Dual Pricing in Thai Tourism: Economic Necessity or Hidden Bias?

[Sean60]

I don't mind the different price for Thais and foreigners at museums or national parks. I actually understand it and respect it.

However I think it's dead wrong when they practice it in restaurant's and hotels.

Before the pandemic this was an ongoing debate. Now it's coming back. 

[PJ71]

1 minute ago, transam said:

Of course, you don't care...................🤭

hahahahahahha

 

Are you lost for words old chap?

[Chomper Higgot]

3 hours ago, Tomtomtom69 said:

If she's a British citizen she should be paying the British price.

She is paying the British price, the price non resident Brits pay.

[transam]

1 minute ago, PJ71 said:

hahahahahahha

 

Are you lost for words old chap?

Why would I be, you have lot's off pennies, but no yellow book........🤑..........😂 

[Tomtomtom69]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Its not my sons Automatic right to get cheap university when I haven't paid UK tax....   Thus, the system is based on residency, which IMO is not unfair....       you can keep clinging on to this issue like a dog with a bone... BUT - it is not an example of 'dual charging'....   Its an example of allowing foreign residents the same rights as a British residents. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So you support foreign residents paying the same fees as British residents?

 

If so, you agree with me then, in that a British citizen shouldn't be disadvantaged or discriminated against, regardless of whether they have previously lived in the UK. 

 

Otherwise, that greatly disincentivizes Brits who grew up abroad from seeking an education in their home country. Mainland Europe is thus a better option; mostly no dual pricing and low tuition fees. 

 

Unless of course, you don't understand the difference between citizenship and residency, which are NOT the same. It seems to me you're so PC, you can't even bring yourself to refer to foreigners as they are, which is foreigners (or non-citizens). 

[Tomtomtom69]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

She is paying the British price, the price non resident Brits pay.

No, she's paying the foreigner price.

 

 

[Dont confuse me]

Years ago I wrote to the minister of sports and tourism complaining about duel pricing attaching a recent photo of the entrance fee board at Chaingmai zoo ....different prices for, police, monks. Etc etc and at the bottom but most expensive was foreigners....funny enough I never received a reply. 

BTW the letter was in Thai.

[Tomtomtom69]

4 minutes ago, Sean60 said:

I don't mind the different price for Thais and foreigners at museums or national parks. I actually understand it and respect it.

However I think it's dead wrong when they practice it in restaurant's and hotels.

Before the pandemic this was an ongoing debate. Now it's coming back. 

 

Firstly, it is a very rare practice; I've not personally come across a hotel or restaurant that practices dual pricing but I know they exist and I'm aware of one or two hotels in the Ramkhamhaeng area that practice it.

 

That being said, if they can get away with dual pricing at museums and national parks, why do you think they can't do it at hotels?

 

An argument can be made that they have to do more work checking in a foreigner, having to do a TM30 and all (even if many, if not most hotels don't bother but that's a separate issue).

[Chomper Higgot]

2 minutes ago, Tomtomtom69 said:

No, she's paying the foreigner price.

 

 

Clearly not, because if a foreigner meets the residence requirements they pay the lower resident fees.

[PJ71]

4 minutes ago, transam said:

Why would I be, you have lot's off pennies, but no yellow book........🤑..........😂 

Exactly, i know what the priorities are, unlike some......

[fleccer]

I have always boycotted those who apply this hateful policy, and I will continue to do so, because it is not acceptable

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, Tomtomtom69 said:

 

Firstly, it is a very rare practice; I've not personally come across a hotel or restaurant that practices dual pricing but I know they exist and I'm aware of one or two hotels in the Ramkhamhaeng area that practice it.

 

That being said, if they can get away with dual pricing at museums and national parks, why do you think they can't do it at hotels?

 

An argument can be made that they have to do more work checking in a foreigner, having to do a TM30 and all (even if many, if not most hotels don't bother but that's a separate issue).

That you haven’t been aware of dual pricing at hotels doesn’t mean it hasn’t been applied.

While nowhere near as common as it used to be, dual pricing is still takes place.

 

 

[transam]

1 minute ago, PJ71 said:

Exactly, i know what the priorities are, unlike some......

Yes, you keep confusion at bay, keep it simple..........Well done....

