Hanuman2547

Although arrivals are important the better gauge is the number of days that a tourist stays in country.  The longer they stay the more they spend for everything.  That's why tourist days are more important then arrivals. 

As far as reaching pre-pandemic levels by 2024, that isn't happening.  

The heartbroken German needs to realize that the relationship is over and move on.  Not sure where he met the "love of his life" but I'm sure that he can replace here very soon if he was living in Pattaya.  

He should have sorted out his immigration status months ago but that is a whole different matter.  

I do know that adultfriendfinder and fetlife are worldwide groups so there must be something listed for Thailand.

I own a condo in Jomtien.  I don't have it up for sale but I also haven't seen a lot of people trying to buy condos there either.  A lot of them are for sale and have been for many months, maybe years.

I would suspect that the Finnish man is having a rather very good time and everything is running along just fine!

Biden is still approving money to be allocated to Israel for the purchase of weapons and munitions.  That in itself makes Biden guilty of war crimes when he knows that Israel will use them to kill and maim anyone in Gaza as well as the West Bank.  

1 hour ago, MamaT215 said:

The Canadian man was her husband. My husbands best friend. He had been living there for a year, and they just married. He was loving his new life and his wife, and did not deserve to die. Media and the killer have made three different stories out of this tragedy. The truth will never be known as to why. 
RIP Shane Micheal Nixon

My condolences to you, and your husband over the loss of two friends.

I only watched Mr. Ed because my older sister, who loved horses, made me.  I liked Batman, F-Troop, and Gilligans Island.  There were definitely a lot of very good American TV shows back then.  I also liked I Dream of Jeannie not noticing at the time how HOT Barbara Eden was!

Although not a comedy, one of my favourite TV shows is The Fugitive.  A lot of big name actors had guest spots on that show.  

14 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Thailand has only 2 seasons... HOT and HOTTER

I had heard more than 35+ years ago, that Thailand has three seasons:  Hot, Hotter, and Hottest!

This isn't going to work out the way the officials at the TAT are hoping for.  

Kudos to the parents!  I wouldn't want a RU graduate tutoring my child in anything!

Of course, there is always the possibility that she used her friend or sister's ID card which said she is 20 or older so that she could work in the bar.  That has been known to happen in the past.  

I've been hearing this same old song for 40 years.  Nothing has changed.  It's the same old system with their top/down mentality for both students, teachers, and administrators.

I don't think that you can keep your flight from BKK to the west coast of the USA under 7 hours.  Definitely can't on the return trip when it's even longer.  As others have said, book a business class or Premium economy seat.  That should help a lot.  Personally. I prefer EVA and China Airlines with both going through Taipei.  

Always check to see if the Myanmar border is open for foreigners to cross into their country.  Most of them right now are closed to land border crossings.  

In theory, yes.  Whether immigration would check is only when they need to such as you renewing or extending your current visa.  

"Marisa emphasised the need for improved law enforcement to address the issue of illegal sex workers, a problem that has plagued Pattaya and other Thai destinations for several years."

Right, those pesky illegal sex workers.  She obviously only wants "legal" sex workers.  

A friend just did his at the Prachuab Khirikhan office yesterday.  He had been at a hotel there for a couple of days.  After checking out he went straight to the immigration office and applied for it.  He said there were very few people there and was done in about 20 minutes.  He applied for it after only having been in the country for 10 days.  They just add the extension on to where the other one would have expired so he got his 60 days total.  

I hope that the gentleman who was injured will be ok.

There most likely is nothing wrong with him medically speaking.  Just been a big hoax to get preferential treatment.  He needs to be returned to the prison he came from.  

There are a lot of talented Thai doctors practicing medicine in western countries.  It's been that way since the 1970's.  Most went on some type of scholarship or fellowship for advanced specialized training.  When it came time to return to Thailand they just found an employer to support their application for residency.  The old joke was where do you find the best Thai doctors?  Try NYC, LA, London, etc.  

With a number of detractors going on right now, shooting at the mall fresh on their minds, wariness of the Chinese economy, fear of a global recession, and now the strengthening of the Thai baht to the USD these all put a damper on the Chinese tourists ability to travel outside of their country and specifically Thailand.