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Malaysia and China are the largest source countries for Thai tourism, accounting for more than 25%, each more than double of the third place country, India. Western expats may not care about a border skirmish, but Asian tourists do. Thailand has been getting a lot of bad press lately between the fighting, and political instability. The earthquake earlier this year didn't help either. Chinese and Asean tour companies have been stating that the demand for Thailand travel packages has declined significantly. There's a lot of competition for tourist dollars, people choose to go where they feel safe, whether that's based on fact or not, perception is everything.

They're fortunate they weren't caught in Qatar

Yawn. Move on. No one cares who you are dating.

So.... he's like all the other "tourists" that choose Pattaya as a destination.

Another Thai law/ crackdown/ regulation, announced with great fanfare, after which nothing really changes

The notorious trans-gender Tiger Poon Gang strikes again

Land of constantly changing laws. Dont like a current law? Just wait, it'll be changed two weeks from now

There's good and bad places everywhere. It all depends how much money you have.

These problems have nothing to do with the visa policy and everything to do with the prostitution / bar scene. Clean that up and your quality of tourists will improve immensely. I spend half the year in Bangkok, and half the year in Dubai. The UAE draws large amounts of tourists and you never hear of that happening there. That's because low class tourists don't go there to get drunk and visit prostitutes. It isn't tolerated there, and it shouldn't be here either if they want to eliminate these problems.

Pattaya is a special kind of place

It won't be alcohol free for me! 😵‍💫

I spend 6 months of the year in a Bangkok condo on the 33rd floor, and fortunately I wasn't there during the quake. Talking to the landlord, he informed me there are cracks in the ceilings, and the concrete floors have buckled in places, yet people are still living there. Doesn't sound safe to me. And the people that have bought condos would seem to have massive repair bills and a loss on their investment. I won't be going back there anytime soon, out of concerns of a collapse , I'll rent a house or even go to another country all together.

" However, his dreams crumbled in November when a spat with an ex landed him in hot water in Pattaya." Going into business with a girl you met in Pattaya will never end well. She has all the leverage in this country, the moment she's had enough of you, you're screwed. Protect yourself.

Who is his barber? Joe Dirt?

He's confused convenience stores with night clubs.