Thailand aims to attract Muslim, Israeli and gay tourists

[jmccarty]

Stay tuned, next month is white supremisist and black power month! Come one and all!

[rubberduck]

Is this meant to be a serious marketing campain ?? Dzjeez what a weirdos, seriously... it seems like getting worse and worse and they already passed the border on insanity, hahaha

[tonneke breda]

They should attract gay Muslims and Jews, all other groups are already well established in BKK en Pattaya.

They should let the Saudi and Iranian religious police patrol on Shukumvit near Grace hotel, bet there going to be a lot of beheadings back home.

[mrmazinkle]

A muslim, an Israeli and a gay walk into a bar.......

...the bartender is a Papua New Guinea headhunter...

and the barman says"I happen to be the boss of one of the biggest executive recruitment firms in S.E Asia"would you be interested in..................

[NCC1701A]

i love this forum. it just makes me burst out laughing sometimes!

[DocN]

They also want some of the Amish...they just haven't figured out, how to get the message to them, yet...

[Skywalker69]

Sometimes I think these articles are custom-written just so that TV reviewers can take the P1SS out of them... seriously, gays, muslims and israelis all in the same breath, juxtaposition wise I am sure that plenty of jokes will come out of this one. well done TAT for brightening our Monday

And after a night out, they can go together to Hitler Fried Chicken and have a bite.

[Wavefloater]

I can't understand how one markets Thailand travel to gays. If I were gay, I might be offended at the whole idea. It seems somewhat discriminatory to me.

As for Muslims, I suppose you could cater to their very strict lifestyle, but Thailand has strong "sanook" culture that I would think offensive to most orthodox Muslims.

I used to run across the odd Israeli tourist here but not for some time, so perhaps the numbers have dwindled a lot. It's my impression that more and more people feel less and less support for Israel and think of it as a rouge state now. It seems that its only ally in the world is the USA, so Israelis may not feel welcome or comfortable anywhere else in the world now.

Edited August 5, 2013 by Wavefloater

[nong38]

I presume the Muslims will be sent to the deep south to see what the land of smiles is all about.

[EyesWideOpen]

Guess I will have to leave this thread alone, or I may earn myself

a posting holiday... :-)

[impulse]

Now, is that 3 different groups, or are they trying to attract Gay Muslim Israelis?

Given Gay Muslim Israeli demographics, they'd probably get more bang for their advertising buck elsewhere.

But if it is 3 different groups, they may get plenty of bang for their advertising dollar. Probably not the bangs they want.

[teacherofwoe]

Yet again, we are witness to Thailand's crass ignorance of the outside world.

[h90]

Now, is that 3 different groups, or are they trying to attract Gay Muslim Israelis?

Given Gay Muslim Israeli demographics, they'd probably get more bang for their advertising buck elsewhere.

But if it is 3 different groups, they may get plenty of bang for their advertising dollar. Probably not the bangs they want.

they could open a huge paintball center where they can shoot each other without hurting themself.

[rubberduck]

did they think

gays = have money

jews = have money

muslims = have money

is the idea behind ?

but ask any market salesman or massage lady which foreigners they hate most of all, they all say: arabs & israelis. period.

...

[Gone]

<deleted> !!!!! Is it April 1st again?

[h90]

did they think

gays = have money

jews = have money

muslims = have money

is the idea behind ?

but ask any market salesman or massage lady which foreigners they hate most of all, they all say: arabs & israelis. period.

...

I think gays aren't good customer for the "massage" lady as well.

[StasD]

Good society! If I would have been muslim-gay and live to Israel i will visit thailand every month

[Naam]

A muslim, an Israeli and a gay walk into a bar.......

...the bartender is a Papua New Guinea headhunter...

He gets head from the gay, then.

the Muslim asks the Israeli whether this is kosher behaviour...

[Bluespunk]

Deleted. Don't know what I was thinking.

Edited August 5, 2013 by Bluespunk

[ramrod711]

They could set up chapels and become the hub of homosexual marriages, sorry, i forgot gay marriage not allowed here, it may undercut the morals of the locals.

[Andre0720]

All of this only for money...

[dunque]

never

did they think

gays = have money

jews = have money

muslims = have money

is the idea behind ?

but ask any market salesman or massage lady which foreigners they hate most of all, they all say: arabs & israelis. period.

...

wow, so Muslims are all Arabs are they ? I never knew that.

[zydeco]

I'll bet you Malaysia would never go for these groups. In fact, I'm not even sure Malaysia is all that excited over bringing in foreign muslims. Did the tourist authority say anything about bringing in Shia and/or Sunni to the same resort? Bring a little bit of Iraq to Southeast Asia.

[deecee10]

Don't know why the sarcastic comments.

My neighbour is a gay muslim from Israel and he thinks it's about time.

He was getting rather lonely.

[dansan]

Hot damn... They have cornered those three markets for years.

[lemoncake]

What! No Greek Orthodox, West Samoans or Cajuns?

Samoans will not fit into Tuk Tuk , not to mention need 2 sits on the plane.

I do not think locals can even imagine people come in that size, not to mention bars will be dry , as they can drink and drink and drink.

[newermonkey]

May I re write this headline please:

Thailand welcomes sex tourists who cant get it up in thair own country.

[JulesMad]

What about gay muslim Isrealis?!? The perfect TAT target

[jpeg]

May I re write this headline please:

Thailand welcomes sex tourists who cant get it up in thair own country.

Could not attract a girl young enough to be their daughter/granddaughters would be more precise.

[h90]

I'll bet you Malaysia would never go for these groups. In fact, I'm not even sure Malaysia is all that excited over bringing in foreign muslims. Did the tourist authority say anything about bringing in Shia and/or Sunni to the same resort? Bring a little bit of Iraq to Southeast Asia.

Malaysia, lets say Langkawi is full with Muslim tourists. They really love it there.....They don't want wahabit prayers, but they like tourists.