Pattaya: Jomtien traders suffering in second wave of pandemic

 

Picture: Siam Chon News

 

It is a familiar story all over Thailand but especially in once thriving tourist areas.

 

Traders who could earn a good living before are now barely able to keep their heads above water. 

 

Siam Chon News went to Jomtien on Sunday to talk to a lady selling som tam and a man selling cut up fruit.

 

Aunty Koi said she used to sell 2,000 - 3,000 baht of papaya salad a day - now she is lucky to see 1,000 baht. 

 

She has to throw away produce she can't sell and is living day to day with no prospect of savings. 

 

She said she was too old to do anything else and wants Pattaya to regain its past glories. 

 

Uncle Khwan - with sad eyes - told hold there was hardly any profit in selling fruit in these Covid-19 times. There were barely any tourists to speak of. 

 

He was unable to sell a couple of pineapples or a whole watermelon - just about 20%. 

 

The government measures were no use to him - he has rent to find, fuel bills and other overheads to meet. 

 

Source: Siam Chon News

 

 

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22 minutes ago, webfact said:

Aunty Koi said she used to sell 2,000 - 3,000 baht of papaya salad a day - now she is lucky to see 1,000 baht.

At 60-90k per month, what was she doing with all that money?  How long was she earing that much?

 

Maybe time to dip into her savings.

A good friend of mine is about to close his doors after 17 years, most of which were very successful. My wife's hotel chain just closed for at least 6 months. I appreciate Thailands concerns into these matters of the pandemic but the cure should not be worse than the problem as the cure  can have residual effects that are unmeasurable

4 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

At 60-90k per month, what was she doing with all that money?  How long was she earing that much?

 

Maybe time to dip into her savings.

She certainly wasn't spending it to educate you about compassion. It is easy to be a snob, when your own trough is full.

5 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

At 60-90k per month, what was she doing with all that money?  How long was she earing that much?

 

Maybe time to dip into her savings.

If you know Thais then you know that isn't the real truth? That is what she sold but most likely didn't minus her expenses so reduce the money in half 30-45K still a lot of money for a Thai I agree did they save any or did they do like most Thais live for today?

9 hours ago, webfact said:

She has to throw away produce she can't sell and is living day to day with no prospect of savings. 

Must be a terrible planner if she cannot budget and buy less ingredients for lower sales

19 hours ago, webfact said:

She has to throw away produce she can't sell and is living day to day with no prospect of savings

60-90 thousand baht a month she never saved anything before either.

She spent it on winter clothes. It's freezing cold this morning.

Brrrrrr, where are my ice skates?

A thousand a day will keep the wolf at bay.

I would like to invest in Thailand, but the legal procedures for foreign investors to start a company legally is very expensive, they only target mega entrepreneurs, if the government opens its eyes to small and medium foreign entrepreneurs, the economy of Thailand will return to grow again in level never seen before.

46 minutes ago, Rodbayne94 said:

I would like to invest in Thailand, but the legal procedures for foreign investors to start a company legally is very expensive, they only target mega entrepreneurs, if the government opens its eyes to small and medium foreign entrepreneurs, the economy of Thailand will return to grow again in level never seen before.

2 Million Baht paid up capital is very expensive. Only Mega Entrepreneurs? 

Those who chide her perhaps not familiar with how Thai families function. She may have pulled in that much money, but lots of relatives around to help spend it