webfact Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Phuket Opinion: Somewhere in between By The Phuket News Passenger van driver Phuriphat Chankaew and Narumon Jumpatong are questioned by Phuket Tourist Police over at Karon Police Station. Photo: Tourist Police PHUKET: The announcement by new Tourism and Sports Minister Pitak Ratchakitprakan last week that he will start working towards legalising ride-sharing and accommodation-sharing platforms – namely Grab and Airbnb – has got people’s attention. Both forms of “sharing” platforms have globally shaken up their respective markets, and a poor joke is that proponents for both keep clamouring that their popularity marks the arrival of a new world order forged by the Age of the Internet, where the people rule. If a deregulated – or at best self-regulated – market is what the people want, then the government is stuck with the dilemma of having to serve the people who elected it and protect them from their own choices. Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-opinion-somewhere-in-between-72282.php#TyV0AVELHeiZRbi0.99 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-07-29 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 IMO, Airbnb is fantastic.....much better than any hotel. Usually an apartment and often in regions easy to get to with public transport...you can cook, do the washing and ironing and generally have good security. Just about to head off to Europe...airbnb all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 ChrisY1 Ha Ha, I just had to comment on your holiday activities, Cooking, Washing and IRONING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinot Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 The Hotel Association isn't going to let this happen. New Russian and Indian neighbors every few days? Who wants that? The stupid people who actually buy condos here in Phuket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lootarzoon Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 13 hours ago, Pinot said: The Hotel Association isn't going to let this happen. New Russian and Indian neighbors every few days? Who wants that? The stupid people who actually buy condos here in Phuket? Neighbors to airbnb rentals flats are happy to see their condo to become a party hotel without rules. Of course hotels cant compte since need staffs and laws to obey to as well as normes to follow, and of course numerous taxes to participate to the economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyboy2018 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 If you stay at an AirBnB in Thailand do you or your landlord do TM 30 and other paperwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmen Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Phuket was the first to to make it illegal under 30 DAYS and now they will backflip? Not a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 7 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said: If you stay at an AirBnB in Thailand do you or your landlord do TM 30 and other paperwork. I doubt it, Lots of airbnb places from what I see are self check in so the guest never gets to meet the host unless the cleaner does it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 On 7/29/2019 at 7:39 AM, ChrisY1 said: IMO, Airbnb is fantastic.....much better than any hotel. Usually an apartment and often in regions easy to get to with public transport...you can cook, do the washing and ironing and generally have good security. Just about to head off to Europe...airbnb all the way! Dont forget your Marigolds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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