I’m sitting in the Pub right now and all I can say is....

[Burma Bill]

22 hours ago, Oldie said:

Madame Tussauds put there some wax figures

Tourism in "meltdown"???

[NoshowJones]

21 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

Perhaps they paid for them themselves?  Not every Thai woman needs someone else to provide for her.

My wife certainly doesn't, anyway, I have myself to provide for.

[JensenZ]

4 hours ago, bkkgriz said:

Yeah who cares about all of the Thais who are losing their business and income. I'm alright Jack. Selfish attitude bro.

Everyone is suffering all over the world. It's called making the best of a bad situation - putting a positive spin on it. 

 

I hope you're doing a lot to help all the poor Thais with no income. They don't need your sympathy, but they could use your help.

Edited June 18, 2020 by JensenZ

[NoshowJones]

21 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

That may have something to do with the airports and borders being closed

Yes, I wonder who was responsible for closing them, not the government surely, they are doing a wonderful job. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

22 hours ago, Oldie said:

There are simply no tourists.

 

Kind of hard to have many "tourists" when all incoming international flights for regular passengers have been cancelled and borders closed for quite some time.

 

That's part of the reason we apparently don't have hardly any CV cases here right now.

[FalangJaiDee]

20 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Precisely. I have a few friends in the USA who would be on airplane right now if it was open without any quarantine.

Can confirm. I want to GTFO of the USA ASAP.

[MadMuhammad]

22 hours ago, Keyser Soze666 said:

Yea completely flattened is Pattaya, but with the borders closed I guess it will be fairly empty, although you would have to wonder where the esteemed farang residents are , like your good self??

 

As for the jeans and bags they are probably snides..

I’m here, just shopping on line and building my car. I really don’t feel the need to venture into town now, especially if theirs not much going on. People watching is decidedly boring when there’s no people, as the OP has discovered.

Covid has been a great circuit breaker for me. I no longer feel the need to head out drinking (if I could) and I’ve found the best ways to order nearly all my needs online. With the money I’ve saved my needs seemed to have increased substantially lol

 

I’m still happy to go to restaurants and eat street food to support the locals but I’m feeling my bell ringing, money splashing days will be very limited once the bar action does start up again, but heading out in the sun for a soft drink is t appealing right now 

Edited June 18, 2020 by MadMuhammad

[Silent Number]

22 hours ago, colinneil said:

You are correct, many Thai ladies are well able to provide for themselves.

My wife is worth a damn sight more than me.

Mine is also worth a damn lot more than me NOW.

[Sydneyboy1]

4 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said:

Jeez mate,

if u think i give rats bottom about the BIB showing up you then are sadly mistaken. 
 

whenevr they want to talk to me in the past i just start speaking fast scouse to them. Believe me when i say they dont know what hit um ????

That's because scousers are full of sh:t anyway.  

[Silent Number]

[cyril sneer]

there will still be enough expats around to fill the bars so can't blame it all on tourism and airports closing

 

try going back on July 1st when alcohol is (possibly) served.

 

nobody will choose to have soft drinks in a bar over drinking alcohol at home (unless they have access to other drugs or there's secret women available upstairs)

[Alidiver]

No flights because the airport and borders are closed.

[5633572526]

23 hours ago, Oldie said:

The tourists can't come to Thailand because there are no flights. What does the government of Thailand have to do with it? I think they really do a lot but they can't do miracles. 

There are no flights because the government closed the borders.

is that really so hard for you to understand??

[abrahamzvi]

23 hours ago, time2093 said:

So its the tourist fault that Thailand wont open its boarders not the government fault that cause thousands of people to loose their livelihood in Thailand.

The pandemic is not the fault of the government. The government has been doing whatever it can to make sure that the epidemic affects as few people in Thailand as possible, and it has been very successful in doing so. Unfortunately the justifiable measures taken by the authorities included the closing of the borders, thus unable to allow tourists. So why is this the fault of the government? 

[holy cow cm]

2 hours ago, FalangJaiDee said:

Can confirm. I want to GTFO of the USA ASAP.

Can't blame you and that is the same feeling a few of my friends have there as well. They don't care if it isn't fully opened up here as there is enough to keep them happy and entertained here at the moment.

[Bender Rodriguez]

maybe beer & hookers are not a commodity in the zombie pandemic ?

[Oldie]

4 hours ago, lensta said:

Are you mad?? The Thai government has closed Thailands borders, that's what they have got to do with it.

I just read that Australia doesn't want to open its borders until next year. Many other countries are also blocking traveling. It is not only Thailand. And you see that there are still Corona cases at the few people that come from abroad. Corona is no fun especially if you get really sick. People start to forget this.

 

Edited June 18, 2020 by Oldie

[bkk6060]

3 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Thailand has been losing tourists and expats for quite a while now, even before the "pandemic", mainly because of the strong baht and some immigration issues.

2019	39,797,406	4.24%[50]
2018	38,277,300	7.54%
2017	35,381,210	8.57%
2016	32,588,303	8.91%[51]
2015	29,881,091	20.44%
2014	24,809,683	6.54%
2013	26,546,725	18.77%
2012	22,353,903	15.98%
2011	19,230,470	20.67%

 

Why make a false statement.  Just to be negative cause you hate the place?

[WineOh]

2 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

2019	39,797,406	4.24%[50]
2018	38,277,300	7.54%
2017	35,381,210	8.57%
2016	32,588,303	8.91%[51]
2015	29,881,091	20.44%
2014	24,809,683	6.54%
2013	26,546,725	18.77%
2012	22,353,903	15.98%
2011	19,230,470	20.67%

 

Why make a false statement.  Just to be negative cause you hate the place?

Cant wait to see the figures for 2020 ????

[Silent Number]

19 minutes ago, Liverpoolfan said:

Cant wait to see the figures for 2020 ????

Worldwide figures? Or just Thailand’s?

[NoshowJones]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

2019	39,797,406	4.24%[50]
2018	38,277,300	7.54%
2017	35,381,210	8.57%
2016	32,588,303	8.91%[51]
2015	29,881,091	20.44%
2014	24,809,683	6.54%
2013	26,546,725	18.77%
2012	22,353,903	15.98%
2011	19,230,470	20.67%

 

Why make a false statement.  Just to be negative cause you hate the place?

It is not a false statement and I do not hate the place, or the people, but I do hate the government, they have driven a lot of tourists and expats away mainly because of their policies.

[Pattaya46]

2 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said:

Cant wait to see the figures for 2020 ????

You may be very impressed by the 2021 figures too : maybe +100% ! 

[Pattaya46]

post deleted by myself. worthless.

Edited June 18, 2020 by Pattaya46

[steven100]

lets just open up the borders so anyone and families from Wuhan or Beijing can just come and mix with you and just holiday. Lets have Black lives protest so they can keep spreading COVID19 ...   LOL

Some folks here just don't care ....  and as such blame the government.

 

lets just blame everyone except China ......  lol

[Acharn]

Just out of curiosity, where are you? You think it's the "tourism epicenter" of Thailand, but that doesn't tell me anything. Is it in Bangkok? Is it in Chiang Mai? Is it in Phuket? Is it in Hua Hin? I would have thought Patpong Rd is the "tourism epicenter," but what do I know?

[elgenon]

You obviously don't know the right people> Sprite? Really?

[pineapple01]

On 6/18/2020 at 6:50 PM, possum1931 said:

It is not a false statement and I do not hate the place, or the people, but I do hate the government, they have driven a lot of tourists and expats away mainly because of their policies.

No Loss just getting rid of the Skint Mongers