gk10012001 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Isn't it possible that many so called high quality (Thai translation: high spending) tourists that like ladies, or boys, or ladyboys with morally casual attitudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted October 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2021 5 hours ago, webfact said: while he also suggested that there was no going back to the former tourism market with busy nightlife scenes as Thailand seeks a new tourism following. is this the intention for good ??? lol they really have lost the plot very plain to see that this crowd of nutters are determined to destroy tourism in Thailand for good very plain to see now that they are trying to wipe out pubs and nightlife in Thailand and will keep it closed for as long as they can - they really have no clue 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeCross Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 if they really want rid of the bar scene then go after the supply.. it could be done today, with the stroke of a pen. all bar licenses revoked, no new licenses to be granted. much more efficient than trying to tamp down demand with endless hoops that upsets every tourist who wants to come here. lets see if they have the balls.. (they don't) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SooKee Posted October 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2021 5 hours ago, webfact said: He also was adamant that there is no going back to the old model of Thai tourism with crowded pub scenes as his agency plans a shift to a higher quality, higher spending, family orientated sort of tourism in the future. What his agency plans to do and what your average tourist plans to do (you know mate, the ones that actually pay and make the bookings) I suspect are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Come back in 6 months and tell us how the plan's are going. Muppet ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, Almer said: All this tbc ???? Absolutely right. All this is politicians talking, let's wait and see. IMO though, the test upon departure, then test again on arrival, is not a bad idea, What else can they do? Have people come here untested? And it's not a one day quarantine, It is a way to get the test results back. If this thing is even mildly successful, there would be thousands of tests, no way those can be done and returned in less than 24 hrs. Rabid tests are unreliable with too much false negatives and positives. Other countries had such a system with good successes. The covid insurance is idiotic IMO, I read the Covid results every day and it seems that There are an average of 10,000 cases per day and only a couple of doen are from outside the country, if that's the case it would be cheaper IMO for thailand to absorb that cost , than to lose tourists because of it. Someone needs to do a cost/benefit analysis on the covid insurance issue. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said: if they really want rid of the bar scene then go after the supply.. it could be done today, with the stroke of a pen. all bar licenses revoked, no new licenses to be granted. much more efficient than trying to tamp down demand with endless hoops that upsets every tourist who wants to come here. lets see if they have the balls.. (they don't) My business friends in Pattaya said that licenses for bars and nightclubs with sex related reputation are not renewed. New licenses are halted. Seem like they are serious at least in Pattaya. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiexpat Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I explained to my family that the reason I'm retiring to Thailand is that "every night can be like New Years Eve" if you want it and "You can live like a King" on everything being so cheap. Looks like both reasons gone now ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Another clown having his 5 minutes of fame. Higher end tourists demand a higher end product like English spoken (taxi etc.), easy entry regulations, no double standards and a clean trafficless environment. So better stay with katoeys, hookers, beers etc.; after all all those nighttime workers cannot or do not want to do anything else. Keep cabbies isaanspoken with rigged metres and „hello sexy man“! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker88 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 minute ago, gk10012001 said: Isn't it possible that many so called high quality (Thai translation: high spending) tourists that like ladies, or boys, or ladyboys with morally casual attitudes. True that^ I was on the buy side in the financial industry, which means I was regularly courted by all the prime brokers looking for my business. Invariably when they took 'me' out, the real intent was to use the expense account of the firm to hit 'gentlemen's clubs', where they would get thousand dollar lap dances while drinking Cristal or Dom. These were all guys who make 7 figures a year, so in Thai terms represent 'quality'. If working in Tokyo, Hong Kong, or Singapore, Bangkok and Pattaya were the destinations for vacation---and NOT to visit the temples. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchman Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Tourisme without have entertainment will die, Unbelievable thinking, time will tell good morning vietnam and cambodia here we come 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Might as well just ban ALL alcohol sales see how that goes down with Dr Singha and Mr Chang 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 6 hours ago, Enzian said: The puritans in government see the pandemic as a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform their shame about the "lower orders" into an image of glowing virtue. But reality will intervene, as it always eventually does. Pretty much what I have been saying all along, that this COVID outbreak will be used to rid the country of its sex-tourism and entertainment business and reputation. As you say though, without a plan b, it won't work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fondue zoo Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 So who actually is in charge here in Thailand? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 2 hours ago, hotchilli said: If they stick to that Thailands dead in the water, that's what 90% of tourists came for. Pattaya, Bangkoks Red-light areas, Samui, Phuket etc etc... they offer nothing else. if he is referring to Chinese and Indian tourists, even from the middle east then he is quite correct - they are not interested in the bar/nightclub scene and for them it wouldn't matter if they never opened again but they need to be prepeared to cut loose tourists from Europe Russia Austrailia USA etc because they are never coming to Thailand without the nightlife 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dome Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Hope nobody was fooled for a minute that things would return to pre-2020? That won't happen for years, perhaps never again our lifetime. I dread to think about what will happen once Covid clusters break out all over the place. It's going to happen, folks. And then, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, fondue zoo said: So who actually is in charge here in Thailand? Anybodies guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 5 hours ago, ukrules said: He just announced the death of Tourism in Thailand. It's over. He's far too dumb to realise it just yet but that realisation will come, probably some time in January 2022 once everyone who's conned into coming here realises that it's one of the worst places to go for their winter trip. RIP, final nail, etc, etc. I don't think he's dumb. He just knows that he can't say that the only way to re-ignite the visitor numbers is to allow the nightlife to flourish, along with the 'side' employment that comes with it, when his employer, the government, is hell-bent on preventing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 All efforts to woo the tourists back have failed, so now they say they didn't want them anyway because they are aiming for a "better class of people"?. