Thailand to cash in as Tham Luang cave set to become major tourist attraction

[DrTuner]

Now this is a true Tourist Trap.

[DrTuner]

Ah balls. I just figured out what's going to happen next. Every Somchai will be cramming themselves into whatever hole in the ground they can find in hopes of becoming a tourist attraction. 

[PatOngo]

4 hours ago, Panda13 said:

Fun fact: 

Did you know that 50% of the people that you talk to everyday. are below average intelligence?

Only 50%????

[Aforek]

6 hours ago, poohy said:

Boys still trapped, from what i read no clear rescue plan   so it could still all go wrong! ( i sincerely hope not)

 

And above all they are planning a tourist attraction sadly so incredibly Thai! .....absolutely amazed 

Yes, a 10 kms long cave ( but not in raining season ! ) can be a great touristic attraction, ( but risky, not for everybody ) but now, the boys are still trapped in it, and for me this  announcement is too much premature and inadequate , we don't know if all of them will be saved  

Rather shocking ! 

Edited July 5, 2018 by Aforek

[thaiguzzi]

6 hours ago, poohy said:

Boys still trapped, from what i read no clear rescue plan   so it could still all go wrong! ( i sincerely hope not)

 

And above all they are planning a tourist attraction sadly so incredibly Thai! .....absolutely amazed 

Yep, now there's a surprise.

Who woulda thunk it?

[Thechook]

I find this just a little disturbing, we have young children trapped in the caves but they have already purchased new cash registers and are counting the money they want to make off the kids misery.  

 

Let's get these poor kids out before you start spending your expected windfall.

[BobbyL]

Speechless. Absolutely speechless. 

 

A lot of things don't surprise me here at all nowadays, yet this really has.

 

They have the most dangerous part to come, and already you've got a bunch of clowns thinking about stuff like this.

 

Truly embarrassing considering all the world media attention they've got recently for this. 

[Eligius]

1 minute ago, BobbyL said:

Speechless. Absolutely speechless. 

 

A lot of things don't surprise me here at all nowadays, yet this really has.

 

They have the most dangerous part to come, and already you've got a bunch of clowns thinking about stuff like this.

 

Truly embarrassing considering all the world media attention they've got recently for this. 

Exactly, BobbyL. The Thai 'elites' have got no shame. None whatsoever.

[BobbyL]

2 minutes ago, Eligius said:

Exactly, BobbyL. The Thai 'elites' have got no shame. None whatsoever.

You learn to expect that here after a while mate, but this is truly incredible. 

[tingtongtourist]

16 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Any opportunity to grab a dollar never gets missed does it? They had better hope they all come out OK then or it will be a morbid attraction, not a tourist one. I can't believe they are talking of tourism when the poor kids are still inside there.

 

take with a grain of salt.

in reality they probably say like:

 

"its unavoidable that this story going international will attract the tourist who want to come and see the caves" 

 

The media here have freedom to print whatever BS they like when it come to English read news.

We as westerner have no choice to trust how they translated the Thai to English.

 

I gotta laugh so hard when TV posters read something Prayuth has supposedly said. 

They show horror and outrage, like he actually spoke English and said those exact English words the media quoted him as saying.

its just idiotic the way many farang get worked up and cant even be sure of the truth

 

they did it to Thaksin constantly.

they way they can report him, something like:

 

" I dont respect farangs and the UN is not my father"

or

" the Thai government is not obligated to  take advice from the west, and we are not bound by the U.N"

 

which one sound better? lol

 

 

[lamyai3]

16 hours ago, roo860 said:

They could even flood the caves in the dry season with water pumps to give you that 'I'm trapped ' sensation.

Log flume, with thirteen waving mannequins. 

[DavisH]

Making profit off the backs of the misery or children and grave danger to rescuers. You really suck, Thailand TAT.

[Lupatria]

17 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Any opportunity to grab a dollar never gets missed does it? They had better hope they all come out OK then or it will be a morbid attraction, not a tourist one. I can't believe they are talking of tourism when the poor kids are still inside there.

