Popular Post finnsk Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 I am wondering how many farrang there is in Thailand. Think we normally live a quiet life here. Maybe we are one of the mainincome in the kingdom ? 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Don Mega Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 I know of atleast 3 (including myself). 3 1 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cake Monster Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 We are nowhere near the main income of Thailand. Farang are a pimple on the A## of an Elephant in respect of income into the Thai Economy 19 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustAnotherHun Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 Maybe we are one of the mainincome in the kingdom ? Sure we're not though some expats like to believe their few Baht are a significant impact to the Thai ecomomy. I too would like how many expats are living here but I cannot find any valuable numbers. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 If you ask thai people the'll probably tell you Too many... 3 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dmaxdan Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 Probably about 200,000 but that number is being reduced as we speak now that the BMW smart cars have been deployed. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, finnsk said: I am wondering how many farrang there is in Thailand. far less than people think. the last number was 200,000. 14 minutes ago, finnsk said: Think we normally live a quiet life here. some do some don't. 14 minutes ago, finnsk said: Maybe we are one of the mainincome in the kingdom ? no. not at all. we don't count for virtually anything in the Thai economy. That is one of the many myths you see here on TV. Edited March 12, 2020 by NCC1701A 14 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chiangmaibruce Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 This is pretty old now but may be of interest to some readers ... http://www.aust-thai.com/expats.htm 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 10 minutes ago, Cake Monster said: Farang are a pimple on the A## of an Elephant in respect of income into the Thai Economy Awfully big pimple if it was Thai bar girl annual income 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustAnotherHun Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 There are BGs with a much larger income than most of their customers. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, JustAnotherHun said: There are BGs with a much larger income than most of their customers. Hardly surprising if they're doing 8 customers a day. But how many years can they keep that up for? When I first came to Thailand (10 years back) my first live in gf had been (was?) charging 40,000bht for a weekend to guys in 5* hotels. And she had at least one famous movie star as a customer, she was still behind in her mortgage repayments (7k/month). Now she's a chubby 42 year old housewife married to an elderly Dutch guy and running a guesthouse. Edited March 12, 2020 by BritManToo 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Orton Rd Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 Hope you got a discount BritManToo ???? 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CNXexpat Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 Around 200k and a large number of them are working for foreign companies, like banks, car makers, chemical companies, etc. They have a very little impact on the Thai economy. Especially many of the pensioners, what I can see in some Pattaya foodie groups, where they are discussing where to get the cheapest beers and English breakfasts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustAnotherHun Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 19 minutes ago, BritManToo said: Hardly surprising if they're doing 8 customers a day. But how many years can they keep that up for? When I first came to Thailand (10 years back) my first live in gf had been (was?) charging 40,000bht for a weekend to guys in 5* hotels. And she had at least one famous movie star as a customer, she was still behind in her mortgage repayments (7k/month). Now she's a chubby 42 year old housewife married to an elderly Dutch guy and running a guesthouse. Well, easy come easy go but not in each case. It's not about having 8 customers a day. The brighter girls have their sponsors. A couple of years ago I knew a girl who had three sponsors. Two of them from different european countries, one from Canada. Her income was more than 150k/month and that for years. It was a bit stressy for her to avoid her sponsors coming at the same time but she got it done. When none of them was here she worked on short time basis to get some extra money. All she earned was invested to buy land up there in the djungle. She must own half of Isaan I guess ???? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pravda Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Cake Monster said: We are nowhere near the main income of Thailand. Farang are a pimple on the A## of an Elephant in respect of income into the Thai Economy What a smug answer considering it has nothing to do with the original question ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarteso Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Mia call me “Parasite”... Should you count me like a number as expat? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Pravda said: What a smug answer considering it has nothing to do with the original question ???? You might want to read the OP again.... Quote Maybe we are one of the mainincome in the kingdom ? Edited March 12, 2020 by JustAnotherHun 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Silencer Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 If we take the number at 2,000,000 baht spent in country per expat (or expat family) a year, then at 100,000 people we get 200,000,000,000 baht year, or the suggested 200,000 people, 400,000,000,000 baht a year. Seems like a nice infusion into the economy per year. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Silencer said: If we take the number at 2,000,000 baht spent in country per expat (or expat family) a year, then at 100,000 people we get 200,000,000,000 baht year, or the suggested 200,000 people, 400,000,000,000 baht a year. Seems like a nice infusion into the economy per year. The 2 million are by far too much IMO. Last year (I think) there was a poll about the amount of money, expats are living on here. As far as I remember about 40% statet that they lived on 40k THB or less. Not many were over 100k/month 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Don Mega Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 10 minutes ago, Silencer said: If we take the number at 2,000,000 baht spent in country per expat (or expat family) a year, then at 100,000 people we get 200,000,000,000 baht year, or the suggested 200,000 people, 400,000,000,000 baht a year. Seems like a nice infusion into the economy per year. Doubt the old codgers living in a 3000b a month fan room are dropping 2 million a year. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Silencer said: If we take the number at 2,000,000 baht spent in country per expat (or expat family) a year, then at 100,000 people we get 200,000,000,000 baht year, or the suggested 200,000 people, 400,000,000,000 baht a year. Seems like a nice infusion into the economy per year. What about all the 800k/400ks sitting in bank accounts? (I only spend 500k/year ...... no money in Thai bank) Edited March 12, 2020 by BritManToo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 49 minutes ago, Orton Rd said: Hope you got a discount BritManToo ???? You wouldn't believe how attractive she was ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Dmaxdan said: Probably about 200,000 Why is that random number "probable"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 23 minutes ago, BritManToo said: You wouldn't believe how attractive she was ......... My Mrs was too, 15 years ago! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkingOrders Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 We are a drop....small drop in the income of the kingdom. I know that much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vacuum Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 50 minutes ago, Silencer said: If we take the number at 2,000,000 baht spent in country per expat (or expat family) a year Big spenders? I think that most expats living here don't even spend half of those numbers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singasong Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) On 3/12/2020 at 12:26 PM, BritManToo said: Hardly surprising if they're doing 8 customers a day. But how many years can they keep that up for? When I first came to Thailand (10 years back) my first live in gf had been (was?) charging 40,000bht for a weekend to guys in 5* hotels. And she had at least one famous movie star as a customer, she was still behind in her mortgage repayments (7k/month). Now she's a chubby 42 year old housewife married to an elderly Dutch guy and running a guesthouse. And she gave all that up for you, come on now ???? Edited March 14, 2020 by blackcab Bold font removed from quote. Please do not modify other people's posts 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitkof Island Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 5 hours ago, ezzra said: If you ask thai people the'll probably tell you Too many... I agree with them. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, singasong said: And she gave all that up for you, come on now ???? No, she was still at it while I was living with her. She was a great girl, but I couldn't cope with her demands for sex. I'd have had to be 'Superman' to have kept up with her. Edited March 12, 2020 by BritManToo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hansnl Posted March 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2020 On 3/12/2020 at 12:04 PM, NCC1701A said: far less than people think. the last number was 200,000. some do some don't. no. not at all. we don't count for virtually anything in the Thai economy. That is one of the many myths you see here on TV. 200,000 expats 50,000 Baht 12 months Investments in houses, cars, motorbikes PM. Do your sums Actually quite an impact on the local economy, don't you think? As stated by the former governor of Khon Kaen province. He also stated that ever "farang" expat brought 1.5 jobs. Indeed, on the grand economic scale the expat share may not be huge, but it sure is on the local scale. And that is, in my humble view, very important indeed. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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