kiwikeith Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I tend refer to it as 'Murder Island' or 'Rape-Murder Island' Killagains Island! your right No 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWideOpen Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) Perhaps Krabi's islands can get a better rating if they get more rapes and murders. They had a rape (of a Dutch woman) last year, the Thai perp admitted it, then changed his story the next day, and was let off by his local cop buddies. Perhaps with a few more incidents like that, Krabi and Phi Phi can get better ratings. The Dutch father was so enraged he wrote a song about it. With backlash about the case due to the song, the rapist was sentenced to 20 years. So maybe the parents of the Brits killed on Koh Tao should have had their own song written, The Evil Man/Men from Koh Tao. The Evil Man from Krabi video. This Dad is a bit scary looking, am sure if the rapist knew who the Dad was, he would not have committed the rape..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzWY1bYK_kQ Edited April 23, 2015 by EyesWideOpen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 And Kobcarn was thrilled. This .....woman needs to go and start cleaning beaches. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Impossible, improbable, inexplicable. Some special money exchanged hands for this to happen. Unbelievable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 You really couldn't make this sh.t up, if you really, really tried hard! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NongKhaiKid Posted April 23, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) And Kobcarn was thrilled. This .....woman needs to go and start cleaning beaches. She'll be delighted at the thought of increased revenue from tourism and that's all. Remember after the murders she, and no other official, ever had a single word of concern about what had happened to the deceased, the only worry was the possible effect on tourism. Edited April 23, 2015 by NongKhaiKid 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveinAsia Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 If 100's of TVF readers/posters write a review or give stars to Koh Tao, their ranking will change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 If you like to share your Thailand trip with a Hoe....then this is the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duanebigsby Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I think the murders of 2 Brits on Koh Tao have been blown way out if proportion. 2 murders, 1 young girl's death from natural causes {possibly drugs}, and a French guy possibly suicide, in my mind does not make Koh Tao the "Death Island" the "Murder capitol of Thailand" or "the place one goes to if they have a death wish." It is still a beautiful place to visit. Name any place in the world and there will be crime stats that will show it to be dangerous. People visiting Thailand need to be more concerned with wearing their helmets on motorcycles than with being murdered. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razer Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I discovered that TripAdvisor does not vet the comments ie ... 50 fantastic comments from the same ip within one hour ... I caught a hotel I stayed at doing this. You can take this with a grain of salt ... there is a lot of motive for special interests to use their employee time writing fantastic reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Number 1 for building as many bungalows as possible on every available space. Last time I passed by on the ferry some years ago I was appalled by the overbuilding. It can only have got worse since. Greed wins over the environment on Tao. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I think the murders of 2 Brits on Koh Tao have been blown way out if proportion. 2 murders, 1 young girl's death from natural causes {possibly drugs}, and a French guy possibly suicide, in my mind does not make Koh Tao the "Death Island" the "Murder capitol of Thailand" or "the place one goes to if they have a death wish." It is still a beautiful place to visit. Name any place in the world and there will be crime stats that will show it to be dangerous. People visiting Thailand need to be more concerned with wearing their helmets on motorcycles than with being murdered. I think the number is in line with murders everywhere....but this is a small island....and there has yet to be any resolution..if ever. The killer/rapist might still be in the area. Unless we already convicted the two Burmese guys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duanebigsby Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I think the murders of 2 Brits on Koh Tao have been blown way out if proportion. 2 murders, 1 young girl's death from natural causes {possibly drugs}, and a French guy possibly suicide, in my mind does not make Koh Tao the "Death Island" the "Murder capitol of Thailand" or "the place one goes to if they have a death wish." It is still a beautiful place to visit. Name any place in the world and there will be crime stats that will show it to be dangerous. People visiting Thailand need to be more concerned with wearing their helmets on motorcycles than with being murdered. I think the number is in line with murders everywhere....but this is a small island....and there has yet to be any resolution..if ever. The killer/rapist might still be in the area. Unless we already convicted the two Burmese guys. The lack of resolution bothers me as well and events as these do tend to be felt bigger in small communities. I just think TV viewers go overboard with the conspiracy crap. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somchaismith Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I wasn't aware that Tripadvisor had any credibility. Now, it's been confirmed that they have absolutely no standing whatsoever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Can you bribe Tripadvisor to get a better ranking? no idea but they often take negative reviews off. Sent from my GT-I9000 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronwparker Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 These rankings are pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 OK, I got the lesson I will never believe Trip Advisor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
