Chinese tourists

[NoshowJones]

I dont find chinese useful at all.

They just follow flag in groups in pattaya and dont go in any business at all. They follow flag in walking street and dont get in to clubs bars and agogos for example, when u go to WS u will see like 7 groups following flags, so say per day theres 500-700 of them but none spend any money apart 711. They got everything organized, guide takes them to preselected places to eat etc.

They exchange money with guide too.

Last week in the middle of the afternoon, I was walking along Beach Road in Pattaya, when about thirty or forty of them were standing blocking the full footpath

about halfway between Walking Street and Mikes Mall.

I watched as people tried to squeeze past them, and not one of them would move, I just walked right through the middle of them and scattered them. Job done.

[tsk3009]

I lived in China two years. Typical Chinese can only travel three times a year, end of April/beginning of May, Chinese New Year (the longest holiday lasting 7 -10 days if I recall correctly), and the holiday in early October. The other two holiday periods are shorter than Chinese New Year. They get about 5 consecutive days off for each. The busiest holiday for vacation travel is the October holiday. For Chinese New Year, most Chinese take part in the largest annual human migration on the planet when they go to their hometowns from the cities.

So, what you are saying is the current plane loads of Chinese visitors aren't 'typical'?

Mind you the country has 1.4 billion people. Also, add to that that the dream of all Chinese is to get rich and travel the world. I know I worked with over 3,000 adult students and they all say the same thing. Also, the largest grossing Chinese movie of all time is "Lost in Thailand," which takes place partly in Chiang Mai. So it's kind of like Mecca for Chinese aspiring travelers or "The Beach" to backpackers of yesteryears.

That is interesting. When I worked there, I was way out in the boonies and they thought the whole world was China and I must be an ethnic minority Chinese since I looked different and didn't speak Han.

I wonder if their vacations are structured the same way as most of the low-budget Russian tour packages were before that market went to the wall Those unfortunates are probably still paying back the finance packages that allowed them to come over; if their tour companies haven't gone bust already.

The boonies are way different than the main population centers of Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. The difference in behavior and mentality between ppl from the boonies and the cities are markedly different, especially Shanghai. The people from the boonies probably aren't the ones that come here. The vast majority are from major cities as they are trying to be more modern and worldly and want to travel internationally. In the boonies, they probably still have the mentality of 20 years ago, where the perfect vacation is a trip to Forbidden city and the Great Wall and their world is China. Many have structured vacation packages but not all. One thing is for sure, they all tend to go to the same places, whatever is marketed to them. It was odd that almost every one of my students knew the Maldives but almost nobody had heard of Fiji. Phuket, Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Bali, Boracay, Siem Reap, Singapore are some common places for Chinese although I'm sure there are many more now as well. I was shocked to see boatloads of them during the October holiday in 2013 in Pokhara and almost none of them did anything more than a day hike, which didn't surprise me.

[NanLaew]

I dont find chinese useful at all.

They just follow flag in groups in pattaya and dont go in any business at all. They follow flag in walking street and dont get in to clubs bars and agogos for example, when u go to WS u will see like 7 groups following flags, so say per day theres 500-700 of them but none spend any money apart 711. They got everything organized, guide takes them to preselected places to eat etc.

They exchange money with guide too.

Last week in the middle of the afternoon, I was walking along Beach Road in Pattaya, when about thirty or forty of them were standing blocking the full footpath

about halfway between Walking Street and Mikes Mall.

I watched as people tried to squeeze past them, and not one of them would move, I just walked right through the middle of them and scattered them. Job done.

Hail Possum! Scatterer of the Beach Hordes.

PS. How good are you with pigeons? I have a problem with the buggers in the front yard.

[NoshowJones]

I dont find chinese useful at all.

They just follow flag in groups in pattaya and dont go in any business at all. They follow flag in walking street and dont get in to clubs bars and agogos for example, when u go to WS u will see like 7 groups following flags, so say per day theres 500-700 of them but none spend any money apart 711. They got everything organized, guide takes them to preselected places to eat etc.

They exchange money with guide too.

Last week in the middle of the afternoon, I was walking along Beach Road in Pattaya, when about thirty or forty of them were standing blocking the full footpath

about halfway between Walking Street and Mikes Mall.

I watched as people tried to squeeze past them, and not one of them would move, I just walked right through the middle of them and scattered them. Job done.

Hail Possum! Scatterer of the Beach Hordes.

PS. How good are you with pigeons? I have a problem with the buggers in the front yard.

They were causing foot traffic tailbacks just like their buses cause road traffic tailbacks all around Pattaya, If people

can't keep the footpaths clear and cause unnecessary obstructions, I will make a point of clearing it myself.

Sorry I can't help you with the pigeons, I would not want to hurt the poor things.