Some people (and I mean the nosey, selfish, tight-arsed cheap charlies) seem to not understand the standard Thai family cannot afford to visit these kinds of places because of the cost. Eg. a family of 4 to visit somewhere may equate to 3 or 4 days working salary.
I am happy to pay a fair price for farang.. and it may equate to $10 AUD or $12 AUD more than the Thai price, but the quality tourist in Thailand should respect that and remember they are on 'holiday' here. If too expensive, then why not stay at home? Also think that the Thai 'dual' price is fair based on earnings.
Would these people who complained be happy to increase the farang price up by 100%, and then raise the Thai price up to that amount to match the new 'farang' price which would be doubled?
The people complaining should not be in Thailand in the first place. (Maybe the complaining farang don't like paying like 150 - 200 more, but happy to grab a bargirl for like 20x that amount. Shame on those people.