July 15, 2025Jul 15 Imagine spending $10,000 on a family vacation and see this on the beaches. I see this everyday during the monsoon. but don't see anyone cleaning it up (besides myself). Maybe the country doesn't want tourists.
July 15, 2025Jul 15 13 hours ago, KhaoHom said: Someone needs to learn how to write clear prose. What a mess. Chinese for various reasons not coming. Lots of serious issues including armed robberies, kidnapping. Chinese economy is also in toilet The roads and boats are not safe. No idea how to fix that. Nothing really safe and that's not good for families Tourist centers have become epicenters for petty crime which victims never compensated. Scams, thefts, assault. Thailand will do nothing in the end. The problem is world economic stagnation in general. Millions have been and done Thailand and done with Thailand Thailand will never EVER appeal to wealthy. Even if a few do come it will be one and done. Look at the rabble entering and existing immigration some time lol. Alcohol bans, alcohol taxes. All the while Thailand makes trouble for expat community. Visa and banking hassles, TAXES, discrimination often legal... If they were smart they'd do a real expat package for the 55+ retirees. Easy banking, home ownership, no taxes on property purchase every 7 years (only one house), government health insurance. Maybe even a weed card for potheads. If Thailand continues on this road it could soon see expat exodus. All it might take is the sour economy already taking shape, continued political stagnation. ==== Most of all what a bullshi+ thing to do... Thailand has all but given up on its people and industry and pins its entire future on a foreigners coming to the country to parasail and ride elephants. Vaccus pols, totally devoid of ideas. China’s economy grew 5.3 per cent in the first half of 2025,
July 15, 2025Jul 15 1 hour ago, KireB said: Imagine spending $10,000 on a family vacation and see this on the beaches. I see this everyday during the monsoon. but don't see anyone cleaning it up (besides myself). Maybe the country doesn't want tourists. Where is it?
July 15, 2025Jul 15 Popular Post Thailand keeps shouting ‘quality over quantity’,yet still worships tourist numbers like sacred cows. Visa exempt now being given out like confetti to all and sundry and countless new visas springing up. Meanwhile, corruption runs wild, the beaches are filthy, roads are death traps, pavements are obstacle courses, and taxi drivers act like they’re in a Tarantino film. Toss in dual pricing and tuk-tuk tantrums, and they wonder why well-heeled visitors are now sipping cocktails in Vietnam instead. It's not rocket science!
July 15, 2025Jul 15 14 hours ago, ChipButty said: I think the bubble has burst with Thailand, there is nothing different, the cost of air fares from Europe is crazy ok some people will reluctantly pay it, but never again, I was told Chinese are not normal return visitors, they will find somewhere else, Im told they are going to Japan and Vietnam at the moment, Thailand is miles behind on family holidays, my daughter in the UK can have 3 or 4 holidays a year for what it cost her to come to Thailand and better facilities with 2 young kids, she did a week in Morocco recently at a all inclusive resort, all food and drink are included, loads to do for the kids, not getting screwed for food for the kids, when she stayed in a 5 star hotel here in Phuket she was having to pay adult prices for food for a 2 year old, the little thing eats like a budgie, I kicked off one afternoon they want to charge her 340++ for a hotdog for the little one, until I kicked of with them, have you got no shame, no wonder you have only 5 rooms booked. I showed my daughter go across the road to 7/11, In the summer months Turkey is good value for money. I think one of the best holidays I ever had when my daughter was young was Jamaica absolutely amazing all inclusive resort, Thailand will never match that, Would agree up till you mentioned Turkey! Last year I thought have a second holiday week in Turkey all inclusive! It ended up costing me more than are 3 week holiday in Thailand! Hated it. Scam after scam. £5 for a packet of crisps at the shop in the resort. Everything was a scam including the Turkish delight "showed beautiful Turkish delight but in the prepackaged boxes just cheap rubbish. Turkey glory days are well in the past. We will never go back!