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 They should save money on their advertising campaign and only target teetotallers, hermits and sociophobes. :rolleyes: Maybe a few new campaign slogans are in order: Thailand: come for the sun, die of the tedium. or Thailand: the hub of beaches and boredom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Malone Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 48 minutes ago, Zikomat said: Even at the best of times their lunatic ideas of turning places like Pattaya into the family friendly resort have failed inevitably. To try and to pull the same stunt at the time of the biggest crisis in the history of the world tourism… send a psychiatrist to the TAT premises. Exactly right! A small group of these ELITES in suits with millions in their pockets (somehow), love to go the holy'er than thou route of "we want only puritanical visitors, NO SEX allowed" let us do all the smiling while we take your money, but you DO NOT GET TO PARTY here! You can't fix STUPID with some diplomats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, smedly said: if he is referring to Chinese and Indian tourists, even from the middle east then he is quite correct - they are not interested in the bar/nightclub scene and for them it wouldn't matter if they never opened again but they need to be prepeared to cut loose tourists from Europe Russia Austrailia USA etc because they are never coming to Thailand without the nightlife The entertainment establishment owners will be baying for his blood, not to mention the thousands of workers who will have to go freelance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkktodd Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 6 hours ago, fusion58 said: Great! I’m currently waiting for approval on my COE application. Flight arrives on November 12. Did I just waste several days of my time? It seems yes. I got a COE today for 23oct. If i were coming in mid November i would have waited. Things change by the day….er hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli42 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 6 hours ago, webfact said: TAT boss rules out going back to the old Thai tourism formula of crowded bars and nightlife. He insists the kingdom is instead pursuing a higher quality, more family-friendly market. Well, there is nothing wrong with the goal. The real problem is that they intend to do nothing different than they have been to attract said tourists (other than build a few soulless walking streets) but expect that a new kind of tourist is going to show up … by decree I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 34 minutes ago, Sydebolle said: Another clown having his 5 minutes of fame. Higher end tourists demand a higher end product like English spoken (taxi etc.), easy entry regulations, no double standards and a clean trafficless environment. So better stay with katoeys, hookers, beers etc.; after all all those nighttime workers cannot or do not want to do anything else. Keep cabbies isaanspoken with rigged metres and „hello sexy man“! Tourist. Do you have a wine you could suggest to go with the meal? Waiter/Waitress. The red one sir. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 ''no going back to old tourism pub scenes'' Thats you out of job soon.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker88 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, hotchilli said: The entertainment establishment owners will be baying for his blood, not to mention the thousands of workers who will have to go freelance. It's not just the women who dance in the agogos. There are bartenders, wait staff, security, beer companies, beer delivery guys...plus all the ancillary businesses that feed the punters before they hit the bars, taxi drivers who shuttle punters to and from the venues......can a 'family friendly' economy find alternate employment for all those folks? Thailand's low UE pre-Covid was masked by the fact the nightlife industry employed so many people, not to mention the economic boost from all the remittances sent back to the provinces. Now I wonder if this puritan ethic will also apply to all the Thong Lo and Ekamai clubs that cater to Thai govt officials and senior military types? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert the bear Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 more of this never ending self delusional claptrap.they fool no one except themselves.thailands trashed its environment and prices are high most places,the ripoffs the racial profiling re prices.people are wise to it.whats thailand known for ....well let me tell you....hookers corruption drugs and ripoffs.its something of a daily mail perspective but.....people have other options,cheaper closer to home and where theyre treated with some respect.presently north europeans can visit greece spain croatia portugal etc.further afield lies the gulf and caribbean so........if you can eat and drink freely or socialise till the wee hrs with a drink.sayanora 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovinman Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 The easiest way to close Thailsnd down would be to declare "Prohibition in the country' ! They could clear the country at a stroke ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 2 hours ago, bkk6060 said: Some interesting comments about the bars. Jeez, I would think people would be happy or not care. I would say 95% of the previous posts/comments on this forum over the years regarding bars has been negative. Unattractive overweight girls Expensive drinks Warm beer Expensive BF Girl no good when I took her out Rude pushy staff Loud customers They cheated me on the bill Rarely if ever have read about people being happy with their bar experience. And that is exactly why that scene has been losing customers since well before the pandemic. The draconian restrictions placed on the entertainment business since are merely the nails in the coffin. I suppose it's possible that, deprived of customers now, those in the entertainment business might have re-thought their attitude (although, being Thailand, I doubt that) when things re-opened, but the government's determined policy of closing down the industry has probably killed off even that glimmer of hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcpattaya Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Dear fellow Thailand residents: Please close all windows and lock all doors! TAT is talking again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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