Time to make life easier for the retirees and allow foreigners to own at least one plot of land and commute all leasehold to freehold. As they are the the main big spenders. Not to mention making visa and various immigration issues less a pain in the neck for foreigners. If not, watch the economy to go further to it's doom.
Tourists can come or not, but by far, they are not the big spenders. Those who spend the most are the people who own property and stay longer then the regular joe-tourist and his 2 week stay in a beach resort.
With all the high quality fakes around, any upstart can display a genuine brand watch but everybody will consider it a well imitated fake. Same for the logo branded apparel or leather goods. So no point.
Who said these biker gangs were a Sunday church choir ? All over the world, there is always a percentage of misconduct and crime, behind those fine tatooed leather clad lads, who are very brave when amongst their hoard.
At the end of the day, if petty street crime continues, be it in Patts, Hua Hin or Bangkok, at some point people will plainly stop comming to Thailand.
If it was only the fruit and veggies from China that were potentially contaminated, it would be a different story. Practically all chinese cheap goods that come in via Shein or similar online webstores, have issues that can be a safety hazard.
Very nice, but what when one want's to cash the crypto ? Many western nations, have ruthless tax retentions on cashing crypto, so would need to watch that one, before rushing in.