Pai's Tourism Woes: Over 1,600 Foreigners Arrested in a Year

[NorthernRyland]

20 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

   Locals get annoyed because they cannot overcharge Israelis  because they  wont accept their over inflated prices ??

They were eating food and then try to haggle the prices. Basically just really belligerent stuff like that.

[bkk6060]

Thailand will always be known as a cheap holiday, sex holiday, drunk holiday, do what you want.  Nothing will change just more of the aforementioned will keep coming.

[Nick Carter icp]

4 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

They were eating food and then try to haggle the prices. Basically just really belligerent stuff like that.

 

  As long as they were sat down and eating their food and not eating whilst walking long the street , thats the most important thing 

[Woke to Sounds]

6 hours ago, Tailwagsdog said:

What's the big attraction in Pai ??

 

Easy, sweaty, loose farang hippie chicks keen for a right shagging, since all the farang guys are with Thai birds.

 

They tend to be quite fragrant but I don't mind.

 

Patchouli helps.

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, NorthernRyland said:

It's general bad behavior that doesn't result in arrests. If they come in to a shop and complain then haggle the price aggressively this doesn't get them arrested and produce stats but the locals take notice.

So when you have no stats you can make things up. Brilliant!!

[NorthernRyland]

14 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

So when you have no stats you can make things up. Brilliant!!

Just telling you what people told me. Not everything is an arrest and deportation with statistics.

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

Just telling you what people told me. Not everything is an arrest and deportation with statistics.

Oh right what people told you, so we are now getting it third hand. How credible.....lol

 

 

[TheFishman1]

How many weeks will be rating about the same stuff in pai TIT

[watchcat]

8 hours ago, Tailwagsdog said:

What's the big attraction in Pai ??

 

The cold / cool air?

[watchcat]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

do what you want.  Nothing will change

 

Except the penalties for drrug abuse.

[watchcat]

6 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

But I would still have to drive that winding road to get there. Even 20 years ago that was stressful. 

 

Believe me it stil is.

[watchcat]

2 hours ago, recom273 said:

84 weed shops! 
 

When I first went there (only visited twice) I dont think there were 84 buildings in the village.

 

Doesn't mean they all sell "topclass" If any?

 

[Robert_Smith]

Pai is a lovely, quaint little mountain village.

 

It's even better without tourists.

 

regards,

bob.

[Harrisfan]

2 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  As long as they were sat down and eating their food and not eating whilst walking long the street , thats the most important thing 

What if they pick their noses?

[MalcolmB]

4 hours ago, Watawattana said:

The breakdown by nationality isn't complete, but there doesn't seem to be a massive Israeli bias in the figures to justify the bashing they get?

One of the main issues the Thais have with the Israelis is they don’t let Thais (or other non Jews) into their enclave. 
 

Mr Menachem Mendel Zajac, the 29-year-old Jewish religious leader and caretaker of the Chabad House in Pai, then told local journalists that due to security concerns, particularly after an Israeli citizen was killed in India, the house is off limits to foreigners (including Thais) and they have to request police protections from the local Thai police.

 

The fact that it’s also off limits to Thais will likely, if not inevitably, continue to be a cause of contention to some Thais ...

 

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2025/02/23/why-some-thais-fear-israelis-turning-pai-into-an-occupied-land/

[bkk6060]

2 hours ago, Woke to Sounds said:

 

Easy, sweaty, loose farang hippie chicks keen for a right shagging, since all the farang guys are with Thai birds.

 

They tend to be quite fragrant but I don't mind.

 

Patchouli helps.

Maybe I should go.  Haven't had a free shag for 30 years.

[MalcolmB]

2 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

They were eating food and then try to haggle the prices. Basically just really belligerent stuff like that.

Reports of them stealing also and driving other tourists away. 
 

“The complaints say they are drunk and rowdy… they steal,” Police Major Kriengkrai Sansalee told This Week in Asia. “[People say] they come in large groups, spend a little and bargain a lot. Local businesses are affected the most because when they come, other tourists go elsewhere.”

 

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3299193/young-israelis-rile-thailands-pai-town-their-bad-behaviour

 

 

 

 

[MalcolmB]

3 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Locals get annoyed because they cannot overcharge Israelis  because they  wont accept their over inflated prices ??

If they don’t like the prices they should just move on.

Eating the food and then negotiating a discount after you have eaten is very ugly behavior. 

[Nick Carter icp]

1 minute ago, MalcolmB said:

Reports of them stealing also and driving other tourists away. 
 

“The complaints say they are drunk and rowdy… they steal,” Police Major Kriengkrai Sansalee told This Week in Asia. “[People say] they come in large groups, spend a little and bargain a lot. Local businesses are affected the most because when they come, other tourists go elsewhere.”

 

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3299193/young-israelis-rile-thailands-pai-town-their-bad-behaviour

 

   That is a report from last week , will you be posting it for the next 25 years ? 

   There are already  numerous threads about Israelis in Pai and your news report has already been posted in those threads numerous times , this is a thread about foreigners in Pai

[MalcolmB]

1 hour ago, TheFishman1 said:

How many weeks will be rating about the same stuff in pai TIT

Maybe when the stop stealing, when they stop banning Thais and other non Jews from their enclaves, when they stop smoking weed in front of children and old people, when they stop negotiating prices for meals they have already eaten etc.

 

I predict it won’t end soon. The Thai Prime Minister is involved, the police, the immigration and Deputy PM is heading up there this week. 
If anyone will be able to stop it it will be Anutin. 

[MalcolmB]

4 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   That is a report from last week , will you be posting it for the next 25 years ? 

   There are already  numerous threads about Israelis in Pai and your news report has already been posted in those threads numerous times , this is a thread about foreigners in Pai

It isn’t my thread.

Better I post news with quotes from business owners, rabbis and police than read your posts of nothing. You have never even been to Pai.

You will learn a lot reading my posts of nothing Nick.
 

[MalcolmB]

7 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

There are already  numerous threads about Israelis in Pai

If you read the OP you will see that it is about Israelis in Pai.

They are the only nationality mentioned.

[Nick Carter icp]

3 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

You have never even been to Pai.

 

  Stop making these false claims . 

Maybe an idea for you to remove it 

[DonniePeverley]

The government needs to get rid of TAT. 

 

They're an outdated organisation now. 

 

Tell me one they've done to improve tourism in Thailand? 

 

It's jus CHEAP MASS TOURISM with a horrific experience. The government opening the borders to the world is what is driving the insane volume of numbers of cheap tourists.