Ducking and Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 More of a different class of tourist in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbrock Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 83? What the <deleted> drugs are these Thai statisticians on?? What a load of complete propagandist <deleted>! I thought the same thing! Surely this many people must die on Samui's roads every few months? 83 for the entire country for an entire year is literally unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exalll Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Do all Thai journalists have absolutely no mathematical education? Injuries reduced by 160%. How stupid can you be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Thai Officials Investigate a 54% Increase in Foreign Tourists Deaths: "tourist death case number 42" "hey, i remember this case." "oh yeah, farang we take from bar, no money. put plastic bag on head." "turn blue." "suicide" "tourist death case number 43" "hey, i remember this case..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Flint Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 This report probably quoting verbatim from a Ministry press release is predictably ridiculous. You cannot lump all deaths in together. You need to look at each and every case and categorise and find the reasons and come up with solutions and put them in place. At best this is just a knee jerk reaction to some stats somebody put together (foreign embassies probably led by the Chinese who seem to be very good at dying here) However, if 1 life is saved because of this, I suppose it will be worthwhile. I am not confident. I agree, all this will do is get the thai haters and conspiracy theorists back from their hiding holes. If these figures were anyalised there is a good chance more have died from bike accidents, rather than serious injuries. Also old, sick, alcoholics, who have lost the will to live, or ran out of money do jump, and dont get pushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanku Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 British foreign office statistics show 300-400 Brits dying in Thailand every year. Only 83 foreigners died last year? Sounds more like the numbers of deaths in one month to me! I think they compile the figures by reading Thai Visa - only the "newsworthy" deaths are in the figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I wonder how many expats of other countries are living in Thailand? I hear about people of all ages dying all over the world, not alone a bunch of people older than me in Thailand. When I used to visit Phuket several years ago I noticed there was some fellows that died by driving over the cliff and off the road between Karan and Patong beaches. I drove the road a few times and it seems to be in better shape as I have not heard about as many deaths in the past few years. I hope I can still afford to visit Thailand a few more times in the next 10 years as I still have very enjoyable visits to the country. Stargeezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snackbar Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 This calculator's broke. In 2013 400 British nationals died in Thailand. In 2015 362 Brits lost their lives in the Kingdom. That's a decrees of 38%. Yippee! Charlie don't do math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 ...only....??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yussiesamui Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Vedi Thailand e poi muori! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Another 166 were injured, down 160% from the previous year. Really? I bet we had that many injured here in Pattaya alone! LOL True. Guess unclear reporting here. Alone the motorcycle accidents with injured and dead here on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan I guess are in the four-digit range per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Thailand : HUB for dying tourist.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nus01 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 It will be interesting to see how TAT spins this one! No doubt they will find some positive upside. isnt tourist up 3,000,000% according to TAT so only a 54% increase in deaths is an excellent result, their should be a mllion baht reward someone should be collecting for these numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nus01 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Another 166 were injured, down 160% from the previous year. wow not only was noone injured but 60% who came here injured where miraculously cured hence the 160% figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbrock Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 "Figures released by the British government showed that between 2011 and 2012 there were 296 British deaths in Thailand. In the 12 months up to April 1, 2013 there were 389 British deaths in Thailand, while in the same period up to April 2014 there were 362 deaths and 267 hospitalisations of British tourists." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2833369/Thailand-one-dangerous-tourist-destinations-Earth-Ex-pat-investigation-lifts-lid-dark-Land-Smiles.html "An Australian dies in Thailand every four days on average and hundreds more require consular help ... Figures reveal the South-East Asian kingdom is the deadliest destination for Aussies. The 100 Australians who died there last year accounted for one in eight of the 791 deaths on foreign soil." http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/thailand-can-be-a-deadly-destination-for-australian-tourists/story-e6frf7kx-1226564566461 -- Thailand: hub of completely made-up statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh wizard Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Thailand, the holiday destination to die for,once in a lifetime holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 probably they meant 83 murders and 166 injured from violence and not accidents, natural causes, suisides, alkohol poisoning, drug overdose etc. this statistic shows, that attack become more vicious, resulting in deaths and not just injuries. for those deaths I do blame the military junta, which caused raise in nationalism, xenophobia, economic misery for the poorest making them desperate. People feel mistreated, helpless, stressed and react with violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 TAT is "working to understand" . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 revealed that 83 foreign tourists died in Thailand last year, up 54% from the previous year. According to the US Department of State - Bureau of Consular Affairs there were 45 US citizens that died in Thailand in 2014. The "up 54%" for all foreign tourists deaths is absolute BS. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/statistics/deaths.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 It will be interesting to see how TAT spins this one! No doubt they will find some positive upside. There will be a photo session with a flower draped coffin surrounded by TAT officials at the airport departure lounge when they hit the 1.000 deaths mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 probably they meant 86 murders and 160 injured from violence and not accidents, natural causes, suisides, alkohol poisoning, drug overdose etc Nope. Read the OP, "Of the 83 deaths, 34 were from road accidents, nine from swimming and boating accidents, six from congenital disease, four from suicides and 30 from other causes." The whole shows just how inadequate are the information and detection systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 probably they meant 86 murders and 160 injured from violence and not accidents, natural causes, suisides, alkohol poisoning, drug overdose etc Nope. Read the OP, "Of the 83 deaths, 34 were from road accidents, nine from swimming and boating accidents, six from congenital disease, four from suicides and 30 from other causes." sorry, but I don't care for reading idiotic articles. However, I have read the whole discussion under Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 probably they meant 86 murders and 160 injured from violence and not accidents, natural causes, suisides, alkohol poisoning, drug overdose etc Nope. Read the OP, "Of the 83 deaths, 34 were from road accidents, nine from swimming and boating accidents, six from congenital disease, four from suicides and 30 from other causes." sorry, but I don't care for reading idiotic articles. However, I have read the whole discussion under Consent. The whole thing is data scrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springheeled jack Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I wondered when they would get around to this subject emphasis should be on suicides as well as road deaths and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo2014 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I guess in some fairness alot of people come here to retire and then party like they are 19. Could shave a few % off if this were taken into account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 No doubt that it is linked to this report Thailand being placed a pitiful 132nd place out of 141. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubby johnson Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 TAT's new slogan: Thailand, To Die For Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpkt8 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 54% increase is a huge jump! Something's very wrong with safety and security of Thailand. Hope the authorities will really investigate into this, and not sweep the whole issue under the carpet. The more one should buy insurance before stepping onto Thailand soils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 More interesting reading from the article: "Although Thailand’s tourist industry has been growing, with the number of tourist arrivals reaching almost 30 million visitors last year, tourist safety is still a major concern. According to the World Economic Forum’s Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2015, Thailand ranked 35th globally and 10th in Asia-Pacific. For safety and security, Thailand came in 132nd place out of 141 countries and was the lowest in Asean with a score of 3.75." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 British foreign office statistics show 300-400 Brits dying in Thailand every year. Only 83 foreigners died last year? Sounds more like the numbers of deaths in one month to me! read again the title : " Foreign Tourists Deaths " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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