hugocnx Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, FalangJaiDee said: I feel the need to stir the pot. Does anyone else believe this is a DELIBERATE effort to kill the red-light venues, as an indirect way to actualize the xenophobia of the current “administration.” They hate foreigners, they want them out, and this is an effective way to do it without overtly declaring so; similar to the retirement alterations There is no other logic behind these specific closures, considering that places like tree town are blatantly selling alcohol and the place is packed with people every night. there is no logic in closing open air bars if this is allowed max It's obvious you don't know what's going on in the world. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BestB Posted November 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, webfact said: The report also said that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-Cha called on business owners within the entertainment industry “not to be selfish” with regards to reopening. My favourite part . It’s coming from someone who has never ever experienced any financial hardship. Someone who promised assistance to businesses that was never given or received But most importantly from a government that still expects all taxes to be paid up to date while businesses ordered to close for 8-9 months already 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Willy Wombat Posted November 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2021 The general with unusual wealth is telling people not to be selfish ???? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad3000 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Andrew65 said: True, but people don't hang around for 2 or 3 hours in 7-11 chugging back their bottle of 100 Pipers???? Anything possible in Pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhaoYai Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, cardinalblue said: What’s the status with Nana and places in the surrounding area ? Beer gardens etc? Tinder will be busy though ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhaoYai Posted November 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2021 I wonder how many of those genuine tourists (I very much doubt it will be many) that are prepared to accept the entry requirements are actually aware that much of the country is basically, closed. Being in the West, in a country that is basically back to normal and 'living with Covid 19' its easy to forget that much of the world is still subject to tight restrictions. I've been told I'll be shocked at the changes when I get back. When people have a good time on holiday, they often return year after year. How many of this season's tourists will want to come back? Yet another own goal Thailand. Open is open - closed is closed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WhiteBuffaloATM Posted November 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2021 Phuket Bars & Pubs & Nightclubs & Alcohol & Live Music all OPEN since 1Nov as Govt Decree. Masks, Distancing, Hand Cleaning Not Enforced. No Police. Patong Bangla was “jumping” only last night. Should be same for 15 other thai areas in Govt. Decree, inc. all other tourist zones like Pattaya. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestB Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, KhaoYai said: Tinder will be busy though ???? Truth be told vast majority of bar workers returned back to their villages. Bars being closed is not a single business problem but it affects all other businesses from apartments , hotels to 7-11 stores and clearly even tourist arrivals , not even mentioning restaurants , down to noodle shops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FunkyDunky58 Posted November 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2021 So the hundreds, maybe thousands of owners of small bars that are permanently shuttered are all selfish? There is a big difference between a small bar with a couple of people sitting outside to a large bangkok establishment with live bands, go go dancers and hundreds of patrons. The suits in their air conditioned offices have no clue about real life, and think they are virtuous to destroy many honest businesses all in the name of their sanctimonious, puritanical ideals. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david555 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Will B Good said: Not personally seen any of the big clubs open around Nana open, but there are plenty of bars operating. Soi 7 was rammed last Saturday. Test driving probably to see how many rise in covid cases .... before they allow other city's to open bars & nightlife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhaoYai Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, BestB said: Truth be told vast majority of bar workers returned back to their villages. Bars being closed is not a single business problem but it affects all other businesses from apartments , hotels to 7-11 stores and clearly even tourist arrivals , not even mentioning restaurants , down to noodle shops I have it on good authority that a lot of the girls that used to work in Pattaya and returned home during the lockdown, are now in Phuket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhaoYai Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 4 hours ago, tingtong said: Meanwhile 7-11 happily sell alcohol....and the beach every evening is full of ppl drinking. Hypocrisy. Shhhhhhhh, they'll be closing the beaches next! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Grusa Posted November 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2021 Whatever it takes to start the revolution........ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, KhaoYai said: Shhhhhhhh, they'll be closing the beaches next! They did that already ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Hanot Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 4 hours ago, CRUNCHER said: Friday is the 12th Yep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virt Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 The vendors that sells coffemugs, must be filtyh rich at the moment ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo1968 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 48 minutes ago, dunroaming said: I think the Catch 22 for Thailand is partly to do with colours. If they open up completely and go back to everything open as normal and then the COVID numbers go up again, they will end up on other countries red lists. By keeping most things closed they are more likely to keep the cases falling, meaning they will be on the green lists. The Catch 22 bit is that tourists won't want come to a country on the red list with all the quarantine issues, nor will they want to come to a country on the green list that is still virtually in lockdown. So in essence, ex-pats would be better off with everything open and Thailand being on the red list as long they live there, but not if they want to go back to their home countries any time soon. For that, Thailand needs to be on the green lists. The U.K. has over 30000 new cases a day and it’s not on any countries Red list ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 A better guess that these restrictions will only apply to particular areas of the country. Thousands of such venues, upcountry and outer provinces, have remained open for quite some time and I suspect they'll continue to operate regardless. This conditioning that BKK, Patters, Phuket, and numerous other like locales are the conscious center of the universe as it applies to the whole of Thailand is pointedly bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Hanot Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, HashBrownHarry said: Yes, the ones where owners are 'connected' Connected to a brown envelope.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Hanot Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Still waiting for the results of the last elections.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, FalangJaiDee said: I feel the need to stir the pot. Does anyone else believe this is a DELIBERATE effort to kill the red-light venues, as an indirect way to actualize the xenophobia of the current “administration.” They hate foreigners, they want them out, and this is an effective way to do it without overtly declaring so; similar to the retirement alterations There is no other logic behind these specific closures, considering that places like tree town are blatantly selling alcohol and the place is packed with people every night. there is no logic in closing open air bars if this is allowed max I have been thinking this through for some time now. I will declare that I have a minor interest in a small (single shophouse) bar in Chiang Rai. I think, that in certain "farang orientated" areas (Pattaya, Hua Hin) there is certainly a desire to clear out the hotchpotch of small independently owned bars. This will clear the way for special " Casino" zones a- la Sihanoukville. The money making potential of which can hardly have gone unnoticed amongst the influential. Similar - but perhaps real estate based ambitions - may apply to Soi Cowboy and Nana Plaza. I also suspect that there are those amongst the influential who may be interested in becoming major players in the Thai orientated nightlife scene. Elsewhere, the smaller places (such as Chiang Rai) are probably just collateral damage. Covid restrictions provide an opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotelbri Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Kaopad999 said: Control, Control, and more control. That's exactly what the whole thing has been about from day one! Correct, this is nothing to do with covid it's pure politics . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post G Rex Posted November 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2021 I was in Buri Ram last weekend. Many/most bars, clubs & venues operating normally there. Live music , alcohol in glasses (not coffee mugs). I think they are far enough away from Prayuts grasp to not really give a damn.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) Stupidest place on ???? "BAR" NONE! ???? Edited November 11, 2021 by Skeptic7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegoniners Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just a great way to make sure the country continues to suffer. This is keeping tourists away (along with all of the government's other missteps) and the longer they keep bars closed and don't allow alcohol in restaurants the worse things will get for the people here. Even if this is just a rumor it will keep many people from coming here for what's left of the high season. These guys just can't get out of their own way. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalmagic Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: I basically gave up even trying to find logic in Thailand. But sometimes I still think: Why? What do they think is the point of this? Do they want to make sure fewer people visit Thailand? Do they think more people will get infected when more places, with close contact, will open? Is it just to pi@$ off people? What is the real reason for this? I think even those people who make the decisions must be aware that nightlife is a major attraction for people who live in Thailand and who visit Thailand. You make some very good points and I also cannot see the logic. Bankrupt a certain line of business or some powerful business groups and then somebody else takes over? Just theorising! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanaSomchai Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Kadilo said: Yes plenty of YouTube videos showing people out having a good time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grusa Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Will B Good said: They want Pattaya eviscerated from the face of the Earth. Not to be pedantic, I don't think you can eviscerate from a face....it has to be from the insides. Just saying, but I get your meaning, and empathise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanaSomchai Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 4 hours ago, JonnyF said: Hopefully they open pubs/bars in Pattaya soon. I saw loads of "Pattaya looking" types in Bangkok last weekend. I think we are being invaded. There will be rows of Pattaya plated Fortuners jamming up Soi 4 soon, bringing their unvaccinated brethren with them, Chang vests, cargo shorts and all. Sunburnt shaved heads everywhere. Please lord, open a few bars down there - this has to stop ????. Yeah, give us our old whores back! We need them back in Patts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aussiexpat Posted November 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2021 So have I got this right? - mandated covid insurance that may not pay for asymptomatic mandated hospital stay, and definitely not close contact quarantine confinement - mandated 1 nights quarantine with mandated taxi plus pre-paid PCR test and ATK test to take with us - you must promise to not drink or socialise with anybody while in Thailand - no bars, night clubs or anything that makes Thailand a great holiday will be available Where do I sign, sounds great? 1 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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