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Very, very simple; get rid of the ridiculous bureaucracy serving nothing but employing thousands of officers with zero skills on a patronizing level. Your entire visa system is absolute madness. Get rid of the two-tier pricing policy by allowing Thai people free of charge access. Facilitate bank accounts for tourists (as in the past) as nobody is carrying around thousands of dollars in cash nor is willing to accept juicy withdrawal fees on foreign credit cards only. Tell your people that non-Thais are not aliens - it alienates the idea of "welcome" in the word already. Stop lying 24/7, the figures and news releases by the various government agencies are nothing short of an absolute idiotic compilation of lies.

Meanwhile it is literally impossible to find hospitality staff for restaurants (not girlie bars and other institutions of ill repute) willing to wait on tables or kitchen helpers for 13,000 Baht. Only once arrogance is abolished in favour of willingness to learn and work on a reliable basis .....

"Thai farmers worry as Chinese-Laos high speed trains bring competing produce..." Not only the farmers, the entire country will be facing the music anytime soon. Having being "protected" by governments and Phuyays for generations will backfire anytime soon as Khon Thai is not semi-divine but rather two generations behind all the rest. Once this coronaphobia is under control you will see that in agriculture, tourism and assembly, foreign languages, international trade laws and free competition is definitely very far behind already. The absence of any decent education - responsibility of the government - resulted in overpriced underqualified labour force to the benefit - of the same government crooks. Good luck Thailand, embrace the nippier weather outside Thailand as there is no way around it.

1,304 people: 40.57% of the respondents will not travel = 529.0328 persons 34.35% said they will definitely go somewhere = 448.1848 persons 25.08% said they have not yet decided = 327.0432 persons 529.0328 persons + 448.1848 persons + 327.0432 persons = 1304.2608 Apart from this mathematical carp I - for one - query, if 1'304.2608 persons are reflecting the opinion of +/- 70 million people - go figure ????

Regretfully I have to agree with you ....... ????

Dealers and mules = death sentence. I promise you the number of the afore-mentioned will drop to a one digit percentage for sure! Once the children and grandchildren of the "phuyais" come down on drug addiction you might stand a chance of some improvement on the execution (pun intended) of the law!

1) life has a price in this country 2) after 100 days of Thambooning around, the cash will have disappeared 3) the CCTV is the government's responsibility but presently unable to fulfill its obligations due to some financial commitments towards three submarines 4) rear ending should mandate mandatory payment - as in Europe

Nice to see some improvements then. Back in the day, the Sirindorn-office was manned by a crew of grouchy, grumpy officers, male and female alike. I really had to turn up my volume to get a standard re-entry visa done; they - seriously - expected me to file for it on Friday morning and expected me to be back to collect the passport coming Tuesday, as Monday was a holiday. My intention was to get the re-entry visa and proceed to Chongmek to cross into Laos. Once I took out the phone and started to take a video, which I commented, the visa was granted in less than two minutes.

Once the booze ban is lifted all over the country you can safely assume that the figures will reach previous years' heights again ............ As long as you wishy-washy around with the law implementation you will not see any changes. Confiscate the vehicle at a juicy fine of 5'000 Baht and storage fee of another 5'000 Baht for a month in a "lighter" offense, bigger offenses command the destruction of the vehicle when the culprit is present. Trust me, that would ring in a whole new era ......... 12'000+ deaths on Thailands roads stands for a multiple amount of grieving family members, (heavy) interruption of companies over losing an employee and billions of damage payments by insurance companies. Could be avoided but there would have to be an intention to do something about it .........

Dont lock anyone up, legalize and tax the stuff and get on with life. The "business" would be decriminalized but this would put some "phuyais" out of business overnight ....

2.3% of the workforce out of work according to Yanyong Thaicharoen? Really, 2.3% is absolutely nothing and actually means a total standstill in the employment market. Now, taking all those who lost the jobs, i.e. millions in the lawless "entertainment" industry, all those not recorded anywhere with the social security set-up nor never paid any income tax due to unwillingness of employer or lousy pay ........ there must be millions without a job being caught up by the family net somewhere upcountry. Fact is, that you cannot find unskilled, lest forget semi-skilled, hospitality staff working in restaurants. If you cannot find a junior waitress for 15,000 Baht/month then you might have to agree to the 2.3%. Bottomline is, that the semi-divine Khon Thai is just too lazy to work for money and rather opts for Somtam, Khao Niew and, provided a sponsor is around, some Laokao, Blend285 or Saengsom!

