15 hours ago, JonnyF said:

They should target any group that is prepared to come here.

 

They need all the help they can get. Pretending to have such high standards that you court only specific groups is hubris in the extreme. They should also drop the 50 year minimum age limit for retirees. Plenty of people retire before that. If you can afford to live here and contribute to the economy why have an age limit?

You ting too mut.????

16 hours ago, Thailand said:

I think the oppostion person is probably referring to courting those from Uranus.

or his own

On 1/11/2022 at 1:41 PM, webfact said:

An opposition parliamentarian on Tuesday said that Thailand should focus on other potential visitors after the country was named as one of the best places to retire.

But I thought jobless Digital Nomads with high school degrees trying to mine bitcoins was so played out, man?

 

 

 

17 hours ago, John Drake said:

Get ready. Get set. Go!!

Ready! Set! Sputter...

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Pichai Naripthaphan, the Deputy Leader of Pheu Thai Party, told Thai Enquirer that temporary retirement visitors is a good step but not the main target visitors that the country should target.

He's as clueless as Prayut & Co...  "temporary retirees"????

How about opening up to any age group and allow them to work in any occupation, just like most other countries.

For Thailand to move forward in any area what they need is intelligent, qualified people running the country, not people who hold their positions because they are aligned with a certain military faction or the size of their bank balance, the incompetence of the current “government”will come to light in the next couple of weeks when Omicron takes off as it has elsewhere, 

3 hours ago, RandiRona said:

The total population of India and China is around 3 billion , even 10% of that is around 300 million , that is far bigger addressable market for tourism 

Bigger than what?

16 hours ago, poskat said:

they love the short term tourists because they just come here, spend their money and go home, and dont really talk to any thais.

 

In contrast, those pesky long term people, such as retirees, get to know thai people and have families and spread all sorts of bad ideas to them, including the concept of honesty, that corruption is bad, asking "why", that a person 1 centimeter "above" you doesn't need to be unquestioningly obeyed in all things.

 

Thais already know what is up it is only farangs who think all Thais have their heads in the Sand. Get a grip Thais do not need outsiders for help.

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand should focus on other potential visitors after the country was named as one of the best places to retire.

The only eligible category are retirees due to visa limitations, who are increasingly unhappy  with the experience.

 

Then you have Elite visa for those younger than 50, which is a relatively expensive affair, but to their surprise its only a visa with almost no rights.

 

Now, who else would you attract!

 

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, moe666 said:

Thais already know what is up it is only farangs who think all Thais have their heads in the Sand. Get a grip Thais do not need outsiders for help.

A lot of evidence to dispute that..... can't  even make trains and resort to scrounging free rusted up ones!

16 hours ago, poskat said:

those pesky long term people, such as retirees, get to know thai people and have families and spread all sorts of bad ideas to them, including the concept of honesty, that corruption is bad, asking "why", that a person 1 centimeter "above" you doesn't need to be unquestioningly obeyed in all things

????????

Well said, i have also heard these being mentioned as one of the major reasons they don't like long termers.

 

These farangs are enlightening frogs in the well and prepping them in asking difficult questions

14 hours ago, Gold Star said:

Do they honestly believe they are doing things to promote and targeting retirees to come here at present?

 

With all the idiotic visa requirements and paperwork to jump through, rules about keeping funds in the bank or proof of foreign income transfers, useless 90 day reporting, health care insurance requirements even for those uninsurable, forbidding land/property ownership, and double standards, I thought they were trying to drive us all away.

 

I would hate to find out what additional difficulties we would encounter if they wanted to get rid of us.

You are so right, after say 10 years of living here they should stop all this paperwork, money in the bank BS that gets all of us <deleted> off. You can call it a permeant resident visa at no cost to us, one that we can leave and come back with no forms to fill out and able to live anywhere without having the 90 day reporting. Letting us feel more human than we do now. 

26 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Bigger than what?

Bigger than Europe or US. They are in the subcontinent so more tourists can fly from these countries than from other continents. 

