and if they do come they can make more money by arresting them for drinking, being in groups of more than 5, etc...

1 hour ago, 10baht said:

What? The only relaxed rule that will make a diff is eliminating the COE.

has eliminating CoE been announced?

1 hour ago, vandeventer said:

Is that with or without a girl?

a girl NEVER stays with them - she'll be on the fly after service

5 hours ago, Gold Star said:

Someday, someone is going to clue in on the idea that perhaps they should focus on the foreigners that are living here already to stimulate the domestic tourism market instead of dreaming up schemes to attract this group or another from other lands. We would love to go places but don't want to put up with the hassles, so we are kept waiting.

  

Treat us as the local residents that we are, and give us a reason to go somewhere. We want places that are open without curfews or jail time, to have a drink with meals or a beer on the beach, see some national parks that are open, no covid testing requirements every few days, easy convenient flights between provinces without provincial quarantine so we can get around, and drop the useless 90 day reporting once and for all.

 

Did I miss something?

You are already here and of no interest to them.  

Stating the obvious to TAT:

If the Indians want to celebrate Diwali they will do it in India, not in Thailand. You do not come to Thailand to celebrate an Indian festival.

Thailand bets on Diwali season & Indians to boost its tourism. 

 

They shouldn't Bet on anything right now .

No one is in the know what's going to happen,Could be good ,could get Worse.

"Thailand is betting on travellers from other countries to take advantage of its relaxed rules for tourists"

 

unfortunately, their ideas of relaxed rules are not what tourists would consider relaxed rules.

I can already smell the curry from my balcony this morning.

 

7/11 has stocked up on deodorant. You never know.

So Thailand will become rich again with the Indian tourists as they sit outside 7/11 sharing a beer between 3 of them , i will never forget about 26 years ago in my room in BKK ,hearing a banging on my door and on opening it a young woman begging to be let in ,it seems an Indian guy had paid the bar fine ,but on getting back to his room she found two more just waiting for their share ,she ran.

???? An old racist Thai saying goes that if you see a snake and an Indian in front of you kill the Kak (Indian) first. The saying is so pervasent even a government minister uttered it a few weeks ago. How sweet it is to see Chucky Cheese O'chan so desperate for new grift. 

I am already in Thailand, have money to spend and want to go to the beach.

 

However I am not going anytime soon, as:

 

1. I am not double vaccinated yet, thanks to the slow vaccine rollout.

 

2. I don’t want to quarantine.

 

3. I don’t want to take tests risking to be forced to quarantine during my holiday.

 

4. I don’t want to risk getting arrested if I enjoy a beer on my holiday.

 

5. I don’t want to go to a place with nothing to do, because everything is closed.

 

As I don’t want to go, why would anyone outside the country want to come and risk their holiday turning into a nightmare ??

 

You go on holiday to relax, not add stress to your everyday life.

 

 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

Gambling is illegal

Indians save the day eh.!!! when was the last time you saw one spending except in an Indian restaurant ...owner no doubt their brother .. 

6 hours ago, vandeventer said:

If, Maybe, Perhaps, should be, Chances are, Possible, Wait and see, Might happen, You can take that to the bank. We seem to hear all these sayings and more, but only when it comes to Tourism or Vaccines.

At long last the plane full of the rich Indians that TAT allowed to take off and come to save the country has been given clearance to land … It’s only been 18 months in the air … … Maybe it’s been ….. Somewhere over a rainbow

Not withstanding that India has it's own problems, the country is not exactly top of the pops when it comes to wealthy tourists.

Perhaps they should work out how much revenue is being pumped into the economy by way of expats who reside here, they might just see it's a substantial amount worth cultivating.

But this requires common sense and the ability to be realistic.

this is "deja vue" as last year TAT already published their expectations about "rich" Indians coming, I guess it was a fiasco then and it wil be another fiasco now 555

8 hours ago, Gold Star said:

Did I miss something?

Your alarm clock, you’re clearly fast asleep and dreaming.

Oh, even the Indians will be not so stupid to enjoy a week in a Hotel prison without any entertainment at all.

Sri Lanka would be a better choice.????

Diwali is always looked forward to.

 

What day Diwali? I forget.

Is there any chance at all that as soon as Chinese return, Indians will be relegated to most despised category?

20 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

Diwali is always looked forward to.

 

What day Diwali? I forget.

4 November.

1 hour ago, DefaultName said:

4 November.

Thanks!

 

Party time!

11 hours ago, webfact said:

The Thai tourism industry expects Indians to resume travel in large numbers next month during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, said Somsong Sachaphimukh,

I think Khun Somsong has been on the Samsong!

What about the Cowboys 

12 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

 

Important word there is 'IF', and nobody - not even Indians - are booking flights and hotels on 'ifs' , 'maybes' and 'mights' 

If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there would be nothing left for tinkers.

 

TAT thinking that if there are a billion Indians, if they do a few Amazing Thailand ads, 10% of them will come during Diwali.  100 million Indians will arrive and dump a million baht each without even having to let them buy land. So 100bn baht.  

Yes, let them come in plane loads I say! Then, 6 or 7 of them can sit around a restaurant table for hours sharing a single bottle of Coke. The owners will make a fortune! 

I can see it now.  "We're celebrating Diwali, could I have one coke and four straws please?"

I do hope that only 2 times vaxxed and negative checked Indians will be the only ones allowed to

come from that country, after where did the Delta variant originate from?  Hmmm.

  Geezer

betting on the indian market cuz they don't drink in the bars.   cuz they're tight gits

21 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Diwali is always looked forward to.

 

What day Diwali? I forget.

sounds like such a fun day , time ....  or wetf happens then.      lol