Will the European tourists come back?

[Red Forever]

15 hours ago, RAZZELL said:

I am currently holidaying in the UK for the first time in 3 years.

 

Some things are not that different in price to Bangkok.

 

In central London a pint of Guinness in a pub is about 240 baht, burger and chips about 550.

 

I think the days of mass tourism in Thailand are gone.

 

Fashion and tastes change. People move on. 

 

Thailand is not the cheap destination it was 15-20 years ago.

 

In real terms it has probably doubled in price for Brits.

 

 

RAZZ

 

 

Average cost of pint of Guinness in a central London pub is £4.45.

[chalawaan]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

Another Thailand is too expensive no one will come thread.

Not everyone is poor pinching pennies living in their mommies basement and cannot travel to still, one of the least expensive countries to visit.

I would not dismiss the convulsions of history that lightly.  

The traditional monger base have "discovered" Colombia and German or Spanish FKK clubs and find these far better bang 4 buck, plus they suffered minimal shutdown over the last year's by comparison. 

Turning to the woke temple-hugger crowd, they're starting to seriously criticize the regional pollution, and the regional authoritarian corruption, as are bright young Thais themselves.  

Part of why Thailand is so cheap is that it's undeniable that it's basic industry is run on the backs of little more than modern slave labour. 

The Asian Spring is coming, and it won't peter out like the Arab version. Just look at how tenacious the Vietcong were at wiping the corrupt Saigon regime off the map.

Then, there's robotics. Thai tycoons will finally be seduced into following the Japanese, and the famous African/American, Elon Musk in order to afford that UK football team and not lose face. 

What happens to the people down on the farm then?

And anybody here who hasn't noticed how prices are climbing for tourists while the same old xenophobic and "traditional" TAT daydreams persist, and think this won't drive tourists away are dreaming themselves.

Forget China, they're locked up until Xi is in his glass coffin. 

A global crunch is coming, and although the dinosaurs in Bangkok don't know it, their world will be swept away just as European crowns were swept away about 100 years ago. 

It's about to get real.

[Iamfalang]

Never.   In the year 4098, hope.   But no.  In 10,000 years?  No.   200,000 years?  No.  
 

need 200,000 to live in London per month.  20,000 in the jungles.  
 

Baht weak against the dollar.

 

never say never.    Never.    Lol.   

[Iamfalang]

22 minutes ago, chalawaan said:

The Asian Spring is coming

Idk.   Burma?   Military controlled everything.   Thailand friendly with Burmese military.   Cambodia?   All China.    Laos?   No uprising.   Here?   Not for decades….

 

Apocalypse has been predicted 964 million times since 1847.   Earth keeps spinning  

[BangkokReady]

1 hour ago, chalawaan said:

Just look at how tenacious the Vietcong were at wiping the corrupt Saigon regime off the map.

Basically the very corrupt communists had an unlimited supply of brainwashed uneducated peasants to march off to their deaths in such numbers that the Americans got fed up and left.  They were happy to waste millions of young lives in order to get their hands on the economy of the South.  That wasn't tenacious and invading and occupying the South was worse for the people of the South.

 

Nothing to boast about in the Communist invasion and occupation of South Vietnam.  Certainly not something to desire to happen in any other country.

[Road Warrior]

 i agrre 100% with "atpeace " partially regard insurance .

[NoshowJones]

15 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

Pretty sure the opposite it true. Thailand is desperate for tourist money to come back.

Of course they are, but the unelected PM and his soldiers are not. The protesters spring to mind.

[RAZZELL]

8 hours ago, Red Forever said:

Average cost of pint of Guinness in a central London pub is £4.45.

Was in a 'spoons last night - £3.17!

[Hummin]

2 minutes ago, RAZZELL said:

Was in a 'spoons last night - £3.17!

It is not about the price, it’s  all about  the location! 
 

 

[RAZZELL]

2 hours ago, Hummin said:

It is not about the price, it’s  all about  the location! 
 

 

Whilst I agree...I am making the point that Thailand is not "cheap" for a lot of things. Even the "obvious" ones ????

[Hummin]

58 minutes ago, RAZZELL said:

Whilst I agree...I am making the point that Thailand is not "cheap" for a lot of things. Even the "obvious" ones ????

I Have never believed in "Cheap" ????

[BritManToo]

On 5/4/2022 at 11:46 AM, Misab said:

What is the opinion of other Europeans?

Too many silly entry rules and expenses.

 

[Sticky Rice Balls]

22 hours ago, chalawaan said:

"Those that mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind." 

Doesn't say much for your self-esteem that you need to defend your comment with a disclaimer -whether it's true or not.

22 hours ago, chalawaan said:

"Those that mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind." 

Doesn't say much for your self-esteem that you need to defend your comment with a disclaimer -whether it's true or not. 

Can I arrange classes with you so you can help me become a big burly man like yourself?

[The Hammer2021]

Yes  they  will and yes they have already - based  on my observation  of what is happening  now here in Pattaya.

[Caldera]

My opinion is that many will come, but many more won't, for a multitude of reasons.