Is Chiangmai becoming a ghost town?

[EricTh]

 

 

 

Edited September 20, 2019 by EricTh

[BritManToo]

It was packed with Thais on Wednesday.

[Puchaiyank]

What? No bus loads of Chinese eating their 7/11 lunches on the grounds of the University?  Cleanup on aisle 3...

[Dumbastheycome]

Oh! He means hordes of  tourists  are  not there? Rain season. Oh really? Thai  baht is  strong? Yes. World economy  is on a  back foot?  Damn right Thai Immigration an issue ?   <deleted> !

Tourism is reliant  on excess of  disposable income. It is  not  so abundant right  now.

Fear  mongering? I would  suggest a  rational  caution .

This  guy is  a promoter  in the  face of  real impact that has little to do with   just Thailand.

 

[Dante99]

hogwash

 

 

[fishtank]

Nobody is coming now. They are wise to scams, high prices, rip offs, violence, etc.

[donnacha]

Video made in the first week of September, the season never really kicks into gear until October.

Yes, the reputation of the city will have been affected by this year's particularly bad smog season and increasing awareness of Immigration Officer hostility towards westerners, while the devalued Yuan will limit the number of Chinese (it will still feel like too many), but the fact that the video already has well over 100K views suggests that interest in Chiang Mai is still high.

I'd bet a few baht that this guy will post another video in December about how overcrowded Chiang Mai is ????
 

[FolkGuitar]

I have lunch in the Old City every day. The front of the restaurant is open to the main street and as I eat, I can see a stead stream of Chinese tourists pushing and pulling their rolling suitcases. Steady stream...   And it will be even more in ten days when the Chinese 'Golden Week' holiday begins.

 

Intermixed with these Chinese folks, I see plenty of young Western travelers, loaded down with a backpack, front pack, and neck pillow wandering down the soi looking for their guest house.

 

And this is Rainy Season. Slow time for tourists. But there sure are plenty of them around!

[emptypockets]

I was interested initially until he opened his mouth.

[NCC1701A]

its the Rapture.

[NCC1701A]

 

[NCC1701A]

what happened to his head?

[sunnyboy2018]

3 hours ago, fishtank said:

Nobody is coming now. They are wise to scams, high prices, rip offs, violence, etc.

555 Aren't you the lucky one? Im surprised you still stay here. So you got scammed into being mugged then paid a high price to be violently assaulted? 555

[Sandy Freckle]

Turning into a ghost town..., surely you jest..., long way to go before that comes about.
Unless you're referring to the quality of expats getting around 'gods waiting room' in the North ?

[Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai]

We live here certainly not a ghost town. I be happy to see certain groups going to Pattaya or Phuket.

Us locals love the place. We don't want it to be a Pattaya or Phuket or we would be there.

Ridiculous post.

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[Sandy Freckle]

38 minutes ago, Sandy Freckle said:

...., yes huge over-exaggeration !

 

 

Edited September 21, 2019 by Sandy Freckle

[1FinickyOne]

You should always keep an eye out for ghosts... but for me, they are part of the culture, so, always welcome. 

[eyecatcher]

Business as normal at Tesco last saturday midday.

Two checkouts open from 24 and coping with the deluge admirably.

 

I didnt even need a private changing room to try on some new under grundies

[Jingjock]

Been here 8 years, never seen it so empty, give it two years, Pattaya will be a ghost town, probably the same as Chiang Mai

[Bill97]

Ghost town, such stupidity.


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[Antonymous]

This guy has been been in and out of Chiang Mai for four years now and hasn't even got it right about the weather patterns.

 

Downtown Chiang Mai has become a much more civilised place since all those digital nomads fled.

[QPRFC]

This is just a post to promote BrettDev's videos on YouTube! 

[sammieuk1]

Who in their right mind would ever come here I certainly wasn't anyone I now know left here are holed up at home sniffing their empty wine box and counting satangs ???? 

[Isaan sailor]

My daughter visits Thailand every so often, and always asks about Chiangmai.  I caution about the ever-worsening burn season.  So the window seems to close down to October/November—between the rain and the smoke.  Not sure after that...

[WyrldTraveler]

It is the latest anti-smoking campaign.  People now avoid smoke.

[jerrybeirne]

cycling south on canal road a couple of days ago was passed by quite a few pick up trucks filled with young travelers who i assume were going to mae wang for trekking, white water rafting and elephant rides.

also many mini vans speeding south to doi inthanon etc.

[emptypockets]

4 hours ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

We live here certainly not a ghost town. I be happy to see certain groups going to Pattaya or Phuket.

Us locals love the place. We don't want it to be a Pattaya or Phuket or we would be there.

Ridiculous post.

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Locals 5555555555555

[LukKrueng]

15 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

 

Thai Immigration an issue ?   <deleted> !

 

 

14 hours ago, donnacha said:

 

increasing awareness of Immigration Officer hostility towards westerners, ????
 

Never heard of immigration issues / hostility towards legitimate tourists. All the "reports" we get here on TV are of people trying to stay here long time by circumventing the system.

[bkk6060]

46 minutes ago, LukKrueng said:

 

Never heard of immigration issues / hostility towards legitimate tourists. All the "reports" we get here on TV are of people trying to stay here long time by circumventing the system.

Yes.

I believe he made a bogus comment something like : everyone is getting denied on tourist visa.

Not sure where he was but sure looked like many cars, motorbikes and people wandering about.

[LivinLOS]

1 hour ago, LukKrueng said:

 

Never heard of immigration issues / hostility towards legitimate tourists. All the "reports" we get here on TV are of people trying to stay here long time by circumventing the system.

Obviously not looking very hard.. Many have been reported and visa rules changed which do effect genuine tourists. 

 

That said, its far from a ghost town.. Wish it was a lot more 'ghosty' personally. 

Edited September 21, 2019 by LivinLOS