Khao San Road Feels Pinch as European Tourists Hold Off on Bookings - video

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On 11/26/2024 at 12:45 AM, snoop1130 said:

Khaosan Business Association President Sanga Ruangwattanakul attributes the decline to European tourists' uncertainty amidst the persisting Russia-Ukraine conflict.

IMO that is BS. The Thais have destroyed the very thing that made K Road a destination of choice for bagpackers. It used to be a cheap and cheerful place for the bagpackers to hang out in a bar, watch a VDO of Apocalypse Now, and brag about all the places they got drunk in, buy Made in China fake Thai souvenirs, wear stupid elephant pants and generally pretend to be seasoned world travellers before travelling 3rd class train to get to the Full Moon Party on a bus without a bonnet where they would get drugged up and fall off their rented m'bikes, or end up paying a large bribe to the cops for buying illegal drugs.

 

The Thais tarted the place up, made it expensive, added trendy nightclubs and generally made it a place any self respecting young western tourist would avoid like the plague.

 

The Thais are the world hub of destroying the reasons tourists used to like about Thailand. They managed to destroy every decent easily reached beach in the entire country, as I can personally attest to.