Popular Post hotchilli Posted July 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2023 3 hours ago, SoilSpoil said: I just love it every time we enter a National Park and I am singled out in front of my family and told to pay 5 or 10 times more. Makes me feel so welcome. I don't go... easy solution. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soalbundy Posted July 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, stix40 said: Still cheap but I understand the sentiment. I have heard if you show a Thai driving license that can reduce the cost ? True or urban myth? It works in some places but not all. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wwest5829 Posted July 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2023 Sad, my only global residence is Chiang Mai since 2011. I am a Tourist when I visit countries outside Thailand. That includes a trip earlier this year to my own country, the USA. Whether officially designated as such or not, I am a Permanent Resident of Thailand. My income, brought into Thailand from the USA exceeds the income of many Thai citizens … thus I am supporting the Thai economy as much as Thai citizens. For the record, I am affronted by this discriminatory practice. Easily fixed by making mandatory recognition of the “Pink Card” or 5 year Driver’s License. OK, whining finished. 1 2 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Forwarding Address Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Ironmike said: it makes me sick to live here I used to think that, then 15 years later figured out it makes no difference to the Thai Govt what we think.............we are a non-entity so why get our knickers in an uproar over a couple hundred baht?? Life's too short Edited July 27, 2023 by No Forwarding Address deleted 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 4 hours ago, Hamus Yaigh said: Let them adjust the prices as much as they like. Won't be going in one again until the rip off ends. Have never been and will never go if they keep charging more for farangs, simple really, I'd rather buy lottery tickets, same price for Thai's. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wwest5829 Posted July 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2023 3 hours ago, SoilSpoil said: I just love it every time we enter a National Park and I am singled out in front of my family and told to pay 5 or 10 times more. Makes me feel so welcome. I turn to the Wife and Daughter and say, sorry but I am a resident and will not pay this. Turn the car around and go … 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trippy Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 The fees should really be on a sliding scale. Those who complain the most, pay the most. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 46 minutes ago, Andyfez said: It's waterfalls and hot springs that get me most. Recently I went to a hot spring in Chiang Mai area. Apart from hot smelly water there was no beauty to this site. I refused to pay, and we went off to a 'free' waterfall for a nice lunch. I would just observe that I show my 5year Thai Driver’s License stating in Thai that I have lived in Chiang Mai for 12 years. I suppose the girl has some leeway As my Thai Wife and myself usually pay the same Thai price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignore it Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 And just like that, all the small museums and all the medium museums became large museums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 18 minutes ago, wwest5829 said: I turn to the Wife and Daughter and say, sorry but I am a resident and will not pay this. Turn the car around and go … Yeah, that certainly ruins the experience. I get, I've been angered over small amounts. Guess if I'm forewarned I can handle it better and not ruin the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahamlil Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 What a way to make foreign visitors feel welcome I struggle to understand Thailand they say they want visitors for the economy then treat them like crap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRtommyR Posted July 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2023 53 minutes ago, AAArdvark said: I used to live in Orlando FL near Disney World. I got drastically reduced rates for season tickets because I lived in the area. Was that fair or racist? It wasn't racist because it was based on residency which is not the same principal as the system in Thailand. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 34 minutes ago, SoilSpoil said: I also live in the area, pay tax, have kids here, and still have to pay more than my wife. Agreed. Took my Thai Wife and Daughter for a month tourist trip to the USA. Each of our 4 day Disney tickets equal cost. When I showed my Senior’s Pass at US Nat’l Parks … no separate or foreigner price for my guests. The girls were overwhelmed by the costs in the US, we all agreed we are better off financially living in Thailand. We loved our visit but … couldn’t afford to live there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairynuff Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 5 hours ago, webfact said: support education, preserve cultural heritage, Teach them that it’s “our culture”to rip off foreigners. And that’s why we say they are all pride and no shame. 