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Well its finally sinking in. Thailand killed the Golden goose before covid with there greed and dont care attitude towards treating tourists. All you got was the chinese will be here dont worry. Well there not coming now are they ? Te Thai tourism bosses bent over backwards offering free visas to the Chinese , draft dodging Russians and the indians we westerners were treated as collateral damage. What you doing to repair the damage ? Moving the 60 day visa back to 30 days for starters. Then the hotel bosses will increase prices to try and recover loss from Chinese numbers. They just dont listen or learn so they will believe all will be well. Next high season.

Most of it is the beach venders just lobbing old discarded bags of Rubbish at the end of the day. Patong beach pedestrian only lol your more likely to be killed by a grab drliverer or a vendor stocking up his stall.

What is there to do issan ? Is there a beach ? What does Issan offer ?

Remember the statemet from TAT saying " we will be looking at bringing in high end tourists " well that backfired big style the only numbers that came were Russian and Indian they ignored there bread n butter western tourists. They gave out free visas to them bent over backwards to the chinese now its all crime ridden resorts turning away potential tourists. You the thai tourism board made your bed now lie in it.

Oh dear what we going to do the chinese are staying away? Can"t be anything we have done ? There must be a reason they only know. Tomorrow they the chinese will be blamed for the downturn as the Thai Govt will not accept or listen to critisizm there right everyone is wrong.

Agree with most nothing to do with Tariffs or quakes we have spoken with our feet all the exusses dont wash anymore its down to Scams lack of security ie beating tourists in the resorts and Greed and Rip offs Wev'e had enough so we are going elsewhere, no doubt TAT will come out with the usual BS tomorrow.

Several years ago a RTP chief was brought to Phuket to clean up there act. He lasted a month before he was removed from Phuket and transfered.

lol Trannies with Fannies As noted by Gene Hunt.

Its all the thai's to blame. Ignore the weterners treat them like dirt they stay away or go elsewhere. Phuket has been taken over by Russians patts the same they turned a blind eye and took the cash without thinking of the future,relying on chinks and indians to bale out your sinking life raft you only have yourselves to blame GREED.

European kids dont <deleted> in the streets

So if this Bouncer Errr Security staff worked in an Establishment with a uniforn provided Plod must know his name quickly even if he dis a runner

Me and a friend did a border run last week to laos. Returning through the Thai border i was refused entry no reason all i got was go back where from ie laos and fly back to bkk. Was i going to be detained for attempting to re - enter after being refused at Nong Khai was i being forced out of Thailand for 2 weeks? i had no spare clothes, no drinks or food all day they certainly know how to treat tourists.

Phuket or little Moscow.

Why dont they Taser idiots, instead of standing off.

What a joke some locals moaning about tourists breaking laws what about them riding 3-4 on a bike no helmets no insurence nothing, riding in the direcrion to oncoming traffic disregarding other users.