Pattaya bars plead for government help

[Thaiger]

Beer sellers of Pattaya are pleading with the government to let them open for foreign tourists. Also, to relax closure measures that apply to the entertainment businesses. Barring that, they ask for significant financial aid. The proprietors of beer-related businesses say they are suffering greatly due to the economic crisis. As per their statements to the associated press this week. One bar owner, 44 year old Marueree Kunlabut, told Thai media: “We don’t have any income but we still have expenses as the government has not provided significant financial aid for sectors they have shuttered. We need foreign tourists to […]

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[Jamie]

It's disgusting how the government has no care and support for one of Thailand's largest sectors of tourism. How can they let these bar owners and businesses suffer and neglect them without giving them much needed support but still reap income from the expenses the business owners have to pay  ???

 

[King Cotton]

3 hours ago, Jamie said:

  . . . . How can . . . . but still reap income from the expenses the business owners have to pay  ???

A more than fair and valid question that the govt seem to be avoiding answering.

 

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[Andrew Reeve]

No drink sales = No VAT return for alcohol sold and how sustainable is this for the government as they are in desperate need of money to help the economy to recover. Turning into a Catch22

[highonthai]

1 hour ago, Andrew Reeve said:

No drink sales = No VAT return for alcohol sold and how sustainable is this for the government as they are in desperate need of money to help the economy to recover. Turning into a Catch22

It would be very interesting to know the amount of tax revenue alcohol does create a year?  

[King Cotton]

9 hours ago, highonthai said:

 . . . the amount of tax revenue alcohol does create a year?  

Humungous, probably, the rate at which booze is sold here.

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