Thailand Urged to Tackle Foreign Influence in Tourism Business

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

According to Thai law, tourism businesses must be owned and operated by Thai nationals, with Thai shareholders holding at least 51% of any such company.

We want your money/investment but we don't want you.... just finance the operation, staff it with Thai nationals and you have a nice time back in your own country.

 

[Sig]

On 10/22/2024 at 12:06 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

The year was 2013, sometime around June/July, that the inundation began.

Why are the Chinese coming here?

 

They come here to buy a house, educate their children, and live here, making places like Chiang Mai their home.

Many of these have a final goal in mind, though, which is to educate their children in an international school in Thailand, and then leave as soon as possible for places like....The USA, maybe Japan, and possibly the UK.

Most of the Chinese have much more money than is needed to live in Thailand.

And they want to buy the best environment for their family and children, most likely somewhere OTHER than Thailand.

Thailand is just a steppingstone to better lives elsewhere.

 

There was a movie, Lost in Thailand (2012?), that for some reason made the Chinese fanatical about coming....

[Middle Aged Grouch]

We want the money of the falang, we want to overcharge them for anything at anyplace but we don't want them herel

[GammaGlobulin]

15 minutes ago, Sig said:

There was a movie, Lost in Thailand (2012?), that for some reason made the Chinese fanatical about coming....

 

a.  You are correct. I recall that time in 2013...very well. I asked my Chinese friends about it, in fact.

 

b.  By the way, I truly enjoy my Chinese friends who are now living in Chiang Mai.

 

c. I have no Farang friends.  ONLY Thai friends, Chinese friends, Cambodian friends, and Burmese friends, and...LAO PENG YOU...Old Friends....

 

And, for me, this is really the way that it SHOULD be...

 

 

[john donson]

I don't get it... hotels needs to be paid... right?  restaurants too... free hotel rooms ? free food ?     they want foreigners to invest...well if they own the 49% as by law. what is the problem?  that those russian, indian, chinese tourists go eat in their restaurants, to support their country?

[Marco100]

I read main action only in Phuket . What about Bangkok , Pattaya , Hua Hin , Chang Mai ? 

[Sig]

On 10/24/2024 at 4:08 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

a.  You are correct. I recall that time in 2013...very well. I asked my Chinese friends about it, in fact.

 

b.  By the way, I truly enjoy my Chinese friends who are now living in Chiang Mai.

 

c. I have no Farang friends.  ONLY Thai friends, Chinese friends, Cambodian friends, and Burmese friends, and...LAO PENG YOU...Old Friends....

 

And, for me, this is really the way that it SHOULD be...

 

 

I'm glad you enjoy friendship with some Chinese. On the other hand, I'm not sure why it "SHOULD be" that one only has non-farang friends, even though there are several thousand farang living in the area and in the course of life, it isn't unlikely to come into contact with any given number of them and maybe even strike up a friendship. In the decade+ of living in Japan, when there weren't many white foreigners around at all, I did end up with a Swedish friend and a couple of other non-white expats. In the 20+ years in Thailand, I have likewise ended up making a few farang friends in the course of life. It actually seems odd to me that one would think it SHOULD NOT be this way and by inference, farang should be shunned. Some of my Thai friends (not in the tourism industry) have more farang friends than I do! Why SHOULD this be, or not be? I can't figure out what your reasoning behind this could be. You aren't one of those woke "white privilege" crap believers, are you? That could explain it....? If that is the case... well... whatever suits you and makes you happy, then carry on, but hopefully it's not with the judgement that comes across here toward others who actually do have farang friends and who don't find it abnormal.

[DonniePeverley]

Russians in Phuket own so many businesses there. The employing a Thai front is abused to the chore. 

 

In Pattaya Indians have completely taken over. 

 

Chinese are all over the place too.