maxme Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 With the upcoming election, will it change the tourist industry and any other part of commerce in Phuket. What´s your take on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Considering Phuket has gone through a tsunami, a SARS virus scare, a Swine Flu scare, an airport invasion, coups in Bangkok and the tourist arrival numbers keep going up every year; what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katasyd Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Democrats win = No change in anything really for Phuket and this current administration looks like it's trying to solve some pressing issues, something that Thaksin failed to do in his time a the helm. Puea Thai win = Problems.... This 'democrat' island will be punished and budgets and people in power will be reshuffled. As much as i hate politics here and don't even like discussing the Thai form of democracy but anything Thaksin coming back into power is not a good thing. It will just be about revenge and recouping his money exercise and local issues will go back to the way it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 That's funny......nothing changed when Thaksin was in power before. What makes you think anything will be different? The local politicians will still be democrats, so, no change. Same noses in the same troughs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxme Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 Like it or not, when Thaksin was in power there were some changes, some radical some pretty obvious ones. The reason why Phuket wont change neither way is also pretty obvious. The whole south is Democrat or PAD friendly. Ask yourselves this, howcome Chiang Mai can change their infrastructure even better than the south when south is the one that gets most of the money due to tourism among other things. The elite crams to the bark like ticks , they are the oldest ruling party and many of them back up the democrats so its no wonder it doesnt change. You can be anti Thaksin or you can be pro Thaksin, it doesnt matter. The problem is the elite and the military dictatorship that still holds on to this country. Thaksin may not be the solution (even he has a few skeletons in the closet) but he certainly brought change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Like it or not, when Thaksin was in power there were some changes, some radical some pretty obvious ones. Yes, he got a lot richer than he already was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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