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huangnon

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  1. 2 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

    Was at BKK airport a few days ago at 6am the place was packed to the gills.

    The majority of the 100ś of millions of people in the world who have some money and have traveled, can well afford the price of a plane ticket.  Inflation is worldwide and much less of an inconvenience here.

    As much as the bitter miopic negative folks hate this place, many people worldwide want to come here now.  Lower prices then most places, infrastructure, geographic diversity, entertainment you cannot find in many countries, etc.

    I see 60 to 70%, would be tough to hit 80%.  But, bottom line this place is on the rise big time the numbers will be increasing indefintely in the future.

    Appreciate the positive outlook, but I'm not sure how much recent tourist volume is due to pent-up demand following Covid, and thus short-term only. Factor in rising airfares, inflation, and what will be criminally high energy bills for a lot of countries this Winter, and I'm not sure how long this will last into 2023.

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  2. On 11/30/2022 at 8:18 PM, RichardColeman said:

    I mean seriously, If you had that view would you want to go to Thailand ? 

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    Yep. Looks like the view from Gotemba. Nice place to stay if you enjoy skiing on Fuji.

     

    Air fares have more than doubled since last time I visited in 2019, so not sure how many Thais are actually visiting Japan, as opposed to it being a "most desired" destination described in the OP.  Pretty misleading storyline, tbh..

     

  3. 2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

    I just watched a video where they say it is only 12% of GDP, but then we hear all kinds of numbers up to 23%, so which is it, and then you have the soft underbelly where income is absorbed and earned by the unregistered and never reported.  Makes one wonder.

    I think the actual tourism GDP has been consistently mooted at only 12% for a few years now.

     

    But it employs a huge number of people here.

  4. 2 hours ago, webfact said:

    The Ministry of Public Health is encouraging the general public to keep up with their COVID-19 vaccinations, as the majority of severe cases and deaths occur among the unvaccinated and those who did not get their boosters.

     

    Well, they would now, wouldn't they.?

     

    https://aseannow.com/topic/1278581-thailands-gpo-to-begin-phase-3-clinical-trials-of-its-covid-vaccine-in-december/

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  5. 16 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

    Trump was also elected.

    At least over there some people understand that doesn't allow him to be above the law.

    But then, many voters over there are just as ignorant as many Thais.

    Yes, elected. Not sure what Trump has to do with this thread, apart from trying to frame the democratic principle as somehow wrong..?

     

    Who's ignorant here, then?

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