Thai-Chinese Meeting Addresses Negative Film Impact on Tourism

[Caldera]

What a ridiculous exercise. Instead of "explaining" that the movie "wrongly portrays" Thailand, they should just stop digging.

 

Firstly, while other countries in the region are worse, there is a lot of human trafficking going on in Thailand, and they won't convince the Chinese that it isn't so.

 

Secondly and arguably more importantly, the state of the economy in China and the Chinese policy to promote domestic tourism keep a lot more Chinese tourists away from Thailand than that scary movie.

[soi3eddie]

13 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

6. Thailand is NOT the center of the known universe. It is becoming less relevant by the minute. Tourists are forgetting Thailand. Thailand needs foreigners 100x more than they need Thailand. 

I have met numerous tourists, and have friends and acquaintances from the UK, not stopping for more than 1 night in Bangkok, on their way to/from Vietnam as their main destination of choice. Thailand needs to do more to attract travellers/tourists by making it easier and more welcoming to visitors.

 

[RandiRona]

Thai politicians are deflecting this to a movie rather than their own policies. When you crackdown against Chinese, Extortion from a Taiwanese actress, random document and pee pee check, calling Chinese cops to patrol, who in right state of mind would like to visit a place for a peace of mind? Good for them that Indian and Malaysia due to lack of cheap options still visiting the place. Its unfortunate but 40 million is a pipe dream.

 

[spidermike007]

15 hours ago, Irish star said:

Pollution today is 104 in the Red in Pattaya , last year it was like Armageddon , especially in Isaan 

 

Fascinating that the man who is most responsible for pollution of the environment is pretending to care. 

 

He is a major polluter with his business and lifestyle, and comes from a family which is part of the problem. 

 

These guys just don't care. 

[spidermike007]

11 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

I have met numerous tourists, and have friends and acquaintances from the UK, not stopping for more than 1 night in Bangkok, on their way to/from Vietnam as their main destination of choice. Thailand needs to do more to attract travellers/tourists by making it easier and more welcoming to visitors.

 

 

True. They also need to address the multitude of problems plaguing the nation long before covid come along. Will they? Likely not, as introspection, and taking responsibility is not their strong suit. 

[UbonEagle]

What a joke

the Chinese are likely one of the most involved groups in all the illegal activities mentioned, esp call centre scams

[Selatan]

1 hour ago, UbonEagle said:

What a joke

the Chinese are likely one of the most involved groups in all the illegal activities mentioned, esp call centre scams

Have you watched the movie? I have. Of course the scammers were Chinese. Nothing in the movie portrayed other races as the scammers.

 

Was Thailand mentioned in the movie? No. But if you have watched the movie, you too would most likely conclude that the abduction happened in Bangkok.

 

Where was the location of the scam operation? No country was mentioned. But most would conclude that it was somewhere in Myanmar.

 

Is the threat of being abducted in Thailand real?  Here is a story from our Malaysian newspaper:

 

Kidnapped in Thailand: When 'friends' sell you to human trafficking syndicates

 

[Selatan]

Not difficult to search for the movie for viewing online. It has English subtitles. Can learn something from the movie.

[Selatan]

Here's another story from Malaysia. Location of abduction: Thailand. Location of scam operation: Myanmar.

 

Parents Bring Home 23-Year-Old's Ashes Who Died After He Was Scammed & Abused In Myanmar

 

The long porous border with Myanmar presents a huge challenge to the Thai authorities in preventing the cross border trafficking of humans.

[2baht]

6 hours ago, Selatan said:

Not difficult to search for the movie for viewing online. It has English subtitles. Can learn something from the movie.

It's ok, I live in the daily soap opera that is Thailand!