Thread: Sansern: PM wants crackdown on zero-dollar tour operations

Originally Posted by BKKBanger

Better to get rid of them and right-size the industry to profitable sectors.

Such as targetting the inhabitants of Bhutan perhaps; a country with a population of about 750,000 and an average wage of a 1USD per day.

Government has big plans for Bhutan tourism | Bangkok Post: news

Recently, Thailand and Bhutan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on tourism including tax exemptions for Thai tourists but no progress has been made, exactly the kind of tourism initiative the Thais would also be quite good at if they just focused on making money out of their well heeled foreign guests.

Originally Posted by BKKBanger

Recently, Thailand and Bhutan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on tourism including tax exemptions for Thai tourists but no progress has been made, exactly the kind of tourism initiative the Thais would also be quite good at if they just focused on making money out of their well heeled foreign guests.

Oh sure - that's what a once lovely and traditional culture as Bhutan needs is an influx of incursion from the less than developed West.

They should've kept the entries/arrivals very limited, years ago, when the opportunity arose.

Many still don't get it nor ever will.