Graveline Tours provided overview of LA's famous crimes history. This tour started out in late '90's as one guy in a hearse driving around a handful of riders in LA's famous neighborhoods -- focused on infamous crime scenes.

Can't be long and Koh Tao offers tours in an ambulance to all the places where tourists were killed.

[Eligius]

1 minute ago, Lupatria said:

Graveline Tours provided overview of LA's famous crimes history. This tour started out in late '90's as one guy in a hearse driving around a handful of riders in LA's famous neighborhoods -- focused on infamous crime scenes.

Can't be long and Koh Tao offers tours in an ambulance to all the places where tourists were killed.

Yes. But the difference is that the Americans were not doing this while the crimes - or tragedies  - were still ongoing. The Thai 'elites' are getting dollar signs in their eyes over an opportunity for Catastrophe Tourism while the poor boys and rescue workers are still in situ and in real danger.

 

Utterly unforgivable.

[Oziex1]

I could say this defies belief, no TIT. 

[peperobi]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

The Tham Luang cave network made headlines around the world after the junior footballers aged between 11 and 16, along with their 25 year old coach got trapped inside on June 23.

Now is looking like the government try to prolong the rescue action so that the cave will be much longer in the media focus and so to get many tourists there.

[peperobi]

18 hours ago, janclaes47 said:

How about keeping the boys inside indefinitely, like an attraction?

I will be not surprised when they begin to build some 5 Star hotel next to the cave!

[Oziex1]

I could say this defies belief, no TIT. 

[Oziex1]

9 minutes ago, peperobi said:

I will be not surprised when they begin to build some 5 Star hotel next to the cave!

I believe copies of the kids football shirts are being made now. 

[tomta]

1 hour ago, tingtongtourist said:

The media here have freedom to print whatever BS they like when it come to English read news.

No, I'm afraid they don't have freedom. They can print BS of course - but it must be approved BS - not whatever they like. But they are forbidden from printing a lot of factual information .

 

The rest of your point is well-taken. Although, I don't think the stupidity and arrogance of Prayuth can be solely attributed to poor translation

[cornishcarlos]

2 minutes ago, Oziex1 said:

I believe copies of the kids football shirts are being made now. 

 

Does a copy of a copy become an original ?? Like a negative + a negative = a positive !!

[lanista]

18 hours ago, janclaes47 said:

How about keeping the boys inside indefinitely, like an attraction?

 

YEP !!!!  good one.

Dont tell the TAT because they may actually do it.

I was wondering how long it would be before the monks got in on the profiteering angle.

Fast moving monks and vendors are now offering  'prediction' amuletes for thousands of baht. Everyone will buy them to predict the time to buy lottery numbers.

Cave scams will be springing up everywhere soon.

I dont know why they think all tourists are stupid enough to wander deep into a dangerous looking cave complex.

Maybe the Chinese are.  They'll be the main bunny.

 

 

 

 

[luckyluke]

Well in 1951 there was the movie =

 

" Ace in the Hole " / " The Big Carnival "

 

 

 

[WorriedNoodle]

Appropriate toon by Stephffart in todays press over the idiocy.

 

Edited July 6, 2018 by WorriedNoodle

[toofarnorth]

It might work with a guide to take them as far as 7-eleven on Pattaya beach.

[ericnoodeeka]

and all this after a navy seal has died in there yesterday, shocking.


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[Media1]

The generals can buy new cars and watches

[thaibeachlovers]

20 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Any opportunity to grab a dollar never gets missed does it? They had better hope they all come out OK then or it will be a morbid attraction, not a tourist one. I can't believe they are talking of tourism when the poor kids are still inside there.

Agreed. This was started before the diver died, but I hope they stop talking about tourist attractions when it would be at the expense of at least one death.

[thaibeachlovers]

3 minutes ago, ericnoodeeka said:

and all this after a navy seal has died in there yesterday, shocking.


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To be fair, it started BEFORE he died.

[ericnoodeeka]

To be fair, it started BEFORE he died.

fair comment, but i truly hope they give up with this idiotic idea now.


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