Lite Beer Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Phuket’s low season saviors: Russians, Chinese and Middle EasternersPhuket Gazette - Green, in Phuket, is just another name for wet. Photo: Lion Hirth PHUKET: The sacred oxen have spoken – the rainy season is upon us – and it will be a year of abundant water and food. The year will also be abundant in Russians, Chinese and Middle Easterners – the financial saviors of Phuket’s low season. Read More: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Phukets-low-season-saviors-Russians-Chinese-Middle/29621 -- Phuket Gazette 2014-06-01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancelot Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I love the Chinese and Russians- they make we Americans look good 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 They sure will help seven eleven, Dont bank on them saving a sliding economy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Nothing like the high quality tourist that TAT is always bragging about AND immigration is coming down on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Did someone write this article before the coup as it is conveniently not mentioned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMarlow Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Did someone write this article before the coup as it is conveniently not mentioned. Yes, just as it said in the report link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 The Russians, Chinese and Middle Easterner may save Phuket, but they will not be saving anyone in Issan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post makkam Posted June 1, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2014 Never been to Phuket, but if the 3 ethnic groups alluded to, go about life the same way their compatriots do in Pattaya, well good luck with that. Penny pinching, parochialistic, self-absorbtion, disdainful are just a few of the qualities permanently on display Best of luck Phuket 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandrabbit Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 what rainy season, it's baking hot here in Ban Phe Rayong?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangarang Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I love the Chinese and Russians- they make we Americans look good Cheers to that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Did someone write this article before the coup as it is conveniently not mentioned. Yes, just as it said in the report link. Looks like you are right as the article was in the 24th May Gazette, therefore almost certainly written before May 22nd. My question has therefore changed to "Why mailshot an article that is now not relevant in view of subsequent events?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) Never been to Phuket, but if the 3 ethnic groups alluded to, go about life the same way their compatriots do in Pattaya, well good luck with that. Penny pinching, parochialistic, self-absorbtion, disdainful are just a few of the qualities permanently on display Best of luck Phuket "Penny pinching, parochial[istic], self-absorbed[tion], disdainful [personality traits] are just a few of the qualities permanently on display" And also, coincidentally, a fairly accurate typical member profile here at Thai Visa. See threads and discussions dealing with 20 baht or so differences in Thai versus farang restaurant tabs; Or, assumptions that everything ought to be done just as it is back in farang land (although the posters' recollections of things back in farang land is more fantasy than fact); Or, assumptions that Thai Immigrations and Visa rules & regulations ought to formulated to cater to individual foreigners' ever shifting moods and desires; Or, endless Thai bashing ... if you want to see Olympic standard penny-pinching, limited world views, me-me-me ethics and rampant racism (such as that from people who disdain the Chinese, Russians and Middle Easterners). Edited June 1, 2014 by Suradit69 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinot Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Russians, Chinese and Arabs, oh my! The financial saviors of Phuket’s low season? Okie dokie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurentbkk Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I love the Chinese and Russians- they make we Americans look good which is very strange when you know that yanks are usually 4 times fatter than a Chinese and 2 times than a Russian ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurentbkk Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 why I am not surprise about the russian, chine, arab bashing here .... I will start to believe that all sexpats living in the LOS think to be better than anyone else , seems they never go out in bars , gogos, soi cowboy, patong or pattaya and many other places.. that is why I never meet with other farang living here , they have this superior ego while in their own countries they are nothing ... at least in Thailand they can create a life and feel so superior to anyone .... Those Russians, Arabs or Chinese spend money , buy food and sleep in hotels , they are , as you , part of the financial system , no need to spit on them with your superior attitude ..... everytime Thai visa talk about those tourists the bashing starts .... look in your mirror sometime , you are not better than anyone here ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangarang Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I love the Chinese and Russians- they make we Americans look good which is very strange when you know that yanks are usually 4 times fatter than a Chinese and 2 times than a Russian ...... While we may be bigger, this is just a matter of politeness. I haven't come across many russians during my last 3 years but I can say I get very annoyed by the chinese tourists when I go grocery shopping at tesco or hit up 7-11 for some beers. I don't know how many times I have been cut in line or cant even hear myself think because of how loud they are. Even when I lived in Toronto nothing but bad experiences constantly being pushed and shoved on the subway/streetcars by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinot Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) why I am not surprise about the russian, chine, arab bashing here .... I will start to believe that all sexpats living in the LOS think to be better than anyone else , seems they never go out in bars , gogos, soi cowboy, patong or pattaya and many other places.. that is why I never meet with other farang living here , they have this superior ego while in their own countries they are nothing ... at least in Thailand they can create a life and feel so superior to anyone .... Those Russians, Arabs or Chinese spend money , buy food and sleep in hotels , they are , as you , part of the financial system , no need to spit on them with your superior attitude ..... everytime Thai visa talk about those tourists the bashing starts .... look in your mirror sometime , you are not better than anyone here ... Russians, Arabs and Chinese don't spend money, the worse kind of tourists. They deserved to be bashed. They add to the TAT headcount...that's it. They're here now because they're getting low season rates. They can spend even less money. Edited June 3, 2014 by Pinot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 why I am not surprise about the russian, chine, arab bashing here .... I will start to believe that all sexpats living in the LOS think to be better than anyone else , seems they never go out in bars , gogos, soi cowboy, patong or pattaya and many other places.. that is why I never meet with other farang living here , they have this superior ego while in their own countries they are nothing ... at least in Thailand they can create a life and feel so superior to anyone .... Those Russians, Arabs or Chinese spend money , buy food and sleep in hotels , they are , as you , part of the financial system , no need to spit on them with your superior attitude ..... everytime Thai visa talk about those tourists the bashing starts .... look in your mirror sometime , you are not better than anyone here ... Russians, Arabs and Chinese don't spend money, the worse kind of tourists. They deserved to be bashed. They add to the TAT headcount...that's it. They're here now because they're getting low season rates. They can spend even less money. "They're here now because they're getting low season rates." - there is no more "high season" on Phuket. The high season was traditionally the European winter. The Europeans are not coming to Phuket in the numbers they used to - therefore, no real high season here anymore, just the "headcount" that you talk about from the package holiday makers from emerging economies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I love the way the Chinese can hold a conversation with one outside a 7-11, and one inside. With the door shut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pralaad Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I wonder if TAT or any agents realize all the money from the 3 go back to their countries. They stay, eat, drink , shop in their country men owned restaurants all prepaid to tour company owned by their countrymen. Hardly any money stays in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) I wonder if TAT or any agents realize all the money from the 3 go back to their countries. They stay, eat, drink , shop in their country men owned restaurants all prepaid to tour company owned by their countrymen. Hardly any money stays in Thailand They are called "zero baht tourists" because, basically, Phuket/Thailand makes no money (zero baht) from them, for the reasons you describe. This is why the Phuket economy is probably heading for a recession in the future. It's probably already in downturn. Edited June 3, 2014 by NamKangMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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