Brunolem Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) The latest bomb dropped yesterday on the already severely wounded tourism industry, requiring wannabe tourists to show 500,000 baht on their bank account before being allowed to go through the obstacle course leading to the promise (Thai)land, makes many wonder. What's next? Are they going to require the candidates to have at least a master degree, or to be able to run the one hundred meter dash in less than 12 seconds? Maybe, because Thais, in the government or not, do not share our system of logic. They don't go from A to B in a straight line, but rather wander through most, if not all, the letters of the alphabet before reaching their objective. One could say that their policy is to throw whatever comes through their mind at the wall, and see what sticks. On top of that, Thai people do not share our sense of measure, they just throw numbers without considering a frame of reference. For example, to many farmers upcountry, a kilo is a kilo, and they are happy when offered 100 baht per kilo of dry tobacco, which to them is better than the 25 baht they get for a kilo of bananas. They just can't take into consideration that, while the bananas require no work at all, the tobacco requires a huge amount of work, over many months. The 500,000 baht requirement is also made completely out of context, without any consideration for the difficulty to save such an amount (more than $ 15,000), even in supposedly rich countries like America, where half of the population has less than $ 2,000 in savings for retirement. And don't even mention China and India, the two largest purveyors of tourists. When branding such numbers, the Thai government is not trying to destroy tourism, it just acts in the spur of the moment, without being aware of the negative side effects of its decisions. Unfortunately, even if such decisions are ultimately reversed, their consequences will remain for a long time. Edited November 12, 2020 by Brunolem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, Brunolem said: The latest bomb dropped yesterday on the already severely wounded tourism industry, requiring wannabe tourists to show 500,000 baht on their bank account before being allowed to go through the obstacle course leading to the promise (Thai)land, makes many wonder. What's next? Are they going to require the candidates to have at least a master degree, or to be able to run the one hundred meter dash in less than 12 seconds? Maybe, because Thais, in the government or not, do not share our system of logic. They don't go from A to B in a straight line, but rather wander through most, if not all, the letters of the alphabet before reaching their objective. One could say that their policy is to throw whatever comes through their mind at the wall, and see what sticks. On top of that, Thai people do not share our sense of measure, they just throw numbers without considering a frame of reference. For example, to many farmers upcountry, a kilo is a kilo, and they are happy when offered 100 baht per kilo of dry tobacco, which to them is better than the 25 baht they get for a kilo of bananas. They just can't take into consideration that, while the bananas require no work at all, the tobacco requires a huge amount of work, over many months. The 500,000 baht requirement is also made completely out of context, without any consideration for the difficulty to save such an amount (more than $ 15,000), even in supposedly rich countries like America, where half of the population has less than $ 2,000 in savings for retirement. And don't even mention China and India, the two largest purveyors of tourists. When branding such numbers, the Thai government is not trying to destroy tourism, it just acts in the spur of the moment, without being aware of the negative side effects of its decisions. Unfortunately, even if such decisions are ultimately reversed, their consequences will remain for a long time. Why don't you look at those requirements on the embassies websites before you write lots of words? Otherwise you only show your ignorance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patman30 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 but, but , but..... you can show covid your bank balance and it wont infect you duh... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Already raised and being discussed etc here https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191749-is-thailand-deliberately-trying-to-sabotage-its-own-tourism-industry/ CLOSED 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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