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The thing is, everything you have put in bold has nothing to do with tourism and everything to do with retiring to Thailand. I agree with everything that you say in the context of retirement.

Or the G6 and the self proclaimed elephant that only wants to play with itself. The rest of the world might as well just move on and let the USA do whatever it wants to do.

Having now see the video, I think it’s quite wrong to say that Trump was brutally shut down. Trump was rambling on and finished his point. Media persons were shouting out more questions(hard to hear about what because they were all shouting over each other), Carney turned to Trump and seemingly said to him that he would like to step in and Trump nodded his agreement. Carney then spoke and said he was going to exercise his chairman’s role and move on. Nothing brutal about it, politely done with the involvement of Trump. Which is exactly what I would expect from Carney, the man is a consummate experienced professional.

I’m not sure what due diligence you expect. They are hardly going to engage in a clandestine operation to install hidden cameras and microphones. They got a tip off. They saw multiple people gathering and maybe even saw them around a board of some sort. They barged in, realized they made a mistake and left. so this is one that didn’t pay off. What’s the big deal?

Well, there ARE many illegal gambling dens in Thailand, I know of two in the area where I live. And the evidence all pointed that way in this case. Can’t really blame the tipster or the police. Of course, most illegal gambling dens pay off someone in the local plod to tell them about raids and such. These guys won’t have done that because they weren’t gambling.

Trudeau? What has he got to do with it? Germany was a major power when Hitler was in charge prior to 1940. Nobody stood up to him and the rest is history. Russia is indeed a major power just as North Korea is a nuclear power. The behavior of both requires the world to stand up to them and refuse to carry out business as usual. But first things first, get yourself up to date on who the current heads of government are, and then go from there.

Somewhat more serious than sex in the back of a tuk tuk. And this is not an isolated rage killing by a Thai. If my memory serves me correctly it’s the third in two days in fact. Extrapolate that over the course of a year and it’s quite a body count.

It’s better than nothing. But don’t tell me that every shop on that street didn’t know in advance what was coming and that’s the major reason why nothing untoward was found.

Prepare to repel boarders!

The numbers aren’t accurate anyway. I have been overseas and back to Thailand 3 times this year. So I’m a triple tourist….but I live here. Every visa run by every person results in an additional “tourist”. I don’t know how much it skews the numbers, but the anomaly is there and TAT don’t care because it is in their favoir

Well, ya, there are those too. I didn’t want to sound too downbeat in my post 😂

Gotta love the picture of an empty tuk tuk. Are we supposed to look for stains on the seats?

Take a look at the crowds outside of Buckingham Palace on any given day and add up how many are tourists. Take a look at how even Trump is enamored by the Royal Family and how it affects his attitude toward Great Britain. Multiply that millions of times. The contribution to charitable causes is well documented. No point to go over them again. One point of order, I’m not British. Singapore is my home country, which means that I can look at both sides of a ledger and appreciate the financial benefits of soft power and branding.

You are right in most respects, but the visa thing is a red herring. The island countries you mention don’t have much in the way of visa requirements.

I’ve heard this quality over quantity announcement so many times it’s getting down right annoying. TAT don’t seem to realise that if you want to change your target market, you have to change your product offering. The so called “vibrant nightlife” which is a euphemism for sleaze, plus the inherent dangers from a second rate infrastructure ( pavements electrical wiring etc etc) AND the elevated risks involved in road travel, just don’t talk quality.

No mention of the enormous amounts of money that the Royal Family generate? The benefits to charities of their support? The amount funded by the British tax payer is dwarfed by the other side of the ledger. Pretty useful in my eyes.

It’s perhaps optimistic to call this an initiative at this stage. But anything that brings drunk driving and how to curb it to the fore, is a good thing. Unfortunately they just haven’t thought this through and it’s a single standing idea rather than a comprehensive package of measures to truly clamp down on drunk driving. I give this a 1 out of 10 for content and probable effectiveness, 10 out of 10 for at least talking about the issue.

Surprised that you say that. It seems to be a rite of passage for Thai youths in my area to do wheelies on a daily basis. Haven’t seen adults do it. And foreigners seem to focus on speeding. But wheelies, Thai youths usually two to a bike, all the time.

So far, my claims through Bangkok bank insurance have been paid. That is about 60k for storm damage under house insurance, treatment at Bangkok Bank hospital when my daughter fractured her back, a small operation on my knee under medical insurance and just recently treatment at Bangkok hospital for cuts to my arm that needed 14 stitches. The only issue I have had was for follow up treatment to my knee when I was overseas. They didn’t pay out and didn’t say why, but it was a small amount for dressing a wound. I think they basically didn’t believe me as the treatment was in Lithuania. i had a couple of motor claims that paid out ok. Different companies. Thats over the course of 20 years.

I don’t know about university degree, I’d settle for them having a driving licence!

Good to know. 👍

Although I notice that the article has now been edited to put the two moves into chronological order.

“The loud noise and high speed, combined with wet road conditions, led to the accident.” High speed, yes. Wet road, yes. Loud noise? Got my doubts about that one

Probably Botox or whatever junk that they inject in their lips 👄

120 taxi drivers so far. It would be nice to know how many drivers there are in total, whether this training is mandatory and how many drivers will be trained per week, penalties for those who don’t attend etc etc. The cynic in me says two weeks in this will be quietly forgotten about and the original 120 might limp up to 240. This safety PR blitz ( like the high fives for dealing with a malfunctioning escalator at suvarnabhumi airport) is all very well, but stickers and news releases have to be backed up with action, consistent action.