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1 hour ago, terryofcrete said:
If there was no prostitution in Pattaya the s-hole would be empty...oh wait... there is no prostitution in Pattaya !
Didn't the TAT announce in the past that Pattaya tourists come for the temples?
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2 minutes ago, PomPolo said:
Have said this before and will say it again, at all the international airports they should just have a U-turn before passport control to take you back to your country on the same airplane you arrived in and buckets in the departure lounge that say "Please put in this bucket all the money you brought to spend on your holiday"
Pompolo for head of TAT!That's exactly what they want. No pesky tourists, or 'having to play the host'... No, all they want is grabbing as much money with a minimum of effort from their 'guests'. And more and more tourists learn it the hard way, visiting only once...
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Just now, Millcx said:
OVER Tourism 555555555 How many people are chocking on their breakfast as they laugh out loud … I’m laughing trying to type this “;0)
Perhaps they mean the large numbers of Chinese tourists buying up all the cheap snacks and instant noodles at Big C... 😄
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4 minutes ago, outsider said:
Not a day goes by without the idiots singling out foreigners for whatever reasons, or trying to fleece them. Just. Can't. Fix. Stupid.
I remember well, how Anutin called (Western) foreigners "dirty", and asked Thais to stay well away from them not so long ago... Add how dirty and polluted the country is, overpriced compared to neighbouring countries, and the changed attitude of Thai women. - Yes, I really want to be fleeced more for all this... Not! - This is not the 1980s where there were limited other destination choices in the region.
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Just now, Scouse123 said:
I agree with you and plenty on here missing the point with comments of " it's only 300 baht"
If one has been here long or often enough, one will know that Thai greed knows no limits. If successful, those 300-baht fees would quickly be doubled and tripled...
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3 minutes ago, Nickcage49 said:
"Over tourism"? Are these people kidding?
One minute they're crying because they don't get enough tourists and giving freebies to countries like India and China and the next minute they're trying to do things to slow tourism down.
Make a decision guys!
Seems, they are believing their own propaganda and fantasy numbers... "We want 80 million tourists", and each one should pay 300 (or why not 3,000?) baht.
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Just now, outsider said:
I think the intention is to manage the money to ensure it does end up in where you and I don't think it should be. To me, it is just them seeing an increase in tourists, and thinking how to squeeze more money from them, with nary a thought on how to use those funds to 'improve' tourism and infrastructure or anything beneficial, for that matter.
That's right. No way even 2% (6 baht) of such a 300-baht fee would be used for "improvements"...
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Just now, cnx101 said:Comparing Thailand Pataya and Bhutan,
Beautiful mountains in Bhutan, and mountains of turds swimming in the Pattaya sea... Yes, why not charge extra for either.
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12 minutes ago, Jack1988 said:
I am already in Thailand. Just looking for an advice on how to stay here for 6 months. Then go back to my country and come back again every year
If you do this for a while, i.e. staying like this for 6 months every year, you might encounter IOs at the border who may question you 'why you come here so often', and 'what you are doing in Thailand', and, you could, possibly, be denied entry at some point.
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Only the Brits, I'm sure...
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21 hours ago, digbeth said:
If you can avoid being reported to 'checked in' at a hotel you can save yourself the trouble of re-reporting yourself when you're home, for the immigration office that insist on it
say you had a weekend away and the hotel reported you moved there say in Phuket or whatever and you didn't report that you 'moved' back to your usual place, would this be a problem when you present the initial TM30 at immigration that might not match where they had you last in their system?
That's exactly why I cancelled a few holidays away from home. Not wanting to get into trouble with "late" and different TM.30 reports... Well done, Thailand!
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So the survey found out that, thanks to students reading their assigned textbooks, reading "on average" isn't doing so badly... That's like saying each New Zealander has 5 sheep and 2 cows grazing at home in the front-yard, or that each and every Thai has bank deposits of 255,000 baht (all deposits divided by 70 million)...
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Hopefully not paid for by selling fake gold...
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3 hours ago, Purdey said:
No real definition of what "high quality" tourism means. Is it about wealth or politeness or what?
Randomly spending large sums of money in a short time for low-quality goods and services...
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54 minutes ago, watchcat said:
don't forget the next, second or third customer.... Time is money.
Yes, OPEC could learn from them how drilling can be faster, unattached from the environment, and more profitable...
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2 minutes ago, connda said:Try cleaning up the air quality first.
Invest in infrastructure and transportation (not just in Bangkok), get rid of overcharging, scams, and taxi mafias. Train personnel in foreign languages and customer service, etc, etc. - Why should one travel to 'second-tier cities' if quality of basically everything away from Bangkok and the few costal spots is 'poor' and inadequate for foreign tourists? Not to mention 30- and 90-day reports one has to worry about when travelling to other places...
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Why, are they splashing with soup now?
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Just now, PoorSucker said:
ohh, i missread. thought it said short time
That too. LOL. Most of the chicks want short-time now, cause they have their l**** Thai boyfriend or husband waiting at home...
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Just now, PoorSucker said:On 3/25/2024 at 7:03 AM, hotchilli said:
Thailand it seems only wants short term tourism.
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That's old news. After all, they got rid of the snowbirds many years ago, before giving preference to group tours from China and India. Obviously, they never figured out that expats and snowbirds leave more money in the country than one-week, one-time Chinese tourists...
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6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:
An indictment and an arrest is one thing, a conviction and time in prison is quite another. Just think of the big joke, how many on this forum want to wager he'll never see a day in prison?
He is as guilty as the night is long.
Not to mention the Thais that are involved in the scam centers based in Shan State.
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13 hours ago, Suua said:
It is so corrupt because most of the countries have dictators at the helm......the curse of humanity and will lead to catastrophe, as we're already seeing with russia.
Most of Asia is corrupt, even Singapore. Few exceptions (Japan, South Korea?, Taiwan? ...)
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48 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:
You don't deal with passports checks, luggage or customs, if having money to fly private. That is for peasants.
Diplomatic travel between countries?
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44 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:
You should either have refused to pay or paid under written protest and taken legal action. That may seem a bit drastic but as long as we keep taking it up the rear end, they'll keep giving it.
I've been successful in 2 court actions although admittedly not against Immigration. I know a lawyer who has taken action against them though and won - twice.
Refuse to pay Immigration fees? Yeah, that will work... I protested though, telling them the one who was supposed to do it according to Thai law, my landlady, had outright refused to do it. I had even done it online by myself instead, but it wasn't accepted (even though it had been accepted online!) But they weren't interested, but just wanted to charge me as the tenant. I was actually there to do my 90-day report, so, yes, screwed either which way. Fortunately, I have left Thailand recently. Will probably stay less than 90 days in the future each time. Good riddance, Thailand...
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On 3/25/2024 at 11:35 AM, FangFerang said:
But the money quite probably goes to a Thai. They are quick to deport workers and ignore the Thais that brought them here and hired them in order to pay lower wages out.
It's all about taking advantage of foreigners. When my landlady refused to file a TM.30 about me, I was the one who got fined at Immigration, while the IO gave a rat's a** about the (Thai) person who was required by law to file such a report. I'm very sure that my landlady wasn't and won't be fined one baht. TiT!
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Thai tourism sector proposes 300-baht tax to counter over-tourism
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It's not about those people in the North East, but the few greedy upper-class billionaires who want to add 300 baht times X to their already outrageous fortune...