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I'm comparing the two here because it seems that a lot of AN posters that live in Thailand believe that if they leave, Thailand will be in a lot of trouble economically. They are delusional. They also believe that Thais focus too much on attracting Chinese tourists. I also linked a report on Thailand tourist income by country of origin. I'm just using actual US Dollars to show that Chinese tourists > European tourists > farang immigrants. Oh, if Thailand made casinos legal, Chinese will spend even more money in Thailand.

People do love to blame the messenger.

A tough measure lasting all of 2 months.

So the Chinese still spent 18 billion USD in Thailand vs 15 billion USD from ALL European tourists in 2019. Thailand does seems to be trying hard to get the rest of the 232 billion from the Chinese though. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140714/thailand-value-of-tourist-spending-by-region-of-origin/

If 250,000 farangs living in Thailand spent $3,000 per month that would be $9 billion USD per year. Thailand's annual GDP is 500 billion USD per year. All those farang "supporting" the Thai economy makes up 1.8% of it. In 2019, Chinese tourists spent 250 billion USD overseas, beating out American tourists. I'm not surprised Thailand is more focused on getting Chinese tourists and less on keeping farang immigrants.

Yeah, only certain foreigners are greeted regularly at the airport with flowers and wais.

I heard that a taxi driver in Bangkok got fined 2000 baht for killing a farang pedestrian. That's it. 2000 baht. When I cross the street my head is on a swivel. I probably look left and right 6 times before I get to the other side of the street.

I always verbally confirm with the driver when I get into the car.

The British guy was arrested in Phi Phi and brought back to Phuket to be prosecuted. 🤣 There goes the rest of his vacation.

Meh, some people want to be far away from their relatives. Reminds me of a line in the Morris Panych's play Vigil: I'm sorry I said all those awful things to you but I thought you were a relative. Also reminds me of my favorite line in Jean-Paul Sartre's play No Exit: Hell is other people.

Women prefer overdosing as well. Easy enough to do in Thailand.

No. It was made in CHY-na.

Thailand prefers the tourists that spend like drunken sailors.

Tourist money is too easy.

I hear some Thais reach down to the ground in pretending to pick up a rock to throw at the dog. If there are a lot of aggressive dogs you could always carry a real rock. Hmm, would carrying a hammer and some nails be legal?

Same traffic rules on all intersections in Thailand. Biggest vehicle has the right of way.

I guess you are unfamiliar with the long gone Eden Club. She had a collection of toys.

Any yet, it is the dodgy farangs showing up in the news. Go figure! On a side note, a woman once told me at Eden Club that the majority of British visitors enjoy being buggered. Make of that what you will.

Meh I don't think it will make any real impact. Cashed up farangs and asians will easily be replaced by other cashed up farangs and asians. The only thing that slowed down tourism overall in Thailand was covid.

Hitler Pig can't stay awake.

That's number 12!

Cars in India have louder horns than elsewhere. Indians really love to lay into their horns. They will honk their horns while stopped at a red light.

Maybe the servers will improve.

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Life seems cheap in South East Asia. Long prison sentences are reserved for drug traffickers.