I wouldn't be surprised if the opposition leader or some other genius of the government, points to the drug cartels of Mexico and Colombia - the ones with deep pockets.

Just now, RandiRona said:

Bigger than Europe or US. They are in the subcontinent so more tourists can fly from these countries than from other continents. 

Undoubtedly. But I listed them already in my suggestions. But is the topic about tourists or retirees?

1 minute ago, farangroby said:

I wouldn't be surprised if the opposition leader or some other genius of the government, points to the drug cartels of Mexico and Colombia - the ones with deep pockets.

Then I suggest  you have credulity issue

30 minutes ago, moe666 said:

Thais already know what is up it is only farangs who think all Thais have their heads in the Sand. Get a grip Thais do not need outsiders for help.

a careful reading of what I wrote would reveal that I was talking about people in the government think, not the thai people as a whole

17 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Temporary retirement visitors?

OK, everyone is temporary but that should be another realness alert to retirees that view themselves as having higher more permanent status than that.

Thailand doesn't offer that to retirees.

Thailand offers Non-Immigrant O visas to retirees that can be extended year by year. And as long as you get permanent pensions then this means extension of stay forever. 

Its is both. It's not a zero sum game. It's a tourism based economy so a baseline need to be maintained and growth avenues need to be identified. With that more immigrant friendly policies need to be implemented to get better immigrants than the mongers they attract today.

The clown should be advocating:  "court visitors for life - as backpackers thru to retirees - Thailand, the adventurer's 2nd home"

21 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Undoubtedly. But I listed them already in my suggestions. But is the topic about tourists or retirees?

The topic is about people other than retireees. Like me. I started as a tourist once before I retired in Germany. 

I wondering what a "temporary" retiree is?

Is that a person on retirement visa for Thailand but works in home cuntry for few months a year?

What group is he referring to ??

 

Wish they'd get real and forget tourism... 

 

It ain't gonna happen no matter who they court..

 

If it even creaks open a little the one place Tourists will avoid is Thailand

 

If there's one place you're definitely gonna get COVID it's lying on top of a much used bar girl..  and COVID is going to be around for a long long long long time...  Not years but decades and perhaps even more.. 

 

By focusing on sex tourists they killed of the real tourists ...  Now they have neither

 

The seem to be up a brown-coloured creek without an oar..

    Oh, dear.  This 'opposition leader' is just as totally clueless as those currently running things.

4 hours ago, Willy Wombat said:

Thailand the fat ugly girl in her 40’s being picky about the men she will date.

In reality she should take anyone and everyone to be with her.

Up to She.

51 minutes ago, mjakob007 said:

a visa with almost no rights

 

Curious asks...what rights do you want as a guest in a country?

2 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

or his own

Please explain...Haha

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Opposition leader argues Thailand should court other visitor groups other than retirees

Guys, he only said this, because:

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PM Happy with Thailand Being Best Place to Retire in Asia

 

 They don't like old people cos they don't spend enough.

They don't like young people cos they spend but want to have fun.

They don't like backpackers cos they spend to long and spend nothing.

They used to like Chinese cos they spent but then pooed and peed on the floors

They used to lke Russians cos they spent but then shouted and went tescos in their speedos and bikinis.

They've never liked israelis

 

 

 

17 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Temporary retirement visitors?

OK, everyone is temporary but that should be another realness alert to retirees that view themselves as having higher more permanent status than that.

Thailand doesn't offer that to retirees.

None of us has any security in Thailand, none at all. We are all here on short-term visas/extensions - even me, who has lived here for 26 years and been married to a Thai for 31. Ridiculous. My Thai sister-in-law, by way of contrast, has received a five-year visa to live in Hungary with her Dutch husband. Doesn't even have to do 90 day reports wasting everyone's time to say nothing has changed in the last 90 days.

 

Why does Thailand always do things backwards? In the real world you are required to inform the authorities when things change. In Thailand you are required to inform them that nothing has. But that's another subject, although such a law does nothing to encourage long-term stayers.