Lifting Alcohol Restrictions Could Boost Thai Economy by Billions

[sabai-dee-man]

7 hours ago, Jim Blue said:

I'm not letting my daughter out between 2 and 5 any more ......

 

Why, is she an alcoholic?

 

I've never understood the attraction of daytime drinking. Mind you, I'm not much of a drinker at all since my 20s & early 30s partying era. It's all a bit sad when you're devastated it's a dry day, or can't get a drink in the afternoon. 

[Middle Aged Grouch]

It definately will boost the sale of the booze merchants...but it will generate a higher ratio of drunks all over and that will have a heavy social cost. 

 

Be it in healthcare, in public safety managment requirements as booze turns people violent and plainly st***id...and other unaccounted issues. 

 

At the end of the day the returns will mean nothing, compared to the collateral costs generated. 

 

But again, who cares ? As long as the chums in the industry can make their profit and "share" with those in power, that's what matters maybe ?

[alien365]

I'm waiting for those who brag about flying business class all the time to explain these numbers. As a cattle class passenger, I don't get it.

[StandardIssue]

Who's going to Thailand to spend $250 USD a day for "quality" food and drink. For the regular Thai that's a months salary!!

Somebody is dreaming

[sambum]

On 2/21/2025 at 7:54 AM, JoePai said:

So these ‘high end’(?) tourists are going to spend an extra 8,400 baht every afternoon between 2 and 5 on booze ?

 

Ridiculous! Makes you wonder where they get their figures from? TAT?

[sambum]

Fail to see what the photo of  a boat has got to do with the post!

[sambum]

12 hours ago, Middle Aged Grouch said:

It definately will boost the sale of the booze merchants...but it will generate a higher ratio of drunks all over and that will have a heavy social cost. 

 

Be it in healthcare, in public safety managment requirements as booze turns people violent and plainly st***id...and other unaccounted issues. 

 

At the end of the day the returns will mean nothing, compared to the collateral costs generated. 

 

But again, who cares ? As long as the chums in the industry can make their profit and "share" with those in power, that's what matters maybe ?

 

"..............but it will generate a higher ratio of drunks all over and that will have a heavy social cost."

 

Wrong! They said the same when they extended the drinking hours in Scotland many years ago, but it had the opposite effect, because most people only have a set amount of money for booze, and by extending the drinking hours, they took their time over consuming the same amount of alcohol, and the result was a fall in drunkennness figures!