Revoking passport would have been one possibility and if covered by another country's passport then get him extradited. The findings will be published after some of the pending issues will have expired. Good luck - carry on the good work - what a farçe!

Saksayam Chidchob, offspring of the uncrowned ruler of Buriram, has spoken again. Well, in all fairness he might be right this time. The Sattahip-Songkhla ferry is a private operation and if it fails, it does not soil Saksayans untainted reputation. And smart, as he is, he might want to shoulder rub with the navy boys. A berthing for luxury liners and the three Chinese submarines - a world's first! Keep up the good work, the Thai people are forever indebted by your kind contribution to the gaiety of nations.

A good man, wish him luck and if he is really smart, he just stays put in Phayao. Bangkok is too close to the music and many before him were failed - word to the wise!

See you further first .......... After all, without soapies .....

Does the vehicle have, purely co-incidentially of course, plates referring to car registration in Sisaket? Asking for a friend ????

Hypertension is a matter of diet and exercise, fatty liver is again diet and no booze - both is easily arranged inside a prison. A cataract surgery is, today, an issue between two cups of coffee - the drawback is, that he will see the manure he is in much clearer now. How can such an oligarch pr1ck expect any compassion for what he did - the panther had neither hypertension, fatty liver and the animal's eyesight was not good enough to see this human coward's intension .......... fatal for the panther and non-fatal for this pristine example of a hypochondriac embarrassment!

Wishing the Bank of Thailand governor the best of luck with this forecast but then again, Thailand has always been good for a surprise ....... on vera!!

What the all-knowing Uncle Tu seems to omit is the fact that: - Thais can share a double room among 10 - some cooking is done on the carpets of the room - they bring their own supply of Mama soup, the Somtam gun and the sticky rice for the entire trip Those who could actually go on a vacation (by educational level) are short of cash since the country has been beaten almost to death over the last 18 months. Back to drawing board, Uncle Tu, and start planning on what kind of money you want to burn in the future, after submarines etc. Thailand will have a taxation stand-still for at least five years to come as those companies still in operation will be carrying forward losses you cant even dream about. And personal income tax = see above! Good luck to all ????

Reincarnation of Hefner most likely ..........

So Zarathurstra spoke - or not. Lets wait, have a cuppa tea and read further first. Mysterious are the ways of the East ....... ????

If I had 470 million I would certainly just enjoy the fruits of my savings. With a life expectancy of, say 30 years, it makes 16 million a year or more than one million Baht a month. That is without interest and compound interest. But yeah, a general receiving his year-end bonus for his dedicated work for the public and the good of the country, might opt for this money-parking option and whoever thinks of laundering now .... misunderstands what a soapy is for in the first place ????

Flying this sector regularly; you need a vaccination certificate. On coming down the escalator you'll see the baggage belts to the left and to your right - prior to leaving the arrival hall - a few counters with the usual battalion of "health" staff walking around in transparent garbage bags. See Counter 1 straight away with your certificate and, if you speak Thai, STAY with English as the latter is hardly spoken. They look at the paper and then you're handed a tiny little piece of paper with a red stamp on it which you hand over to the staff upon leaving the arrival hall. In the other direction (Udon-Bangkok) nobody gives a rat's a*%e ........

Well, at least the weather is lovely ..........

Get it from the horse's mouth, i.e. immigration head office in Bangkok. To the best of my limited knowledge (I am a PR for 30+ years) you can apply for PR (permanent residency) after three continuous years in Thailand based on either marriage and supporting minors (kids), earning taxable income or a major investment of 10 (?) million Baht. Another five years, after being granted PR, you may apply for citizenship. In the past a non-Thai woman married to a Thai man could jump directly, i.e. without the PR sideline - not so for a foreign husband to a Thai wife. I never went for a Thai citizenship as the PR gives you all the privileges except buying land and voting ..........