that to locals who are just going by doing work, but have to deal with drunken sex tourists in their face, littering, noisy. Go tell that to the local Thai who just wants to go go to work, but has endless queues in traffic because the infrustructure cannot cope with 40 million tourists.

You can understand Chinese. But why India ? India has not even opened up to Thai travellers, and have kept up a horrific visa policy for Thai's.

Cheap tourists. Revenue from tourism is down, so the Thai logic is to flood the country with more to makeup the short fall. I hazard a guess that non of the Thai politicians who have allowed this flood of tourists (with their open door visa policy) will not be holidaying in these areas. Utterly disgusting.

Cheap tourists. Welcome to Thailand, it's only going to get worst than to the current leadership.

Have to agree. Corners are being taken. Chicken especially tasting rancing. Some places not even trimming the fat. Disgusting

Pattaya doesn't control borders. The new leadership from last year do. They have relaxed the border policy so that anyone, even with a criminal record for quadruple murder, can enter.