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Golden week: Chinese tourists to Thailand dip as baht bites
I'll bite. The are far more powerful factors than the exchange rate on a baht. The total financial impact is one small factor. If the typical Chinese visitor spends at least 25,000 yuan, the impact of the FX change is that the cost of the week in Thailand has increased less than 14,000 baht. The article interviews someone from Chanburi and he is describing the "trend" seen for Pattaya. It is not necessarily a national trend. The annual number of Chinese visitors numbers was increasing year on year, so at the very worse, the visitor numbers are holding steady. There are significant concerns with Chinese domestic real estate investments and it is spooking the Chinese who travel internationally. International airfares have increased 10-20% on average and while not a deal breaker it acts as a negative incentive. Domestic Chinese airfares offer a better value since they are indirectly subsidized in large part by the national government. Chinese consumers are being cautious. Another disincentive that is not being considered is that Pattaya is crowded and really not as alluring or attractive as a holiday destination for Chinese families and elderly couples as are other Thailand destinations. Popular Thai destinations such as Samui and Phuket are also over crowded, and over developed. The beaches are dirty with polluted water. The traffic congestion is frustrating and the air pollution that can envelope some places is choking. Pointing at the FX as the reason some tourists are losing interest in Thailand is a convenient excuse to avoid the real issue: A poor tourism strategy and a refusal to plan ahead and to protect the assets that once made Thailand worth visiting. No one wants to walk through trash, or risk slashing open their feet at a beach because of the broken glass and discarded metal containers. Sitting in traffic choking on car fumes is not a holiday. The traffic on Hua Hin's main road from 5 pm until 7 PM in high season is one long tailback, in large part because of poor traffic management and out of synch traffic lights. A tuktuk or sangthaew ride from Market Village or Bluport to the main market takes 10 minutes at night in off season. In high season, it can take 30 minutes+. So many of Thailand's beaches are covered with trash. Condos and restaurants encroach some of Thailand's best beaches etc. Yes, the FX is not helpful to tourism, but it is not the reason why tourism is slowing, Multiple factors are involved and the fact is that the value proposition isn't there. -
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Pattaya Cracks Down on Illegal Immigrants to Protect World-Class Tourist Image
Thailand needs to enforce all the illegals in the country and not just Pattaya. -
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Billy Eilish's "Birds of a Feather" - is it better than anything by the Beatles?
Ok, abort, abort!!! That's the worst <deleted> video I've ever seen. Okay. maybe play the video...but don't look at it. Just listen to the song. -
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Billy Eilish's "Birds of a Feather" - is it better than anything by the Beatles?
Google Birds of a Feather by Billy Eilish, and get ready to have liquid MDMA course through your ears. The synapses of your brain will flash red with pleasure overloard. Just give it a try. Trust me.- 1
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What airline is the best option for domestic flights these days?
They usually have a coupon code box on their website. Do a search on the internet for that airline and try some codes. -
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What airline is the best option for domestic flights these days?
There are actually Thai government employee deal, while not the cheapest compared to the cheapest fare with no options ticked on that flight (in case of low cost carrier like AirAsia), but has included snacks(not full meal) and baggage allowance, fixed price at around 2,200-3000 baht depending on route -
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What airline is the best option for domestic flights these days?
So yesterday I found that Thai Airways and Bangkok Airways were the only non fee options. TA gives 25kg and BA gives 20kg free. Both are around 4,100 THB. I like TA, and the meals are good. I think I will try BA for the lounge this time. Thanks -
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7-Eleven Introduces Convenient PromptPay QR Code Payments Nationwide
debit cards cost 2-300 baht a year vs zilch for the app plus visa and mastercard get a cut for using their technology vs qr code that's free and the rest invented here -
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Crypto Trading/Investing 2024 - Zero Taxes if Resident in Thailand ?
Actually, it means there are 19 million BTC currently in existence and the remaining two million BTC will be mined between now and the year 2140. -
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Russian fined 5,000 baht after driving dangerously on Koh Samui - video
I laughed out loud when I read your comment, so funny. All Russians are one of the above you think, I have to laugh again, and how narrow-minded and ignorant you sound. Unbelievable. 🤣 There are many Russians here in Phuket, very polite, many Russians are couples, many with young kids, and they keep themselves to themselves. I much prefer them to the other farangs from the distant past, the tattooed, beer-swigging bar girl chasers, thank goodness most of the girly bars have gone and that type of tourist has bogged off to cheap Pattaya or wherever. If I was Russian and disagreed with Putin etc and I was rich enough to escape the war I would also do what they have done to protect their family. Phuket is now like the British TV Carlsberg advertisement of old, "Reassuringly expensive". -
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Returning to Thailand from Mexico and bringing my mid sized dog
But a good dog, also thx for the insight Einstein! -
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Living in On Nut Sukhumvit 81
Does anyone live in the On Nut Sukhumvit 81 area? Is there a lot of stuff to do in the area? Especially at night? -
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Police Guard Banks to Prevent Loan Sharks from Seizing 10,000 Baht Handout
Unfortunately because the majority of people receiving the handout will be in debt, it's inevitable the 10,000 THB will end up in the hands of loan sharks. But they must have known that when they proposed the vote buying scheme.- 1
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Saved a Thai from being fined. Good or bad?
it's not about the legality, it's about the safety. the law is there to protect idiots from themselves
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