58 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said: Whatever, it is small money. I have more self respect than to take that attitude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 5 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: Yeah, that certainly ruins the experience. I get, I've been angered over small amounts. Guess if I'm forewarned I can handle it better and not ruin the trip. I need folks to allow for some slack with me. My relatives hauled the Philadelphia bound tea and set fire to it in Greenwich, NJ. It was only a small tea tax … 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairynuff Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 57 minutes ago, AAArdvark said: I used to live in Orlando FL near Disney World. I got drastically reduced rates for season tickets because I lived in the area. Was that fair or racist? It’s fair to give discount to locals, I.E. those who live locally and those who don’t do not get the discount. It’s unfair to overcharge foreigners. There is a difference between a discount, the standard rate and overcharging. Surely you can see that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairynuff Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 56 minutes ago, Muzzique said: I´m truly happy that racism is now at the heart of pricing. It always has been 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fairynuff Posted July 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2023 40 minutes ago, wwest5829 said: Sad, my only global residence is Chiang Mai since 2011. I am a Tourist when I visit countries outside Thailand. That includes a trip earlier this year to my own country, the USA. Whether officially designated as such or not, I am a Permanent Resident of Thailand. My income, brought into Thailand from the USA exceeds the income of many Thai citizens … thus I am supporting the Thai economy as much as Thai citizens. For the record, I am affronted by this discriminatory practice. Easily fixed by making mandatory recognition of the “Pink Card” or 5 year Driver’s License. OK, whining finished. The DL used to work, then they started refusing it but the pink card still worked. But more recently I’ve heard that that doesn’t work anymore. I haven’t tested it, so many national parks are a big disappointment that I’ve given up. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khunjeff Posted July 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2023 1 hour ago, AAArdvark said: I used to live in Orlando FL near Disney World. I got drastically reduced rates for season tickets because I lived in the area. Was that fair or racist? Fair? Up to you. Racist? No. You had to prove your Florida residency to get that discount, and any Thai person who moves there will get the same reduced rate that you did. In Thailand, I've never seen anyone have to produce a Thai ID to get the Thai citizen price - the sites simply charge it to anyone who looks Asian. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolgeoff Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 The last time i went was the night safari cnx.had a thai license so i paid 50 baht. The farang price 500.So i refuse to enter after that and pay the price they ask.20 baht for thais ten times the price is the farang price so very unfair and thais know and have a private laugh about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunjeff Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 1 minute ago, Fairynuff said: so many national parks are a big disappointment that I’ve given up. This is probably the real issue. Even at the previous price, most of the sites I've visited were very poor value - underwhelming and often badly kept up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 9 minutes ago, Fairynuff said: The DL used to work, then they started refusing it but the pink card still worked. But more recently I’ve heard that that doesn’t work anymore. I haven’t tested it, so many national parks are a big disappointment that I’ve given up. It is sad as I think the Thai National Parks could be developed into great tourist attractions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe32 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 1 hour ago, cjinchiangrai said: Whatever, it is small money. How long are you living here? It's not about the money. It's about people who live here for about 10+ years, who have a family and all, then being singled out and made pay more. That's just ridiculous. Tourists, whatever, but expats should just pay like the Thai, or well, maybe at least a discount compared to the tourist prices. Easy to check, just show a wp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Cameron Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 This is blatant discrimination, if we did that here in Australia we would be labelled 'Racist's'.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 1 hour ago, shackleton said: Tourists pay a lot of money to come to Thailand for a holiday so paying to see historical sites won't put them off If you reside in Thailand you have the option of paying or not up to you ???? So true I exercise that right. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searat7 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Why I the old government making unnecessary decisions at this point ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe32 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 22 minutes ago, khunjeff said: Racist? No. 22 minutes ago, khunjeff said: In Thailand, I've never seen anyone have to produce a Thai ID to get the Thai citizen price - the sites simply charge it to anyone who looks Asian. So, racist, yes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe32 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 50 minutes ago, Trippy said: The fees should really be on a sliding scale. Those who complain the most, pay the most. Idea is good, however, it should be, the longer you stay, the closer it will get to the Thai price. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GABRIELE Hua Hin Posted July 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2023 Each farang has exactly 2 options: 1. Support this rip-off by going inside. 2. Just don't go in. We choose option 2. 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balance Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 5 hours ago, stoner said: i could see if it was double the price thai pay. but you just look like mongers with this pricing. There is a lot of tea to be served. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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