Phuket, Samui and Phi Phi could be first Thai destinations opened to foreign tourists

[Aussie Col]

I say again tourists and Non O people will not return to Thailand under these rules which in affect means more job losses for Thais.

[GigsGigs]

On 8/1/2020 at 10:42 AM, madmen said:

Why would you think expats have even close to that amount outside of pension day.. 

Truth be told, nobody in the current government cares about expats.

 

What they do want however are tourists and specially tourists entries/exits so it matches the TAT tourism predictions, they only care about these bloody numbers.

 

An expat might be living here in the LOS all year around or 6 months/180 days a year, spend monthly on a rent/car loan/insurance/Thai family expenses/gifts for his Thai missus, etc, etc, the reality is that the TAT doesn't care about that expat because at the end of the day it's only *1* single entry into the Kingdom and *1* exit.

 

They'd rather cater to those 0 baht spending hoards of chinese tourists that roam like herds of zombies in the overcroweded/clogged streets of Pattaya/Chiang Mai/Phuket etc.

 

They only care about the numbers. Thai logic at it's finest.

 

And again, the title of this thread is:

 

"Phuket, Samui and Phi Phi could be first Thai destinations opened to foreign tourists".

 

They keyword here being, the word tourists, not the word expats.

 

Expats are not a priority to this government, in fact the latest changes in the immigration rules those past 5 years with the pesky TM30 and then the mandatory insurance and now the $100.000USD COVID-19 compliant insurance for those of us whishing to return at all costs, only exacerbates this behavior from the Thais; They want our money, they don't want expats anymore.

Edited August 4, 2020 by GigsGigs

[GigsGigs]

On 8/2/2020 at 8:03 AM, Aussie Col said:

I say again tourists and Non O people will not return to Thailand

What makes you think they actually want/need us here in the Kingdom?

 

You are looking at this situation only through your end of prism.

What makes you think either the Hi-So thais from Bangkok want to us here to begin with?

What makes you think the Issan farmer family in the upper northeast country wants us here for?

 

Truth be told and as devastating the state of affairs is in Thailand regarding to tourism, there is a bigger picture here, what have we learnt from all of this pandemic?

 

Is that no matter how dire the circumstances are, people will always find new ways and adapt to survive, those who fail to adapt are doomed to perish, the strongest will survive.

 

I personally know of 3 succesful bar girls in Pattaya at the moment who were forced to change businesses;

 

A. has left her bar on Soi Buakhao due to the owner refusing to pay her, she has invested her 4.500 bahts savings into a small cart, she now roams the streets of Pattaya she is selling barbecued food and reportedely makes 800 bahts a day, she told me it was hard at first but she puts the efforts in and is satisfied with her new job.

 

N. has been kicked out from her in Soi Made in Thailand, the bar has been permanently shut, she invested 6,800 bahts savings into a refrigered cart, she also roams around Soi 6, 7 and 8 and sells ice cream, the profit isn't there yet but she's more than happy to do 600 bahts a day, to the point she suggested her sister come to Pattaya to do the same, it's profitable still.

 

P. has been more succesful, she has borrowed a bit, allianced with 2 other ex bar girls and room mates and are now in the same business running a laundry shop, they are very happy as it is.

 

TLDR; Thailand doesn't need us, Thailand doesn't need tourism, people will adapt and move on with their lives. Plenty of opportunities to grab and money to be made for the Thais.

 

Edited August 4, 2020 by GigsGigs

[DrTuner]

27 minutes ago, GigsGigs said:

Expats are not a priority to this government, in fact the latest changes in the immigration rules those past 5 years with the pesky TM30 and then the mandatory insurance and now the $100.000USD COVID-19 compliant insurance for those of us whishing to return at all costs, only exacerbates this behavior from the Thais; They want our money, they don't want expats anymore.

Back in the day western pensioneers were the low hanging fruit, easy foreign income for Thailand, that time poor or recovering from the Tom Yum Kung crisis. Then came all sorts of other assorted "expats" that weren't as palatable to the Thais as the basically harmless coffin dodgers playing around with their Isaan single moms in the beer bars. Now the expats with nasty ideas like democracy and other CCP-incompatible values are a pest to the usurpers.