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News Forum - Crocodile captured after escaping temple enclosure in Kalasin
A crocodile named Jao Tui, which escaped from its enclosure at Wat Kalayanaborrihan Temple in Kalasin province was successfully captured after being found swimming in the temple’s pond, causing alarm among the locals. Officials from the Kalasin Fisheries Department, led by a team of skilled crocodile catchers, managed to capture Jao Tui yesterday, October 9. … … The story Crocodile captured after escaping temple enclosure in Kalasin as seen on Thaiger News. Read the full story -
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News Forum - Beauty & the bleak: Cops probe iCON brand in ugly Ponzi scandal
Royal Thai Police (RTP) officers are investigating the renowned beauty product and food supplement company THE iCON GROUP, along with the famous Thai celebrities associated with it, following the bankruptcy of its selling agents and the tragic suicides of some individuals linked to its alleged Ponzi scheme. THE iCON GROUP has garnered significant attention in … … The story Beauty & the bleak: Cops probe iCON brand in ugly Ponzi scandal as seen on Thaiger News. Read the full story -
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News Forum - Thai cyber police arrest gold scammer in 85 million baht fraud
Cyber police arrested a 31 year old Thai man for allegedly conducting livestreamed scams involving the sale of gold at significantly reduced prices, resulting in over 500 victims and damages exceeding 85 million baht. Police executed a search warrant on a residence in Lam Luk Ka, Pathum Thani, following an investigation. Phromthada, also known as … … The story Thai cyber police arrest gold scammer in 85 million baht fraud as seen on Thaiger News. Read the full story -
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News Forum - Phuket launches 50-baht electric bus service from town to Patong
About effin time they did something to try and break the Phuket Taxi Mafia's hold over the island. Next step a public bus from the airport that travels down to Rawai and stops at all the key locations on the west coast. -
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News Forum - Bangkok named fourth friendliest city in the world for 2024
Likewise - disagree - respectfully. And I will even give you some facts as to why. TAT does not count 'Tourists' - they count 'International Arrivals' and then claim they are all Tourists. TAT estimates 18.2 million foreign arrivals in second half of 2024 (nationthailand.com) Because the TM 6 Immigration Form is no longer required, there is no way for Thailand/TAT to differentiate between those arriving for Tourism, and those for Business, Family, Media, Sports Competition, etc etc etc. Likewise, they now have no way to know how long that Arrival is staying (more on that below). As per the below article, there were 21 Million Arrivals to August 2024, with the Top 5 Passport Countries of arrival being as follows. Chinese: 4,398,623 Malaysian: 3,021,624 Indian: 1,255,358 Indians South Korean: 1,154,990 Russian: 1,035,192 Thailand hits 21 million arrivals in 2024, earning 1 trillion baht (nationthailand.com) As you probably know, people in Malaysia walk across the southern border a lot - to visit friends, family and for business. Very few of them are 'Tourists'. Yes there are Malaysians arriving at Swampy/Phuket on a holiday, but the majority of that 3 million are just 'arrivals who only stay for a few days usually. Likewise, but obviously not to the same level, many arrivals from China and Sth Korea are here on business and to visit family - and no way to differentiate whihc ones are which. Which brings me to the next point - the 'value' TAT claims they are all worth to the Thailand economy. TAT claims each Tourist spends on average 50K Baht - based upon a survey they did of 30K Tourists in 2023. Lets not get into the accuracy of Polls and Surveys, but to then claim every Arrival is a Tourist and then multiply that number by 50K each is a scam - deliberate or not. Yes there are more tourists in Thailand this year than before, but they are not to the level TAT claims - and they are not spending the amounts TAT claims (check the economy). Vietnam had 12.7 million tourist arrivals for the same period and is targeting over 18 million by the end of the year - and they do not have so many 'border walkers' as Thailand gets (dont forget to add Laos and Cambodia, and Myanmar maybe later, to the Malaysia numbers), nor as many Indians or Russians. That is a 43% increase compared to the same period last year. Vietnam had about 18 million in 2019 and they almost back there now, whereas Thailand had almost 40 million ion 2019. So far this year Thailand has had 4.3 million Chinese - a far cry from the halycon days of over 10 million in 2019. Take out many of the Russians/Ukrainians, and the fake Malaysians (half - maybe more?), and the many Cheap Charlies from India (as the girls call them), and the 'stoners' because of the legal dope being sold here, and the 'real' tourism situation aint looking so good. Bangkok Post - Ranking a distraction Getting back to TAT - if they only surveyed those arriving from the wealthier countries at Swampy and Phuket, they will get very appealing numbers - do they survey those border walkers? There is no public information about how TAT makes up (calculates) their numbers - just that they surveyed 30K tourists. There has been an increase in tourist numbers this year and that is likely to continue in the Nov-March peak season everywhere - but Thailand has a problem that IMO they are not recognising and for which TAT is 'looking the other way'. When they surveyed (yes I know) Chinese people about their preferred destinations pros and cons, they were particularly critcial of Thailand's personal safety issues. Chinese tourists are returning - but not to Thailand (bbc.com)
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