23 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Trust us. If you are a foreigner, we will charge you 10x what a local pays, for any national park, museum or many other attractions. Trust us. We are consistent. 

i agree with you 100%

21 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

I was going to say the same thing....lol

No words are needed.. but.

7 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Agree with all, except what's above.   Why would a tourist care how expats are treated, or the reverse, unless expat manages a business catering to.

 

Who bases their holiday decisions of that.  Nobody would ever travel, if people considered how any one segment of a population in any country was treated.

You have answered your concern.

 

When planning a vacation, one would read up about how foreigners are treated by a host nation. this is not further deciphered if they are long or short stays. 

 

 

22 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

My family and I were travelling with some friends recently (I was the only foreigner).

 

We travelled out to a National Park... I didn’t think anything of it until we returned.

I assumed we’d simply not been charged the entry free.

I later found out that the the Thai’s with whom I’d been travelling were so embarrassed at the ‘double charging’ they’d paid my 5x National Park fee didn’t tell me. 

 

Ironically, the last time I visited a national park I’d paid the ‘Thai Price’ with my Pink ID card. 

 

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As others have written - Thailand does not do what is says on the tin....  

 

i.e. it makes promises of trust - but state sponsored dual charging indicates very very differently.

 

The recent case of the Hua Hin expat who was double charged for his cancer treatment indicates very very differently.

 

Thailand - You have a LOT of work to do if you are ever to accurately use the word ’Trust’.

 

I would throw in the word "Truth" as well!!!

10 minutes ago, mjakob007 said:

You have answered your concern.

 

When planning a vacation, one would read up about how foreigners are treated by a host nation. this is not further deciphered if they are long or short stays. 

 

 

You'll get the same result from both groups:

Grumpy expat ... sucks here and wonders why he/she stays

Rosy glassed expat ... best place in the world

 

Scammed tourist ... avoid at all cost

Rosy glassed tourist ... OMG ... stayed there for a month, so beautiful and only spent $5

this from a country where the population do not even trust their own government.. you can't make this stuff up...

23 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Trust us. If you are a foreigner, we will charge you 10x what a local pays, for any national park, museum or many other attractions. Trust us. We are consistent. 

No they are not.  I've never paid more than a local Thai pays.  I've heard of double pricing, seen it once, told them I'd pay the ๒๕ baht price, and they fine with that... 50 baht in English... ????????????

27 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

If they could achieve all the above they wouldn't need a sticker to prove it... punters would be lined up at the door because of word-of-mouth.

Yes, word of mouth, that's how I heard about Thailand, from co-workers (airlines) that routinely visited.  Though most conversations started with sextourism, before getting to the parts that interested me for retirement.  Enough that I had to take a peek for myself.  

 

Completely ignorant of any tourism promotion by any agency.  Few friend's opinion I respect suggest I check it out.   So simply wrote a ticket and went, little to no research prior.  ????

8 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

You'll get the same result from both groups:

Grumpy expat ... sucks here and wonders why he/she stays

Rosy glassed expat ... best place in the world

 

Scammed tourist ... avoid at all cost

Rosy glassed tourist ... OMG ... stayed there for a month, so beautiful and only spent $5

While i agree with you, most tourists would look at 5* and 1* reviews. in most cases they wont drill down to establish if it was made by a tourist or long timer.

 

while reserving a room on booking.com, i would look at best and worst reviews of a hotel with particular attention to recent & demography-wise reviews.

 

if i see 3 x 5* reviews and 2 x 1* reviews, i would rather look for another hotel than take a chance, especially if travelling with family.

 

 

 

Can trust the farang ATM machines ????

Well I know where I am going to have my next <deleted> when i read this <deleted>.... "Krabi International Airport, which has been certified for toilet cleanliness"

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Quite a horror story...... he should contact the Embassy. (They are probably all on Christmas break).

Embassy! What Embassy? Just look at the bloody website. 

22 hours ago, Sunderland said:

A dancing buffalo or a ribless pig dancing around a gogo pole would be more appropriate.

yep keep the dancing elephants let have the logo of nice issaan girl dancing around a pole..better advertising i think

Aren't advertising slogans and strap lines supposed to have at least a grain of truth in them? 

new year just started and the TAT NEW BS comes with it..... let's wait until tomorrow for a newer one  555

1 minute ago, Mavideol said:

new year just started and the TAT NEW BS comes with it..... let's wait until tomorrow for a newer one  555

TAT's new slgan as of January 2.  "2 for 1 2022", that's right folks come to Thailand and get 2 PCR test for the price of 1 in 2022.

On 1/1/2022 at 12:06 PM, mahtin said:

Where is the logo pictured?

 

In god we trust; all others pay cash.

Farangs double.

Not double. Typically 10x.

3 minutes ago, wimpy said:

Not double. Typically 10x.