[PJ71]

5 minutes ago, transam said:

Yes, you keep confusion at bay, keep it simple..........Well done....

hahahaha

 

i honestly can't stop laughing - yellow book / pink ID card - hahahhahahahahhzhhahahahah

[transam]

3 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

hahahaha

 

i honestly can't stop laughing - yellow book / pink ID card - hahahhahahahahhzhhahahahah

Are you home alone......?  

[Tomtomtom69]

14 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

That you haven’t been aware of dual pricing at hotels doesn’t mean it hasn’t been applied.

While nowhere near as common as it used to be, dual pricing is still takes place.

 

 

 

I said I was aware of it. I have however NOT come across it affecting me personally.

 

I was actually under the impression it is more common now than it used to be, however rare it is.

[pacovl46]

How many more times will this be posted????

 

It is what it is. There's nothing you can do about it, so suck it up! 

[Tomtomtom69]

17 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Clearly not, because if a foreigner meets the residence requirements they pay the lower resident fees.

 

Ok, she's paying the higher price reserved for local citizens, in one of the world's most politically correct countries.

[Tomtomtom69]

Just now, pacovl46 said:

How many more times will this be posted????

 

It is what it is. There's nothing you can do about it, so suck it up! 

 

Wrong attitude.

 

However, I wonder why this news keeps coming up knowing nothing will be done about it. 

 

It is however telling that the writer has done no research, otherwise he or she would know that all nearby countries, other than mainland China, impose nationality based dual pricing. It's not a Thailand only thing. However, depending on the country and venue, some extend locals pricing to foreign residents too, which only a small number of mostly privately owned venues in Thailand do.

 

About the only good thing to emerge in recent years has been free entry to certain museums, historical parks and even national parks (the latter only applies to foreigners) during the New Year period.

 

They started this in 2019 (the national park free entry scheme, applying to some, not all parks was launched for the first time last December and lasted until the end of February). The validity of free entry to specific museums and all historical parks has gradually been extended from 5 days when it was first launched to 17 days in 2023/2024.

[stoutfella]

8 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Bob, you are sounding a bit woke again.

 

I like the fact that the Thais are not woke. 
 

 

 

 

"I like the fact that the Thais are not woke"

 

No, most of them are in a state of permanent somnolence

[Tomtomtom69]

Just now, stoutfella said:

 

 

"I like the fact that the Thais are not woke"

 

No, most of them are in a state of permanent somnolence

 

Yep many Thais are quite woke; many are very easily offended over the slightest criticisms. 

[Chris Daley]

I just have kick the water pipe off the side of the toilet twice as hard.  Fine by me.

[Tiger1980]

7 hours ago, Neeranam said:

My daughter is a British citizen and pays the foreign student price in the UK. 

Your fault, should have sent her vie Calais. 
I was in the same predicament plus I was still paying UK. Tax my alternative was to return to the UK. Unfortunately I regret that decision.
 

[RichardColeman]

I'm all for dual pricing on occasions, makes a kind of sense that locals should get it cheaper.

 

But where does it stop, should BA make thais pay double for using a non-thai airline ? 

 

One thing for sure , if thais were forced to do similar abroad, then they owuld be crying racism

[Fairynuff]

9 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Bob, you are sounding a bit woke again.

 

I like the fact that the Thais are not woke. 
 

 

Define woke.

[Fairynuff]

8 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

We make them pay to apply for a visa, often traveling hundreds of kms to our embassies , which is non refundable when we reject them.

Do we get free visas? No. Do we get a refund if visa is declined? No. How did I know you’d bring “woke” into it.

[AAArdvark]

Just  ignore it and/or move on. 

[Fairynuff]

8 hours ago, Neeranam said:

My daughter is a British citizen and pays the foreign student price in the UK. 

Sounds fair to me. 

[mikebike]

9 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Thais can not simply buy an air ticket and fly over to the west. We don’t let them.

What planet do you live on? Thais jump through the same, or more, hoops than we do to move to another country. The ones that have done it are working a lot harder to maintain their status than you ever will...

[Fairynuff]

7 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Do they want Thailand to become woke? 

 Tourists don't care, it's the long-term expats that make all the fuss. 

 

Woke 😂😂😂 The right wings's answer to everything.