July 15, 2025Jul 15 20 hours ago, wadman said: Isn't this just the government version of "business is down, raise the prices". Fewer tourists? Make them pay more each. I first saw this in Pattaya 25 yrs ago. Low season , no one about, jack up the prices ???? 🤣
July 15, 2025Jul 15 8 hours ago, still kicking said: China’s economy grew 5.3 per cent in the first half of 2025, You cite no source. Chinese stats are always rubbish. Growth stats are random. Growth can be random and not necessarily good for a population as a whole. It does not belie the underlying structural issues which are serious. Developing economies need 6% growth. Housing debacle and econ fallout devastating Crisis of CCP Lying flat movement Child crisis Xi Jinping is finished Anyone that can is moving abroad - why?
July 16, 2025Jul 16 11 hours ago, Alidiver said: You don't get it. It's the principle he's talking about. Do you understand willingness to pay? Cigs are $2 here in thailand and $10 in America, are cigarette companies scamming Americans?
July 16, 2025Jul 16 The Thai government lost the plot long time ago, and now being confused how to bring things back to normal, what with a bunch of new laws that each one of them kept more and more tourists, retiaries and investors away from this country.
July 16, 2025Jul 16 21 hours ago, captain_shane said: Holy cow, you're the types they coined the term Cheap Charlie for. Every door you walk through is charging you service fees? Seriously? Even if every door charged you $3 each, that's 30 doors for less than $100, hardly a bloody expensive holiday. Stay home dude, you can't afford to travel if $100 is gonna break you. Use your brains as one walks trough at least 15 a day. Thats additional costs of 1500 a person on a month.
July 16, 2025Jul 16 18 hours ago, khunjeff said: Right, that's why no one is opening luxury hotels or Michelin-starred restaurants here. Oh, wait... You might be surprised to see that people who hang out there are, for a substantial part, local staycationers.
July 16, 2025Jul 16 16 hours ago, Eaglekott said: That he could not open a Bank account unless he had a one year VISA. Im not even sure people with DTV Visa can open a account since they have to leave the country at least every 6 months. My friend who just got his visa was offered help to get a bank account when he was awarded his DTV. So it may be flexible at their discretion. This was Chiang Mai Immmigration. When I have dealt with them they seem to be so much more functional than the chaos of Chaeng Wattana.
July 16, 2025Jul 16 5 minutes ago, MarkBR said: My friend who just got his visa was offered help to get a bank account when he was awarded his DTV. So it may be flexible at their discretion. "Flexibility" in Thailand is still a big, often underestimated, pro compared to western pseudo-democracies.
July 16, 2025Jul 16 9 hours ago, Scouse123 said: Where is it? A common sight along the Eastern Seaboard certain times of the year.
July 16, 2025Jul 16 9 hours ago, BritScot said: Would agree up till you mentioned Turkey! Last year I thought have a second holiday week in Turkey all inclusive! It ended up costing me more than are 3 week holiday in Thailand! Hated it. Scam after scam. £5 for a packet of crisps at the shop in the resort. Everything was a scam including the Turkish delight "showed beautiful Turkish delight but in the prepackaged boxes just cheap rubbish. Turkey glory days are well in the past. We will never go back! I have heard the same as you are saying now from multiple sources. I was thinking about us going there, given the ease of travel for Thais, who don't require visas. She has a full 10-year UK visa, but isn't bothered about going there after so many visits already. No way are we going now; there are way too many reports for it to be a coincidence or just one or two people having a bad holiday. We will take a multi-city tour of Vietnam instead.
July 16, 2025Jul 16 17 hours ago, topt said: Sorry I'm confused. Opening one I understand but you said he had one and it got blocked and then closed? Yes, When he came back to Thailand last time his account was blocked and he had to visit the office where he opened the account in Pattaya, and they told him he can not have an account and emptied the account and closed it. He had it for about a year. Used an agent to open it.
July 16, 2025Jul 16 That never worked before and it won't work this time either. I don't see any high rollers having a desire to holiday among visa exempt Indians.
July 20, 2025Jul 20 Holiday-makers come and go. And occasionally return. Residents, even of the "Non-Immigrant" kind, tend to come and stay. And occasionally leave.
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