Are You Ready for the Hordes of Chinese Tourists?

[Banana7]

Beijing travel agents are heavily promoting travel to Thailand, especially tours that include Pattaya for Chinese New Year festivities. Their New Year is on Feb. 5, and many will come here starting late next week, starting about Jan 23. Are you ready? Leaving town?

 

[baansgr]

Always enjoy but do leave or lock myselfe in when its thai new year

[ThreeEyedRaven]

I am on the Darkside, so Chinese, or any other tourists coming into town in horrible numbers doesn't really affect me. I am however going to skip town for a week or so, to Kampot in Cambodia. Just to visit a friend, nothing to do with the timing.

I used to go quite regularly to Sihanoukville, which has of course now been decimated. By the Chinese funnily enough! I foresee that many of the places we have cherished will succumb to their inevitably growing presence. There are quite a lot of them after all, with ever growing spending power.

Enjoy what you can, while you still can, and get out of town when the place is lost. Thailand appears to be ready, like its neighbour, to sell its soul to Chinese tourism business, which in the long term will of course export all of the profits, but good short term gain for those in power at the time. Bad for the common folk, but since when have they been a concern to those in higher station?

I did try to look for a ray of sunlight in the darkening skies of imminent invasion, so to speak, thinking, Ah!, Chinese takeaways. Having lived and worked there though, the likely such fare is going to be unrecognisable as to what it is, and taste a whole load less than appetising, so nothing positive for anyone other than a few Chinese run businesses as far as I can see.

Misery to the masses, including the locals who will get priced out of where they have lived all their lives. Tourism numbers will be up though eh?

TAT will be super happy not having to lie about those figures. At least until they start to realise what those numbers mean. By then of course, like Sihanoukville, it will be too late.

Who would want to bet on gambling and Casinos not being legal in the relatively near future after all, with what that will do?

[champers]

I wonder if the OP will be leaving or are we all going to be subjected to another 4 weeks of his anti-Chinese whingeing and moaning?

[bender92]

I'd rather have the Chinese than Russians. The women are better looking.

[Proboscis]

10 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

I am on the Darkside, so Chinese, or any other tourists coming into town in horrible numbers doesn't really affect me. I am however going to skip town for a week or so, to Kampot in Cambodia. Just to visit a friend, nothing to do with the timing.

I used to go quite regularly to Sihanoukville, which has of course now been decimated. By the Chinese funnily enough! I foresee that many of the places we have cherished will succumb to their inevitably growing presence. There are quite a lot of them after all, with ever growing spending power.

Enjoy what you can, while you still can, and get out of town when the place is lost. Thailand appears to be ready, like its neighbour, to sell its soul to Chinese tourism business, which in the long term will of course export all of the profits, but good short term gain for those in power at the time. Bad for the common folk, but since when have they been a concern to those in higher station?

I did try to look for a ray of sunlight in the darkening skies of imminent invasion, so to speak, thinking, Ah!, Chinese takeaways. Having lived and worked there though, the likely such fare is going to be unrecognisable as to what it is, and taste a whole load less than appetising, so nothing positive for anyone other than a few Chinese run businesses as far as I can see.

Misery to the masses, including the locals who will get priced out of where they have lived all their lives. Tourism numbers will be up though eh?

TAT will be super happy not having to lie about those figures. At least until they start to realise what those numbers mean. By then of course, like Sihanoukville, it will be too late.

Who would want to bet on gambling and Casinos not being legal in the relatively near future after all, with what that will do?

Chinese New Year traditionally involves a trip to the family homestead back in the village. Is leaving the country to go to Thailand a new thing?

[Didierhardy]

Russians or Chinese, if we Falangs are thinking that we are better, we are not! Same kind of human. 

[NoshowJones]

49 minutes ago, bender92 said:

I'd rather have the Chinese than Russians. The women are better looking.

As long as you avoid going to a "all you can eat" buffet.????

[sammieuk1]

How many return trips will be needed might be a question on a china mans lips????

[AAArdvark]

If Trump can build a wall, perhaps Chanocha can build a Great Wall.

[Mavideol]

Chinese tourist hit by tour bus and killed while crossing the road in Jomtien

 

with what just happen here, nothing to worry about, chinese will (again) boycott thailand... we will be ok

[Monkeyrobot]

I was down Phuket having lunch at a outside restaurant and the little bastards came to my table to take photos of my crab yellow curry. I think one of them nearly pissed his pants with excitement. God knows what they will do if they loose the tour guide that  holds that flag in the air. 

[gamini]

I prefer the Chinese tourists any day, compared with the massive influx of poorly educated lowlife farangs. The Chinese don't seem to get into fights and dress decently. They are not sexpats like many of the farangs. 

[Johnnyngai]

Third world people vacationing in a third world location. 

What is wrong with that ? ?

 

[ThaiWai]

1 hour ago, Monkeyrobot said:

I was down Phuket having lunch at a outside restaurant and the little bastards came to my table to take photos of my crab yellow curry. I think one of them nearly pissed his pants with excitement. God knows what they will do if they loose the tour guide that  holds that flag in the air. 

