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Why is Thailand such a success compared to the Philippines?


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Geography is a big part of it.

Thailand is the perfect base for Asean travel.

Flipland is a bunch of islands well into the sea!

Bali is an island and does well

Does well in what?

The Balinese (and Indonesians in general) have a much lower standard of living than Thais, even Isaan Thais.

Bali is tourist island does a lot better than any other Non Thai islands in SEA.

That Bali is overpopulated because there religion demands a lot children is another problem not related to the popularity (actually it makes it less popular).

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Having worked in both countries, I find that Filipinos tend to not get along together, which creates a lot of internal conflict and obstructs progress. Besides which the Philippines geographically being a more dispersed region of islands, leads to greater logistical challenges.

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To take the comparison a little further, why is Malaysia better off than Thailand?

One part of the answer would be oil.

Massive foreign investment and aid from the Middle East.

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