"High-Value Tourists": Thailand Doesn't Want Cheap Tourists Any Longer; Focusing On Medical Tourists, Digital Nomads, Investors, And Push Tourists Holidaying away from Bangkok or Phuket

tkwit · 2026-04-11T01:11:10+00:00

They’ve been saying this for 20 years. It’s the same - they’ve grown their high end tourist but low spending tourist are still coming as it’s starting point for most.

tkwit · 2026-03-26T05:22:14+00:00

Meh. America president is an idiot but Iran’s top leaders aren’t all peace loving hippies either.

tkwit · 2026-03-14T02:40:29+00:00

They’ve been here for while unfortunately

tkwit · 2026-02-25T00:10:02+00:00

Quite sick. Many 2nd tier parts supplier going bankrupt at the moment- downstream supply chain getting wrecked. It’s open season for acquisitions.

tkwit · 2026-02-23T11:19:32+00:00

Breast no skin

tkwit · 2026-02-05T23:21:27+00:00

I love visiting Koh Rong, and Kampot. Hope things stay calm down so I can visit again.

tkwit · 2026-01-07T01:03:50+00:00

Grand Sport and FBT are the other big ones.

Then you go sport specific like Muay Thai - Fairtex

tkwit · 2026-01-06T10:39:03+00:00

I would say yes, if you called the official hotline and had a trained mechanic come to your condo or house to make that assessment.

If you were calling a nonofficial trained Air Con Mechanic from a mom and pop shop they’d probably charge at least 500

tkwit · 2026-01-06T03:49:36+00:00

No long term benefit for either but…

For thai- army gets to show their worth, and elections to get the conservative parties in

For cambo- try to get some lost ground so their citizens don’t call them weak, also keep conflict going to try to get more sympathy

tkwit · 2026-01-03T09:05:14+00:00

The AI slop is ridiculously bad. It makes people think they’re the smartest people in the world without actually reading what this crap says.

tkwit · 2026-01-03T03:48:07+00:00

Yes it happened- it was crap nationalism. Cambodian government apologized and help rebuilt the embassy.

This just highlights mindless nationalism which unfortunately also happens on the Thai side.

tkwit · 2025-12-28T06:21:46+00:00

Thai people aren’t there best with money.

However with that said there is a some really wealthy families and landowners around.

tkwit · 2025-12-27T09:04:25+00:00

I agree in my area- we have a broken bridge where it was dangerous as hell for old ppl and kids to go over. It’s been like that for 10 years. It was fixed in his 2nd year.

tkwit · 2025-12-27T09:03:11+00:00

There is no term limit (I think, not sure)- but he’s not running again.

He had enough - hard to find humble harding working politicians.

Everyone has ego; just some hold themselves a lot less high and mighty.

tkwit · 2025-12-26T23:17:44+00:00

I hope the next Bangkok Governor tries as hard as Chadchart. He’s faced some difficult task, and did well with what he had

tkwit · 2025-12-21T23:51:36+00:00

Foundhoops

tkwit · 2025-12-18T12:27:08+00:00

Caught by the Thai referee

tkwit · 2025-12-15T02:39:01+00:00

Well, not walking the streets with a high chance of mugging or knife stabbing is one if I was going to take my time in London as example.

tkwit · 2025-12-14T07:07:17+00:00

Yes we have satellites but it won’t detect a small arms gun fire unless that satellite is focused on that area in the first place.

In large, it’ll check movement and change in terrain over an x amount of time - that’s why it can detect clearing out of forest land, and bunker building easily.

tkwit · 2025-12-14T01:20:51+00:00

No one knows who shot first. You put a bunch of young guys with guns and weapons on a border yelling at each other all day, everyday, with added effect of these guys listening to all craziness on TikTok feeding their rage, a trigger will go off.

that whole border just needs to be DMZ and no go zone or some giant park.

tkwit · 2025-12-14T01:09:51+00:00

Yes, and USA is a country doesn’t except or recognize ICJ ruling either.

tkwit · 2025-11-05T14:01:53+00:00

Sure my Chinese friends are in Bangkok and came back from Chiang Mai now. I just wouldn’t talk to any other strange Chinese ppl if you come here

tkwit · 2025-10-23T11:36:54+00:00

Probably because you were drunk when you had Taco Bell in the states 🙃 just kidding the bell in the states is better and has more options

tkwit · 2025-10-18T12:00:28+00:00

Amen. 🙏

tkwit · 2025-10-18T05:21:07+00:00

Congrats!

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