Pornhub Banned in Thailand
Here is links to a danish story (there are plenty in English but you should learn a second language [URL]https://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/livsstil/porno-protester-i-thailand/8352884[/URL]) telling us Pornhub, one of Thailand's most popular sites, is blocked.
Please note on the Danish site there are women protesting about the ban. Why are Thai women protesting against Pornhub being banned?
Germany Set to Expel Thai King
It seems the Thai king is running out of Bavarian road and he might be asked to bugger back home to Nana Plaza. It seems the colour coded revolution cannot be too far away. God knows what is happening in the shadows but I fear a big blow up is on the way between the red and yellow shirts. It makes a change from EPL football.
Won't last long I suspect
[QUOTE=Turgid;2498417]Having accelerated China's punishment before elections he now takes aim at Thailand.
[URL]https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-suspends-duty-free-access-022212941.html[/URL]
How is this going to impact US mongers'relations with personnel in their favorite destination?[/QUOTE]My suspicion is that IF it actually goes into effect, it will be reversed in less than a month or so.
I hope everyone who has an interest has lots of popcorn, the next 60-90 days will be quite the show I expect.
Not all Chinese are the same
[QUOTE=BananaBoi;2500443]The Chinese tourists are expected to spend 400 k in their 1 month stay in Thailand. I'm not too impressed if they are not including the 14 day quarantine in the 1 month stay because that's about how much I used to spend as a weekend millionaire tourist before. Now if they are spending 400 k baht in 16 days then I'm impressed. That would work out to 25k baht per day. At 500 baht per Beach Road FL in Pattaya that's 50 sessions per day! That would be 8 gogo girls per day at 3k each. I only maxed out at 4 gogo girls at the same time, 8000 baht bar tab at Sapphire, and a couple of Kinnaree sessions during the day. These Chinese are making me look like chump change.
This is so ironic that the Chinese have become the rich tourists Thailand is hoping to revive their economy. All I ever heard in my years of living in Thailand are how cheap the Chinese from China are and how they don't spend anything.[/QUOTE]My last trip to Thailand was 32 days and total expenses were about 320,000 baht, which included everything. There was absolutely nothing I wanted that I didn't get. Spending an extra 80,000 baht would not have increased my enjoyment. I have simple tastes. I’m not the target tourist. But, if it was required to spend 400,000 baht to gain entry, I would do it.
In February I met a Chinese business owner who rented a beautiful villa for his wife, young daughter, and babysitter. He also rented a beachfront room in a fancy resort so he had a place to escape family and bring as many as 5 bar girls for evening recreation while the family stayed at the villa. Everything first class. I'm sure that he spent over 2,000,000 baht per month for the family and babysitter. He is the target tourist.
Two of my non-P4P Thai girlfriends worked in fancy hotels and resorts (4,000 to 8,000 baht per night places). Both of them commented that their Chinese customers were the big spenders. These are target tourists.
I also see a good number of Chinese who do bus tours and stay in simple hotels. I doubt those people spend much money. Clearly not the target tourists.
Chinese, the new Bhutanese
Chinese tour / Triad gangs control the Chinese tour buses, bring them into Chinese shops etc.
All countries have to adopt a tourist model. The USA has cheap shopping, Disneyland stuff, rock / Hollywood tours, Las Vegas and so on. Different strokes for different folks.
Bhutan has two: very rich folk like Liz Taylor and Queen Elizabeth (who spends zilch and does not monger), and poor NGO volunteers. Next to no one else. Nepal has Everest "climbers" and riff raff.
Thailand has beaches, food, lots of shopping. I still use watches I bought thee in the last century.
You are saying they should ditch that so a handful of rich Chinese can walk Pattaya and Nana Plaza on their own, and that their Chinese women can have entire shopping malls all to themselves. One thing then is for sure. We will have plenty more love struck clowns writing here about the love of their life they left behind in an Isaan knocking shop.
On the upside, there should be a great rice harvest this year, with all the extra hands returning from the brothels.
[QUOTE=HorseTrader;2500478]My last trip to Thailand was 32 days and total expenses were about 320,000 baht, which included everything. There was absolutely nothing I wanted that I didn't get. Spending an extra 80,000 baht would not have increased my enjoyment. I have simple tastes. Im not the target tourist. But, if it was required to spend 400,000 baht to gain entry, I would do it.
In February I met a Chinese business owner who rented a beautiful villa for his wife, young daughter, and babysitter. He also rented a beachfront room in a fancy resort so he had a place to escape family and bring as many as 5 bar girls for evening recreation while the family stayed at the villa. Everything first class. I'm sure that he spent over 2,000,000 baht per month for the family and babysitter. He is the target tourist.
Two of my non-P4P Thai girlfriends worked in fancy hotels and resorts (4,000 to 8,000 baht per night places). Both of them commented that their Chinese customers were the big spenders. These are target tourists.
I also see a good number of Chinese who do bus tours and stay in simple hotels. I doubt those people spend much money. Clearly not the target tourists.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=BananaBoi;2500443]This is so ironic that the Chinese have become the rich tourists Thailand is hoping to revive their economy. All I ever heard in my years of living in Thailand are how cheap the Chinese from China are and how they don't spend anything.[/QUOTE]
