DonniePeverley

Kata Beach .... they were selling tours. We went to a restaurant that had a Russian chef, and a russian waitress. Next day our haircut was by a Russian hairdresser. How was this going on ? Horrific

I feel for Thai ladies. Economically they could wait the day out and try to 'earn' two customers, or she could do a massive 6-7 Indians in one go for marginally less - but it's better than nothing. Just horrific

It's changed these days. Now it's about haggling. They work in packs, and try to get the best possible discount for their entertainment.

Horrific for local Thais. Property in developing nations shouldn't be used for investment purposes, people need places to live and at affordable prices. If you push locals out in a non developed nation, you risk havoc with the economic eco system. Locals will demand higher wages, pushing up inflation which will be passed onto consumers. Only property developers benefit.

Experience. Spent a week in Pattaya with colleagues. Ladies walking alone were constantly complaining of being hit on by indian men with phrases 'how much?'. Unfortunately many indians are new to tourism, low regard to women, and view any women in Thailand as a prostitute. So these westerners vowed that perhaps Pattaya is not a weekend getaway for us anymore. I often visit around Nana, Soi 11 ... i hope it's not a stereotype to suggest the Indian guys are very horny. Just go and view it. It's crazy. The problem is, it does drag the 'presitge' of the area down - not that Nana was ever an upclassy area. But many westerners do seek other areas. Problem is Thailand is one of the only countries in the world to allow Indians to enter without a visa, so they are going to be arriving in huge numbers. Even Indians are in disbelief Thailand has removed all visa restrictions, when they don't even let Thai's in without a soul destroying visa process.

The indians have completely taken over the sex scene in Bangkok. The men are extremely horny. It's a horny nature i have never seen in any other community. Incidentally they've also taken up most of Walking street in Pattaya too. They are not big spenders, they will not spend big in bars or pay to watch a dance, but they generally work in packs - so they will ask one lady to cater for 5 friends for a discounted price. You lose that party atmosphere as a result. Amazing to think even just 5-6 years ago, bars in Pattaya were refusing indian customers at doors. Now they have fully built Indian nightclubs.

Do they cook the food fresh ? Or do they just lay it out and reheat it?

Definately makes no sense this sentence.

There is definately some weird ass bullying going on in schools here. It's not the same type of bullying you see in the west, it's more medievil way deep level psychological crazyness. There isn't really a culture here to take bullying serious like it is in the UK or USA.

Flew business class once ... unbelievable experience. My own private cabin. Didn't even want to sleep. But then i look at the cost, and the extra two thousands i pay, i'd rather save that and spend it in Thailand.

That's a disgrace. On another note, there seems to be some big time epidemic of Brits being caught with cannabis in the UK. Definately flights from Thailand being targetted since cannabis was relaxed in Thailand.

There you go .... it's like an inbuilt gene in them. I challenge anyone in Thailand to find me one British guy on a pension who isn't racist.

Meanwhile they open up more runways, and get in more flights and more tourists .... Utter nonsense.

And these old sods sit there whinging about foreigners gaming the system, when they are doing the same exact thing. Racists is all they are.

Will get onto this. The level of old racists here heading to Phillippines once a year - very easy to spot whats going on. Cancel their pensions.

Homes in a developing country should not be used as investments or a place for foreigners to hide money. If you price Thai's out of homes, then you are setting of a course of problems that has massive problems with the workings of the country. The current governments schemes of opening up immigration to the whole world, and allowing people from China to stay long term is going to cause massive problems.

Met another grumpy Brit who was whinging about foreigners about foreigners coming to the UK, taking all the jobs at the same time also claiming all the money benefits (it made sense to him). I then asked him what he was up to this weekend for the fireworks, he tells he's going to Manila as he's registered his address there. Shocking. Nothing but scamming the system. Anyone caught doing this should have their pensions shut down.

Just what Thailand needs

How is this going to help Thailand ? They already get millions more cheap tourists than these other countries. It can only benefit these other countries, as people take days away from Thailand to head to these other countries. ODD thailand would push for this.

Thailand has just sleep walked into being a colony of China. They've removed all restrictions for most Chinese to enter and essentially live here. They've built bullet trains into Thailand from China, which is solely to flood Thailand with cheap materials from China. Practically all neighbouring countries have had the same thing done. It's diluted local culture too.

Unfortunately you should have noticed the small chip on the screen. It's your responsibility in these regions. I literally film everythign in Ultra 4K HD in these regions. They will flinch you for everything.

A complete enviromental disgrace. This whole 'we have to reach pre pandemic levels' and meet an arbitary figure is insane. Quality over quantity matters. Not mass tourism.

I think we all know why you have a problem. It's nothing to do with finance. You just have certain 'issues'. Take care and enjoy Pattaya.

So let me get this straight. You've emigrated yourself to Thailand to have a better life. But you resent anyone else wanting to do the exact same thing. You cite finance as the reason you do not want immigration into the UK - despite the governments own papers saying there is a massive pro economic positive from immigration. You cite other factors like 'foreigners don't intergrate' .... you say this without a hint of irony that the British foreigners in Thailand (or Spain etc) make very little effort to intergrate themselves. I've seen Brits here in Thailand who've never bothered to learn a word of Thai, get involved in any of the culture, etc ... other than to get drunk and pay for sex. You get good and bad immigrants everywhere. Show me the related article you base your assumption that immigration is a burden financially? Because if you are saying the GOVERNMENTS own official numbers are wrong, and some research company is more correct then i'd love to see this. One thing i am pretty certain with the UK, is there stats and figures are usually correct. More than likely you just made it up.

So what's the problem? As long as they work, pay their taxes and contribute. If the official stats say immigration is a net benefit to the country, and we need immigration for vital work like doctors, carers, low paid labour etc, What's your issue? Believe it or not, you see those big high rise buildings in Bangkok, they're built majority by labour from Myanmar. USA, Dubai, Australia all have high immigration numbers. Hell Thailand has let nearly 40 million tourists in this year.