khunPer 6,086 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 If that goes on, turists will be scared away from Phuket – and then the tuk-tuk drivers may really have no work Link to post Share on other sites
eezergood 1,556 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Please do not underestimate the stupidity of people 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Andre0720 974 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 ''Sommart Homwaan, leader of the KTG, said, “We already suffer from the Russian tour companies setting up business here and charging people half the fares we do. If the [airport] bus comes here and is charging B30 from Karon to Patong, how do we make a living?”'' This guy does not realize what he is saying.... how do we make a living?”, he asks... But who will answer the same question for the poor Russians charging HALF the fare of Thai people? Link to post Share on other sites
jocko 339 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 What these geniuses don't understand is that these buses run once per hour, so if tourists are queued up, there won't be space for all of them and the lazy ass tuk tuk drivers can poach those waiting in the queue. This bus service makes their life easier and more profitable actually............... If only they would understand....geniuses! I think they are afraid that if the bus service was a success the bus company would bring more buses so they don't want it to make a start because they know it would be well used.I hope its the end of the road for the mafia but I doubt it. Over to you Mayor Link to post Share on other sites
mackayae 196 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 ... 90 percent of the land in Phuket is owned by 12 families....Somchai didn't have a rice field in the first place... That's what it is all about. One family has the existing Karon/Kata tuk tuk monopoly and another family has the new bus company. The two families are fighting for their share of the pie. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post skippero 10 Posted April 6, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2013 As a past business owner in Phuket, I have believed for ten years that the only way to get control of the horrible public transportation system is to bring in the military and enforce ALL the laws and rules that are on the books. It will not be pretty, but anything else is a band-aid that will go away quickly. The system is killing Phuket!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Dukeleto 1,588 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 From my understanding the bus service only runs between the airport to the various main beach areas. This route does not take much away from the Tuk Tuk drivers. Their fleecing of tourists takes place locally within their respective beaches or from beach to beach. Nothing is really going to change for them which is why I suspect the Patong Taxi Group won't block the road to Patong. Link to post Share on other sites
shawndoc 159 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 From my understanding the bus service only runs between the airport to the various main beach areas. This route does not take much away from the Tuk Tuk drivers. Their fleecing of tourists takes place locally within their respective beaches or from beach to beach. Nothing is really going to change for them which is why I suspect the Patong Taxi Group won't block the road to Patong. The taxi drivers are against the route from the airport to the beach cities, the Tuktuk drivers are against the bus service between beach cities. Right now, a trip from Patong to Karon is 300~450 baht depending on the mood of the tuktuk driver and your negotiating skills. With the new service it will be 30baht to ride the bus between cities. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MikeENZ 341 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Since when was snoop dogg driving taxis? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
bender92 568 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Let's see, 100 protesters, millions of tourists. Who will win? The mafia of course! Link to post Share on other sites
Hyponeros 49 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Bring in the army to take care of the mafia. The police cannot be trusted since they work so closely together. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
axact 168 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 If that goes on, turists will be scared away from Phuket – and then the tuk-tuk drivers may really have no work Phuket does not need turists, it has enough problems with tourists let alone another species Link to post Share on other sites
RefinedGentleman 48 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 That said, Thai bar girls will not be blockading Bangla Road because their "job" actually doesn't exist. I believe the job title is "hostess." Others may prefer the distinction of "dancer" or "entertainer." Link to post Share on other sites
gamba 8 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 The problem are they use to earn 2000-3000 baht and more a day. Use to live like a king and maybe have lot of private exepenses as big luxuryhouse and luxury’s cars we don’t know about. Now Karon-Kata has more than 400 tuk tuk]s. I fell SO sorry for the Tuk Tuk' s because they only demand to live same life as before. Ref. http://www.phuketgazette.net/news/savepdf.php?ref=2012311955&id=8111 Link to post Share on other sites
navara 85 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Rip off tourists result in a bus. Link to post Share on other sites
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