Yes this is how it looks

15 hours ago, Blumpie said:

You know, what an absolutely idiotic thing to put in a news story.  Clean toilets.  I mean, they sprayed them with disinfectant.  Wow!  Incredible Thailand!  Certified safe!  (tm).  

It is such a third world country and why are the leaders so stupid so as not to see it?  IT's really stunning isn't it?  

Must surely rate as the most stupid nation on the planet.

3 hours ago, Guderian said:

With everything foreign tourist-related having been shuttered for almost two years now, "Thailand Rusted Destination" would be more appropriate, lol.

"Thailand Shuttered Destination". 

On 1/1/2022 at 8:17 PM, Gold Star said:

<deleted>! 

 

A squid would be more appropriate logo, as in 'Come to Thailand to play our 'Squid Game' upon arrival.'

 

My 70 year old expat friend from the UK arrived to isolate at his Pattaya hotel on Dec 24 after being in the plane and van with many others.

 

Upon arrival, his PCR test was performed in the dirty parking lot with swabs left in the open on a table by a guy that didn't change his gloves between tests, and Buddha only knows how many people he tested before him or where and how the swabs were stored.

 

His results were not 'positive' or 'negative', but simply an ambiguous remark of a trace 'detected'.  That would be normal with what is going on in the air all over and around Pattaya.

 

He was awoken and forcefully taken out of his room by ambulance to be held in Hospital ln Pattaya where they did a barrage of more tests, x rays, blood, urine, all but having another confirming PCR test. He had no symptoms, and was tested in England several times prior.

 

He had demanded another PCR test which they refused to do. They would not let him see or talk to a doctor.  He went on a hunger strike in the hospital for 5 more days in order to get a PCR test to prove he was negative.

 

They finally relented, and did a PCR test which proved him to be 'negative'.  Even now, they still refuse to let him out and intend to hold him for a full 11 days even after proof of this clearly unsanitary performed and contaminated and inconclusive test result. He is being held against his will, and the doors to his balcony have been hastily made and bolted in a way to only partially open to prevent his escape or being driven to suicide by jumping from the 5th floor.

 

Meanwhile his hotel he booked is still charging him, and his Bangkok Hospital kidnapping bills are being needlessly run up with more unnecessary tests, and are growing. His top notch insurance is not likely to pay for the forced incarceration, as he does not have Covid, nor is he being treated for it.

 

He says there are at least 30 others with him there that are healthy, but held there in the same situation as he is in. The 'Test and Go to Covid Jail' program.

 

Do not be fooled for a minute to think that Thailand is freely open for travel or tourism with this current system of random 'Hospital Incarceration Upon Arrival at Your Expense' game being played. 

 

Only come to Thailand when they learn to treat travellers better than they do in Afghanistan.

 

But perhaps some actually want to come play 'Thai Squid Game'.

 

if the situation with your friend is as described he should contact the British Consulate and ask for assistance and contact the Uk  press with full details and ask to speak to the boss of the hospital and tell him he is sharing the details of the hospital incarceration with everybody and anybody!

"C'mon man"

 

You Know the Thing!

 

It is and has been and will always be just another Thai propaganda campaign.

 

This country is all about its presentation and perception and lacks little or any associated substance to its announcements.

 

If you live here and like the people and the culture here (which I do), you just accept it all as "the norm" and move on.

 

Thailand's mission statement  "Another Day, Another Preposterous Government Program Announcement" 

 

The scary thing is they actually believe their own propaganda nonsense. 

 

‘Trusted’ to change the rules on you every 26 minutes…..

i worry about this pig collapsing under the weight of all the continual lipstick layers.... window dressing stuff like this means nought  to a visitor when his first interaction in Thailand is normally a rip off tax at the airport...

1 hour ago, ian007 said:

Well I know where I am going to have my next <deleted> when i read this <deleted>.... "Krabi International Airport, which has been certified for toilet cleanliness"

Praise Buddha ... don't think I could hold it any longer ... ????

On 1/1/2022 at 11:15 AM, webfact said:

“Thailand Trusted Destination”

Tell this to an unfortunate Norwegian Family!!!

Personally, I wouldn't trust Thailand "with a barge pole"!

I could not see any "Dancing Elephant Logos"  (DEL) at any bars in Soi 4 Nana.

There was a rotund lady outside Mc Donalds on Sukhamvit Rd, Nana with a DEL on her forehead

The words 'Trusted Thailand' is a clear contradiction in terms. 

How can Thailand be trusted by foreigners, for example, when the Thai policy in many state institutions is to charge foreigners twice the price of Thais and then to be opaque about that policy by using Thai numbers, for instance.

It is clear that the use of the word trusted is in itself a ruse.

Not the best time to launch trusted campaign which trust has been severely tarnished by the way any visitors are treated if they are unlucky to have tested positive or have travelled with anyone testing positive for Covid but without any other symptoms. Incarceration in very expensive state hospitals charging foreigners double prices come and have a great holiday in hospital Go home bankrupt 

This is apparently it.