Wife and I were at the Boathouse in Kata, arguably one of the nicest restaurants in Phuket, enjoying our lunch at my beach view table and a horde of them walked in and started sitting at all the dining tables, not to eat mind you, just to relax and take in the view. Then a few of them stood in the 2 foot space between my table and the beach facing the water taking photos so instead of my sea view I got Chinese flat ass view.  My wife and I grabbed our drinks and ran to the far end of the restaurant where there was no shade but was still beachfront while we watched the invasion grow.  The Boathouse staff came and apologized but I don't blame them.  When 20 people walked in to the restaurant they must have assumed one of them was there to eat not just sit in the shade taking photos of the beach and harass the paying customers.  While I really like the Boathouse and don't blame them I must say I have not been back since specifically because of this incident.

[NCC1701A]

2 hours ago, Didierhardy said:

Russians or Chinese, if we Falangs are thinking that we are better, we are not! Same kind of human. 

i violently disagree with this statement.

[Ketyo]

1 hour ago, gamini said:

I prefer the Chinese tourists any day, compared with the massive influx of poorly educated lowlife farangs. The Chinese don't seem to get into fights and dress decently. They are not sexpats like many of the farangs. 

If you follow the news from Cambodia or have visited Sihanoukeville recently you will know that with tens of thousands of Chinese having embedded themselves in that relatively small city in the last couple of years, the authorities cannot cope with the disorder created.

 

Complaints are about Chinese fighting each other around the bar areas and being abusive to locals. Never mind buying up local businesses, land and property to open Chinese businesses for Chinese  people. Also, they are moving in on the sex industry. Arrests have been made of Chinese massage parlour owners, some distributing flyers with their girls and services offered and for people trafficking for the sex industry. Just because the Chinese are not big users of 'Beer Bars' or 'Gogo bars' where farangs go does not mean they are not Sexpats. They most definitely are and they take advantage of the low enforcement of prostitution in Cambodia and Thailand compared to their own country where strong authorities have control. 

 

The Cambodian authorities cannot cope because they are weak and the Chinese don't like to follow rules, especially those of other people. Of course people working for the authorities end up with cash in their back pockets for selling out to the Chinese.  Cambodians and barangs alike now avoid that city and the government is making excuses.

 

 The Thai authorities are stronger but yet to be properly tested by the Chinese invasion. 

 

The Chinese will not fit in in manageable numbers like those from other countries. They are coming in large numbers and will take over and damage whatever was there before they arrived. 

[nervona81732]

ThaiWai, outstanding, I vote with my wallet too. ALL the time. Profits out weigh common sense BUT $$$$ talks big. Hit them where it hurts the most. Cheers

[Johnnyngai]

16 minutes ago, Ketyo said:

If you follow the news from Cambodia or have visited Sihanoukeville recently you will know that with tens of thousands of Chinese having embedded themselves in that relatively small city in the last couple of years, the authorities cannot cope with the disorder created.

 

Complaints are about Chinese fighting each other around the bar areas and being abusive to locals. Never mind buying up local businesses, land and property to open Chinese businesses for Chinese  people. Also, they are moving in on the sex industry. Arrests have been made of Chinese massage parlour owners, some distributing flyers with their girls and services offered and for people trafficking for the sex industry. Just because the Chinese are not big users of 'Beer Bars' or 'Gogo bars' where farangs go does not mean they are not Sexpats. They most definitely are and they take advantage of the low enforcement of prostitution in Cambodia and Thailand compared to their own country where strong authorities have control. 

 

The Cambodian authorities cannot cope because they are weak and the Chinese don't like to follow rules, especially those of other people. Of course people working for the authorities end up with cash in their back pockets for selling out to the Chinese.  Cambodians and barangs alike now avoid that city and the government is making excuses.

 

 The Thai authorities are stronger but yet to be properly tested by the Chinese invasion. 

 

The Chinese will not fit in in manageable numbers like those from other countries. They are coming in large numbers and will take over and damage whatever was there before they arrived. 

Thanks for the information above.  I will make it my next sexcation trip.   

The only places that I can afford are third world countries.       

[Benmart]

I just go with the flow. I am not in control of immigration and or tourism. I steer my boat to calm waters and avoid the rapids. I leave the haters and negative nutters to their own agenda.

[dapperdan]

4 hours ago, gamini said:

I prefer the Chinese tourists any day, compared with the massive influx of poorly educated lowlife farangs. The Chinese don't seem to get into fights and dress decently. They are not sexpats like many of the farangs. 

I agree on every point. The Chinese are the hardest working people in the world. They are family oriented and they don't go looking for trouble. They always treated me with respect and kindness when I visit China. I like them. They are given very little time off, probably go from the airport straight back to their jobs. Bless them, I hope they enjoy themselves.

[LALes]

Locusts.  Nice locusts mind you.