webfact Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 New tourism ambassador Mario Maurer invites Filipinos to Thailand Thai actor Mario Maurer. SCREENGRAB FROM INQ.net VID MANILA: -- Thai superstar and new tourism ambassador Mario Maurer has invited his Filipino fans to visit his home country Thailand. In a press event on Saturday, the Thai actor made his pitch on why Filipinos should visit Thailand. “I will do my job to introduce Thailand to my Filipino fans. Thailand is a place where you have many beautiful destinations and a local experience and I will offer Thai hospitality to my Filipino fans,” Maurer said. The actor, who has endeared himself to Filipino fans by starring in the 2012 film “Suddenly It’s Magic,” said that Thailand can be the go-to destination of Filipinos all-year round. Full story: http://entertainment.inquirer.net/198819/new-tourism-ambassador-mario-maurer-invites-filipinos-to-visit-thailand -- INQUIRER 2016-08-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Yes come to Thailand and try to find all the beautiful beaches photos of which are used by Thai tourism to advertise. If you want to see these beautiful beaches best stay at home because that's where the photos were taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 They must be getting desperate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 This is a completely wasted effort on the actors part. Although I am certain that many pinay and pinoy would love to visit Thailand, I am also just as certain that no matter how hard they tried, they would get refused from boarding the planes. Phills rarely allows their citizens to travel solely for the purpose of tourism. When they do, it comes with a high priced payout to their own immigration office. Unless things have changed in the past year, which I doubt. Those that do manage to get out of phills, try to stay out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 This guy must have been living under a rock all those years, many hundreds of thousand of Filipinos are living, working and visiting Thailand for many years now, and who's not here yet can't afford the airfares, amazing how " ambassadors " knows nothing of what they suppose to know...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlwilliamsjr18 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 In case anyone hasn't noticed, Filipinos have been lining up for a few years to visit Thailand. If in doubt, check the PI Air and Cebu Pacific lines at the airport. If anything, this gives the kid something to be successful about, something already working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digibum Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Is it the cynic in me that sees this as nothing more than Thais latching onto something because of their delusional belief in all things Thai? I mean, let's start off with the Thai habit of calling anybody a superstar. They can't just be a celebrity or star, they're super stars. All of them. Next, the guy was in one film that played well to the Filipino audience. Hey, if he's well known in the Philipines then maybe I'm wrong but I just have this nagging doubt that says Thais think that he's a much bigger star in the Philippines than he actually is. Much like Thais assumed Tata Young was world famous because she was half farang. Could you imagine if they named her a tourism ambassador? Most people would be like, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnet Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Tell the thousands of Phillies who live and work in the Land of smiles about Thai hospitality.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MobileContent Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Went last month to Savannaket and had a couple of Filipinos in front of me. They all had a tourist visa from Laos and made no secret out of it that they were teaching English at schools around Bangkok. BTW Their were all in their 20's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowsdawdle Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 This guy doesn't even shave yet. His fans must be in grade school, how are they supposed to get to Thailand? On fishing trawlers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 2 hours ago, arrowsdawdle said: This guy doesn't even shave yet. His fans must be in grade school, how are they supposed to get to Thailand? On fishing trawlers? In their dreams, same as those who appointed this "super star" as an ambassador. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo2014 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Average GDP per capita 1000 USD - disposable income about 100 USD. Dont spend it all at once chaps! - make it last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozyjon Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Better leave the Philippines before you get shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosst Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 On 08/08/2016 at 7:38 AM, thesetat2013 said: This is a completely wasted effort on the actors part. Although I am certain that many pinay and pinoy would love to visit Thailand, I am also just as certain that no matter how hard they tried, they would get refused from boarding the planes. Phills rarely allows their citizens to travel solely for the purpose of tourism. When they do, it comes with a high priced payout to their own immigration office. Unless things have changed in the past year, which I doubt. Those that do manage to get out of phills, try to stay out. I can state that you are incorrect regarding the local immigration response to the desire to be a tourist. Yes, there is a healthy departure tax and if you are with a foreigner there is an interview related to human trafficking but if you tick all the boxes, no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Did Mario manage to tell all his PH fans that if they do manage to come to Thailand, soon under the government's plan, if they want to use a mobile phone in Thailand, they'll have to buy a special foreigner SIM card that will allow the Thai police to track them wherever they may go? Because, after all, they're foreigners, and like the rest of us, apparently are considered would-be criminals by the local authorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Considering the extra judicial slaughter going on under the current lunatic of a president in the Philippines a lot of tourists might not want to go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheruser Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 At least Mario has a decent Thai name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbymack Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Any Philippinos wanting to visit Thailand only come to work and then rarely given work permits so they work illegally. They are then treated badly by the Thais for taking their jobs. Unlikely the Thai people generally welcome them. They don't bring money to spend only to work and send money home, like the rest of the people in the surrounding southeast Asian countries. Indeed it is desperate again to try to get Philippinos to come as they don't bring money. What a joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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