double pricing Thailand

Cowshed Cowboy · Post by **Cowshed Cowboy** » Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:45 pm

sigmoid wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:32 pm
Kenr wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 8:35 pm There are individuals who rave about Vietnam, and myself having never been there, do they have the ability, do they have the infrastructure, to accommodate 40 million tourists a year? Also, it’s one thing to cross the border by land, but can their airports handle that kind of traffic?
Can you please elaborate on what they rave about? VN is not really a popular country. It's cheap with a few scenic places. They had 18 million tourist arrivals in 2019 but mostly other Asians (Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, etc.) looking fo somewhere cheap, warm and safe.

Anyway, they're quite focused on infrastructure but for industry, not tourism, except for maybe domestic tourism with a population of nearly 100 million.

What's your latest timeframe for the revolution in Thailand.

Cowshed Cowboy · Post by **Cowshed Cowboy** » Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:58 pm

sigmoid wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:32 pm
Kenr wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 8:35 pm There are individuals who rave about Vietnam, and myself having never been there, do they have the ability, do they have the infrastructure, to accommodate 40 million tourists a year? Also, it’s one thing to cross the border by land, but can their airports handle that kind of traffic?
Can you please elaborate on what they rave about? VN is not really a popular country. It's cheap with a few scenic places. They had 18 million tourist arrivals in 2019 but mostly other Asians (Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, etc.) looking fo somewhere cheap, warm and safe.

Anyway, they're quite focused on infrastructure but for industry, not tourism, except for maybe domestic tourism with a population of nearly 100 million.

Mostly other Asians is Thailand's growth market in the future, western tourists to Thailand have maxed out at 7 million a year.

Kenr · Post by **Kenr** » Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:21 pm

sigmoid wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:32 pm
Kenr wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 8:35 pm There are individuals who rave about Vietnam, and myself having never been there, do they have the ability, do they have the infrastructure, to accommodate 40 million tourists a year? Also, it’s one thing to cross the border by land, but can their airports handle that kind of traffic?
Can you please elaborate on what they rave about? VN is not really a popular country. It's cheap with a few scenic places. They had 18 million tourist arrivals in 2019 but mostly other Asians (Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, etc.) looking fo somewhere cheap, warm and safe.

Anyway, they're quite focused on infrastructure but for industry, not tourism, except for maybe domestic tourism with a population of nearly 100 million.

Elaborate on what? On here they talk about how great it is. On here they talk about how they wish Vietnam had a retirement scheme. On here they talk about how they get more for their money in Vietnam. On here more people talk about wanting to go visit Vietnam more than any other country in that area. Anything else?

sigmoid · Post by **sigmoid** » Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:45 pm

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:45 pm
sigmoid wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:32 pm
Kenr wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 8:35 pm There are individuals who rave about Vietnam, and myself having never been there, do they have the ability, do they have the infrastructure, to accommodate 40 million tourists a year? Also, it’s one thing to cross the border by land, but can their airports handle that kind of traffic?
Can you please elaborate on what they rave about? VN is not really a popular country. It's cheap with a few scenic places. They had 18 million tourist arrivals in 2019 but mostly other Asians (Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, etc.) looking fo somewhere cheap, warm and safe.

Anyway, they're quite focused on infrastructure but for industry, not tourism, except for maybe domestic tourism with a population of nearly 100 million.
What's your latest timeframe for the revolution in Thailand.

Depends on the upcoming election that must be held by May(?)...

Will they rig it? Will they cancel it? 'cause they're sure as heck not going to win it. Mr. T is certainly on the case already shoring up his alliances. If people are hurting economically as they were in 1997, it should be another Shinawat/Peua Thai "landslide" victory.

How far will the army folks go to stay in power?

So, only questions at this point.

How about you? What's your take? Is this Thailand’s next PM?

Cowshed Cowboy · Post by **Cowshed Cowboy** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:42 am

^ In a normal democracy the current mob would likely lose heavily however they have already altered the voting system in a way to minimise the threat of a landslide win against them. If buying votes is too difficult you may as well just buy groups of MP's from small parties. They do find ways to ban opposition MP's that present a popular threat so it will be interesting to see if they manage to do that with Shinawatra before or after the election. Interested to see how it pans out.

snookieboi · Post by **snookieboi** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 8:51 pm

Looking at the Booking sites, the pre pandemic prices are currently being offered to Tourists. I don't see anything Cheap offered, just normal prices.
At the end of the day Thailand does what it wants and the tourist just has to deal with it; it's always been the case in my experience and you know some people might be very unhappy about the way that Thailand is dealing with the tourists, but at the end of the day if you're not happy then there's many other options and of course there's Cambodia and Vietnam which are fantastic to visit that is good, Indonesia is fantastic and very interesting and so is the Philippines so it's not all about Thailand.
Japan South Korea Taiwan also interesting you know maybe even China I mean it doesn't all revolve around Thailand there are many options out there Laos Myanmar Malaysia the list goes on and on.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 9:34 pm

I think our Richard made a good point earlier in this thread. Other than a few southern states Thailand is quite an amazing and varied place. It has mountainous regions, great parks, amazing historical monuments (even if many of them are Khmer), world class beaches, a great infrastructure and great shopping. Even if the people might get a bit jaded with idiot foreigners they are generally fine if you behave. Cambodia has some nice sights but most are difficult to access and even when you get there you might find the facilities are not great. National Parks in Cambodia are not what they could be. Laos is much the same, but has even less to see. Vietnam has some amazing places, but it's not as easy to travel around as Thailand. Many foreigners run into difficulties with Viets who have quite a different way of looking at things than other inhabitants of the region. Indonesia again has wonderful sights, but most of the country is not really amenable to ordinary tourists. Myanmar was looking good for a bit but nobody wants to visit a warzone. Of course there are great things to see in any country but overall I can understand why Thailand wins out.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:10 am

dont know why you left out the south>
Great islands off of Trat, the drive between Yala and Betong is one of the most scenic in the county, people are very friendly an the food is good. The Malaysians / Singaporeans love the South

Anyway, seems the hoteliers have convinced the government that their not going to dual price guests
Just another crazy idea that once it hit social media is shot down

Thailand survives, always

wrote this 5 years ago
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John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:15 am

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:10 am dont know why you left out the south>

Because of the unrest there.

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