off road pat Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 A whole load of BS....... were trip advisor is full of.... I was sitting in a good Beach restaurant on Koh Samui, reading a article in a American Magazine about the 50 best restaurants in the world.....It happen to be that the restaurant I was in was mentioned....It was a good restaurant but not more, and I eat there several times...it was next to my bungalow.... Perhaps the fact that the owner was American and the journalist was to, and came on holiday there had something to do with it...? by the way I tend to avoid all lists of the 10, 20, 50 100, best whatever.....it's always just page filling ..... Some of the very best world class restaurants were not even mentioned.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I wasn't aware that Tripadvisor had any credibility. Now, it's been confirmed that they have absolutely no standing whatsoever. Feel free to upload a portfolio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Wonder how many proprietors on "Death Island" use this service http://real-tripadvisor-reviews.com/ tripadvisor, do not use them--I disagree with most posts therein. I have been to nine of the ten Asian islands--never done LomBok in Indonesia. There is little to compare with most of them except sand and water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiyaibob Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) Re Koh Tao "It was also ranked the world’s Number 5 travellers’ choice after Providenciates in Turkey" Obviously translates differently in Thai...hardly a webfact (OP)but. Providenciales not "Providenciates" is in the, Turks and Caicos Islands not Turkey.... not even close Apologies to NanLaewwho posted something similar in an earlier post Edited April 23, 2015 by kaiyaibob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuhnPaen Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Wow, had no idea about trip advisors pay for positive reviews angle. They are a toxic joke to me now. Probably to a lot of others as well. Things like this can kill a company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudgerman Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Let's all tell lies and hide atrocities ...... Russian Roulette anyone .... oops sorry i mean holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I agree trip advisor is a joke. Open a dive restaurant and have all your friends write rave reviews and get it ranked as number one....Koh Tao is way past its expiration date as for Samui, I refused 10 years ago to ever return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurwait Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berybert Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I think the murders of 2 Brits on Koh Tao have been blown way out if proportion. 2 murders, 1 young girl's death from natural causes {possibly drugs}, and a French guy possibly suicide, in my mind does not make Koh Tao the "Death Island" the "Murder capitol of Thailand" or "the place one goes to if they have a death wish." It is still a beautiful place to visit. Name any place in the world and there will be crime stats that will show it to be dangerous. People visiting Thailand need to be more concerned with wearing their helmets on motorcycles than with being murdered. If you are happy to hang out with murderers and rapists, your mind is a place I don't want to be looking into. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catweazle Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Reading this headline, I puked a large blob of green peo soup alike vomit onto the screen... Death island, a cesspit full of untouchable murderers and mafia types, destroyed by illegal structures and poaching has been voted Asia's No.1 island? You must be f(deleted) kidding me!This clearly shows that quality, following rules and making an effort when doing business, don't count when it comes to customers' votes. So killing and raping a few tourists here and there per season, running mafia structures, drug parties, and erecting illegal structures on non-title (national park) land to accommodate tourists helps in getting better rankings then? Thanks for the lesson, superficial and blind-eyed trip advisor-using touists! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louse1953 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Now that the Chinese are coming in their teeming millions, I am glad to see that none of my favourite islands are mentioned in the list. Far be it from me to mention any names though, let Lonely Planet and Tripadvisor readers trudge their weary way from one overdeveloped island to the next under-resourced island. Toodle pip! Too true cobber,these are just commercial tommy tourist gettos.Plenty of gems if you want to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtaz Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 It's really worhty to pay a visit to Koh Tao, any if you been there guys? need some quick advises, where to go? interesting site seeing etc, Reagards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINCENT2012 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 isnt it ? ......Koh Tao named Asia's No 1 mafia island? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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