Popular Post theoldgit Posted September 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 7 hours ago, NCC1701A said: I live in Hua Hin and it is very busy. especially on weekends. of course the businesses geared toward white foreign tourists are still slow but that is not what this story is about. I thought you said yesterday that you were staying in Bangkok for some time and had rented a hotel room near somewhere called Crazy House for the duration, wasn’t that true or did I misread? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldgit Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 6 hours ago, DirtyHarry55 said: Thai's don't typically lie on the beach sapping up the Sun as Westerners do in fact they avoid it. At Midday go check the Air Conditioned shopping Malls that's where they'll be. Yes; enjoy the upmarket BluPort Mall, don’t be fooled by the number of closed shops, restaurants and even floors, it really is a pleasant experience, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 "Haa" baht it's not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocker33 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 As soon as I got to a rep from TAT. Say no more. I suppose now TV are in league with TAT they have to print this B$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr336 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 2 hours ago, lucifer666 said: I live is Hua Hin and i completely agree. It's almost like a ghost town here. I live is Hua Hin too, and i completely agree. It's almost like a ghost town here. A few 4 day holidays a year is hardly bragging rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trucking Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I went to Hua Hin once yonks ago with a very hot company secretary for a very dirty weekend. I am fair skinned so sat under a thin umbrella in a thin shirt with a hat on whilst we we were on the beech for an hour. I got lobstered and she was as brown as burnt toast. Ruined weekend Never been back or forgiven the place since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surasak Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 8 hours ago, NCC1701A said: I live in Hua Hin and it is very busy. especially on weekends. of course the businesses geared toward white foreign tourists are still slow but that is not what this story is about. What happened to your stay in BKK you so proudly boasting about? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 10 hours ago, webfact said: Ejan said that there were no foreigners to swell the ranks at the moment but said that the locals were all pulling together to promote the province and could smile again. Pass on the secret to Phuket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 44 minutes ago, theoldgit said: I thought you said yesterday that you were staying in Bangkok for some time and had rented a hotel room near somewhere called Crazy House for the duration, wasn’t that true or did I misread? you are right. are you living vicariously through me? hahaha. i am in Bangkok now but I am live in Hua Hin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Ahhhh, the Hua Hin Model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieter1 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 8 hours ago, NCC1701A said: I live in Hua Hin and it is very busy. especially on weekends. of course the businesses geared toward white foreign tourists are still slow but that is not what this story is about. I thought you are staying next to your favourite brothel (gogo...) in Bangkok now (for some weeks. You wrote that yesterday ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac98 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) TAT gets an occupancy rate by measuring the rooms available and those rented. So if 40 of 50 hotels are closed, only the 10 still open are counted. A 70% rate of those available rooms would be a true rate of occupancy for all hotels of around 15%. Many hoteld might appear open but have closed off a number of floors and are offering only a portion of their rooms for rent. Or so I have read. Edited September 2, 2020 by Mac98 Add clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krabi King Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Hua Hin smiling again after the crisis After the crisis ?... I think the worst is yet to surface... And I guess the smiling will turn to tears again in about a week or 2... My apologies for the lack of optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 10 hours ago, Sharp said: Errrh! I was there the other day and my experience bears no resemblance to this report.! "According to Ejan - and the local TAT rep she quoted.................." 'Nuff said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Nice to see that the spin doctors haven't lost their touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sambum Posted September 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 1 hour ago, NCC1701A said: you are right. are you living vicariously through me? hahaha. i am in Bangkok now but I am live in Hua Hin. So are you "live" in Bangkok or "live" in Hua Hin? Your posts can not be believed - despicable. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rott Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 9 hours ago, Eindhoven said: Is this a joke on your part? How does domestic tourism create Foreign Exchange Reserves? It's called Irony chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post billd766 Posted September 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said: Bars are so important?? Why not? They employ staff, get drinks, ice etc delivered, bring customers to the area which means more jobs saved and less people unemployed. People who have money are also able to pay rent, buy local food at the stalls close by, thus more people share in the money pot, OTOH nobody is forcing you to go into a bar. Edited September 2, 2020 by billd766 added extra text 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Krabi King said: Hua Hin smiling again after the crisis After the crisis ?... I think the worst is yet to surface... And I guess the smiling will turn to tears again in about a week or 2... My apologies for the lack of optimism. Lack of nothing your Spot on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sungod Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said: Bars are so important?? Did i insinuate that? I was making an observation as they may be to some. Hows the local church doing? Edited September 2, 2020 by sungod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NUMBAS Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 where are they spending money ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post praguecr Posted September 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 Really dont like to be negative, but i live in Hua Hin and it is dead. First of all 1/2 of the business are completely shut down restaurants, bars, hotels, etc. The other 1/2 which are open are dead. There are a handful of business that have some customers on the weekend mostly from Bangkok. Maybe this weekend will be busy due to the holiday, but I guarantee if you come on Tuesday there will be no one here. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecoolfrog Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, NCC1701A said: I live in Hua Hin and it is very busy. especially on weekends. of course the businesses geared toward white foreign tourists are still slow but that is not what this story is about. I thought you had been mongering in Bangkok for the last month so how would you know the current situation. I have many Thai friends in Hua Hin and they all tell me it is very quiet , one told me so yesterday in fact. Edited September 2, 2020 by joecoolfrog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razek Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Continue to close the border until the USA open it . Many peoples will suffer for nothing . Noone can stop the Epydemie. Live with it and wait for the Vaccine from USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runamok27 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I took a trip to Hua Hin about a month ago and it was packed on the long weekend but once that ended it was pretty empty, which made the trip much better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Know not me Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 It's all a bunch of B.S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thungrat Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 17 hours ago, NCC1701A said: I live in Hua Hin and it is very busy. especially on weekends. of course the businesses geared toward white foreign tourists are still slow but that is not what this story is about. In another post you say you stay in Bankok because the hotels are cheap there. So what now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 I have never read such a great steaming pile of horses***. Hua Hin is dead apart from the weekends when Bangkokians come down. Yes, this weekend will be busy due to the holiday, but in general most businesses are struggling. Bang Kor Por food mall is busy on Friday and Saturday as they have Thai rock bands, if you like to have your eardrums assaulted whilst sitting on concrete chairs eating mediocre food ( and I use the term food reservedly ). I agree each to their own, but you get what you pay for. I have also heard that Blueport is to be phased out as a mall, the top floors converted to a hotel, while keeping the lower floors as a banking unit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimHuaHin Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Reading the original article and some of the posts, I get the impression that there are two "Hua Hin"s in Thailand. Like our Star Trek CSI fan, I also live in Hua Hin. While most of the luxury hotels have reopened, many of the smaller hotels that cater for low end Thais and foreigners remain closed. Many many bars have closed, even bars that reopened after the initial lock down. Many businesses in the downtown area remain closed and the buildings are up for sale or rent. The top two floors of BluPort mall remain closed, except for two shops. Most of the restaurants in BluPort have been closed, as have some of the shops. In Hua Hin Market Village, go to tha basement and see the rapidly expanding number of vacant shop spaces. Even Sports World closed this week. Go out into the "Thai areas" of Hua Hin, where there are few if any foreigners living and no tourists, not much has changed from earlier this year. Prior to COVID-19, on long weekends it used to be difficult to get a car park at the shopping malls, and there were traffic jams along Phetchakasem Road. Since COVID-19, no problems with car parks and traffic jams on long weekends. Nevertheless, over recent weekends there have been more Bangkok Thais on the beaches and in the shopping malls; what will this weekend bring? Maybe the dream that the articles states as the reality. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzedude Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Ejan, You go girl! Make sure you let the local Thais in Hua Hin know how wonderful it is now. Especially the the ones with closed businesses and are unemployed and thinking about robbing a gold shop--if they can find one that's open. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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