Irish star Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 5 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: Maybe someone should show those tourists how many people die in Thailand daily in traffic accidents compared to shootings. Then they shouldn't worry about shootings anymore. They are worried about kidnappings also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish star Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Bim Smith said: Wait until they find out how many die on the roads. The mind boggles at what fear can do. Like closing a country for a flu that would kill your tourism industry. Who would such a thing. Oh wait. Their in busses they don’t care anything about road deaths lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish star Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, spermwhale said: I find this hard to believe. I doubt seriously that the Chinese suddenly consider Thailand dangerous after an incident like that. One month's worth of data does not a trend make. The end of the article noted all of the Chinese airlines that have established direct routes to Chiang Mai. It didn't say that any of those flights had been cancelled. And if they are expecting half as many tourists this year due to an event that happened this month, then there is something else going on. 60,000 fewer arrivals in a month still doesn't add up to reduce tourists from 10 million to 5 millions. Also this article states that 60,000 Chinese tourists cancelled their flights leading to a drop of 650,000 to 590,000 from one month to the next. Just because tourism drops by 60,000 doesn't mean they all cancelled. Perhaps those flights were never booked in the first place. What a bunch of rubbish. They fear kidnappings and scams ffs by China gangsters and scammers Edited October 17, 2023 by Irish star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Silverhand Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) Time to delete the BS visa rules and put some new ones in place. One year tourist visa renewable a 100 times + free welcome BJ at the airport. Tourism suddenly booming. Back on track. Tap tap, boom boom, slurp slurp! Done. #TAT Edited October 17, 2023 by Bunny Silverhand 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 5 hours ago, 2baht said: Tuk tuks waiting for nonexistent Chinese tourists! ???? It's possible that travelling in a tuk tuk is more likely to cause death or injury than guns. Stricter gun control would be welcome but I don't think it's that likely you'd be shot visiting Thailand. The roads are more of a problem and I've never been killed or injured in my time here. The drop in numbers may be for other reasons but some people will always be spooked by things like these but it will pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2baht Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, kimamey said: The drop in numbers may be for other reasons but some people will always be spooked by things like these but it will pass. Elephants memory to them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, Bunny Silverhand said: Time to delete the BS visa rules and put some new ones in place. One year tourist visa renewable a 100 times + free welcome BJ at the airport. Tourism suddenly booming. Back on track. Tap tap, boom boom, slurp slurp! Done. #TAT Would the BJ be before or after immigration? Maybe 2 BJs. One to entertain you whilst you wait for immigration and another whilst waiting for your bags. Should also stop the scramble for bin space on the flight. I've just had a thought. What about other family members? Wives, children or parents. Would it be behind a screen, unless you're business class of course. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdemundo Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Bobydog said: The only people who don't get that and other dosturbing issues are the Trough Dwellers. Trough Dwellers ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 6 hours ago, pegman said: One of many reasons to ban guns. Forwards this to the GOP...as dead kids dont seem to motivate their own self interests... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunpin Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Yes, good. Very responsible decision. Thailand is not safe - especially for the Chinese tourists. I can only hope that they have learned their lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwarda909 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Less Chinese tourists because of terrible incident? Causation or correlation? Not a scientific statement. By the author's line of reasoning, Chinese tourists to America would decrease to 28. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobydog Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 39 minutes ago, cdemundo said: Trough Dwellers ??? Those special folk who have their noses in the proverbial money trough, collectors of brown envelopes etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat_4_life Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Robbkk said: Guns are already banned in Thailand. Have you ever seen any gun shops? This is false, guns are not banned. Never having been a gun owner myself (and a foreigner that cannot own a gun here) I'm not familiar with the regulations, but there are many. There is a gun "market" area near to China Town in Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swm59nj Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 I’m sure that the amount of gun violence In Thailand is not going to deter tourists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgoon Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 I wonder what effect the Evergrand collapse is having on those decisions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo99 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) On 10/17/2023 at 4:22 PM, webfact said: The incident, which resulted in the death of three people, including a Chinese tourist, and injured four others, has shaken the confidence of Chinese travellers in Thailand. The fallout from the incident has seen approximately 60,000 Chinese tourists cancel their trips to the country. Interesting isn't it... Chinese tourist gets shot, BiB and Govt are all over it. Western tourist gets murdered, violently assaulted, sexual assault...it's threaten/intimidated the victim into not pressing charges, not reporting offence or demanding justice so BiB cand just pretend it never happened! Guess we're not real people I'm their eyes? Edited October 18, 2023 by Ricardo99 Spelling errors 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Some off topic posts and troll posts contravening our Community Standards have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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