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05-27-21 04:16 #12872
Posts: 6399"The Department of Land Transport has given the green light to legalise ride-hailing apps such as GrabCar and Bolt in Thailand. ".
Not a big deal in Bangkok since taxis there are dirt cheap but this is huge news for tourist towns like Pattaya and Phuket. No more 300-400 baht for a 7 minute 2 km taxi ride from Hollywood to LK Metro.
I will assume Uber hasn't buttered up the right people to get on the list. I expect some motorbike taxi shakedowns on people taking these ride share taxis.
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05-27-21 01:12 #12871
Posts: 6399Originally Posted by HorseTrader [View Original Post]
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05-26-21 21:13 #12870
Posts: 16064Originally Posted by HorseTrader [View Original Post]
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05-26-21 19:53 #12869
Posts: 17112% GDP seems right to me
Originally Posted by Franciscass [View Original Post]
Spending too much time in Pattaya is misleading, you see very few female tourists. If you look at Samui, there is about a 50-50 mix of male-female tourists. Phuket also has a more balanced group of tourists, even Bangla Road has many female tourists.
I forgot how the "left" and "right" was divided at border control, I think ASEAN citizens to the right and others to the left. The picture was taken on the left side so I couldn't estimate the male-female balance on the ASEAN side.
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05-26-21 17:42 #12868
Posts: 656Originally Posted by Turgid [View Original Post]
I prefer to be discreet and make myself a small target. I am no "expert" like you, with opinions literally on every thread on this forum. But I think that perception is more important than fact in this situation. Regardless of how much I spend, I as a sex tourist will be seen as a unwanted pest by the majority of Thais, as such I don't broadcast that I'm a sex tourist. Further in fact I believe, and it seems (supported by some facts) that my contributions are negligible.
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05-26-21 15:55 #12867
Posts: 5718Originally Posted by MutantChicken [View Original Post]
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05-26-21 06:44 #12866
Posts: 1222My Two Cents
As always it's relative to what one regards as significant.
Of course the sex industry contributes to the economy but in my opinion nowhere near as much as some members would have you believe. Because their life revolves around shagging and they live in mongering bubbles their understanding of the general economic activity of the country and specifically the tourism industry could understandably be somewhat limited.
Firstly the sex business needs to be broken down between local and tourist / expat demand and secondly tourism itself self needs to be broken down by those who come here for sex and those that don't.
The number of mongers visiting Walking Street, Cowboy, Nana, Bangla is tiny compared to the total number of tourists visiting the country often in tour groups from other Asian countries. Add in oilies soapies escorts, on line etc and I would hazard a guess that sex tourism adds at most 1% to 2 % to GDP but pre covid this still makes it a relatively significant 5 to 10 billion dollar business.
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05-25-21 22:31 #12865
Posts: 16064Originally Posted by MutantChicken [View Original Post]
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05-25-21 17:47 #12864
Posts: 656Originally Posted by Turgid [View Original Post]
I can name 2 Asian counties where western mongerers are very active Thai / Philippines and I can name 2 counties where mongers are very inactive. Thus by your logic the GDP growth rates in the first 2 counties should outstrip the latter?
Thai: 2.4% in 2019.
Philippines: 6%.
Indonesia 5%.
Vietnam: 7%.
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05-25-21 16:32 #12863
Posts: 5718Originally Posted by MutantChicken [View Original Post]
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05-24-21 17:41 #12862
Posts: 656Originally Posted by HorseTrader [View Original Post]
I predict as much of a proportion it contributes, it can be easily replaced with a source that doesn't bring as much stigma and national shame. It not only that westerners engage openly and publicly in a debauched manner, but their activities also bring western media who name and shames this activity, thus shining the spotlight. This plus, with the option of working online; will be the direction the international sex scene will be moving in. No more dens of debauchery, but discreet and private interludes between 2 consenting adults. Obviously the local scene will still operate as the powers that be won't want their fun interrupted, but foreigners will not be welcomed generally.
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05-24-21 17:01 #12861
Posts: 1711Originally Posted by Turgid [View Original Post]
Take the ladies away and a good portion of tourism and ex-pat money disappears from Thai economy.
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05-24-21 16:47 #12860
Posts: 5718Originally Posted by JimmyBoy99 [View Original Post]
I think the ladies play a big part in the aforementioned high rankings.
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05-22-21 18:53 #12859
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05-09-21 12:24 #12858
Posts: 666LPGA Thailand
Very strange. Last weekend, the ladies were in Singapore. This weekend, they played in Pattaya. Maybe my math is off a bit, but I didn't count 14 days for quarantine, unless there was some time travel or manipulation going on. By the way, they don't have to wear masks, but somebody who is vaccinated and sitting alone in a their car has too. By the way, the ladies are staying at Avani and it's like a fortress.
Even more strange, COVID-19 supposedly has 14 days incubation from the time of contact. It's the guideline they use to establish how many quarantine days. However, an office was closed because somebody who was sick visited the office. All the staff was shipped off to 14 days quarantine. April 22 was the date the visitor made contact in the office. But the staff will be quarantined May 4-17.
Strangest of all is when that office staff was sent to quarantine. But when Jomtien Immigration was listed by officials on the track and trace timeline for an infection. It was business as usual with the same immigration staff in place. No quarantine necessary. This is why I have no guilt about how I live my life because it's pretty much all crooked.