TechnikaIII

If it were not for the heartache it would cause the Thai population in the meantime, I would advocate a total boycott of the country until Prayut and his cronies were thrown out. Such measures can take a while, but it did contribute to the downfall of South Africa's Apartheid.

TAT needs to be disbanded, so the salaries of those useless and destructive high-earners can be appropriated for constructive and helpful purposes. Never before in the history of Thailand's tourism, has so much damage been done by so few.

This image, more or less illustrates their attitude. If I use the most appropriate choice of words, my post will surely be deleted.

Yep ???? .. they need us dirty Farang to fire up the retired A380. ... and quickly ????

The increase has little to do with tourism. It's people returning to Thailand to attend funerals of those killed in the road carnage.

Ditto this. Well said spidermike007

I wonder if he's got wind of the groundswell of young Thais who want to get out of Thailand, to study, to take their kids and never come back. Or has he just got wind.

Fully aware... ????

If he tried to sabotage that, it would kick in the countdown for his removal. His announcement is of course what we in the real world refer to as 'damage control'.

Dare I ask... What purpose it serves? I know of no other country that requires such a thing.

Too busy doing it?

Marrying a Thai is the biggest gamble ever. Casinos not needed.

Thailand needs us dirty people there to be teaching English, because the Thais sure as Hell can't. My neighbour, a student in her teens, had befriended me years ago hoping to get some English practice. I agreed to help and met the parents. We would meet at a quiet market in the village for lunch and tuition. She presented me with something she had struggled with, to which I first replied: "Have you asked your teacher at school?" Her reply, frowning, shoulders dropped in dismay: "My teacher only said >> Go and look for it on Youtube. << " Three 'English teachers' I have met in my province could not hold even the most basic conversation in English. I always need to use Google Translate to communicate with them. (I have been teaching English in Norway and Australia, and then a small Buddhist temple school in Thailand. Now tutoring English while stranded in the Philippines.) I don't often resort to crude speech, but in this case, hhmm ..maybe it is appropriate. The standard of primary and secondary education in Thailand .... sucks. ???? By the way, my student is now studying psychology at a university in Bangkok and is keen to further her studies abroad. We continue our contact via Skype and Messenger. (I don't charge for my tuition anywhere.)

They are bad losers, and are compulsive scammers. They want our money, more than they are worth, at every turn. My relationship with Thailand has been completely undermined by the behaviour of Prayut's regime, the most disrespectful in living memory.

Well, what else should one expect? It is completely inline with and emboldened by: Deceitful government screwing tourists is "letting the country down and damaging its image"

There is seemingly no end to this.

Stop the burning off.. Agricultural and local, domestic. It simply is not necessary.

... and begrudgingly at that.

In your dreams, my friend. With crooks running the country, it's 'open season' on foreigners, and everyone else, watch your back. Thailand is on a downward slide.

Ohh... maybe it's fatigue, or boredom, because I first read the article headline as: "Thailand to consider barring early reopening of .... legs? .."

Thailand as a whole,... even as a hole ... is suffering a setback. It won't get better until there is political change of vulcanic proportions, .... and that's a long way off. I was going to Photoshop a yellow shirt onto this chick, but will leave that to your imaginations. Cheers.

Yes, well, not really. He certainly is a cut above the others, I agree with that. ???? One only needs to have average intellect to shine amongst a herd if drongos. But it is encouraging. Cheers ...

"Global Public Goods" ... and why not? His Tourism Minister wants to promote Thailand as a global publuc brothel, ... ohh but for a "better class of foreigner". .. of course. ????

Only foreigners ??? <deleted>

"Here's looking at you, kid"