Thailand 2022: Tourism authority re-targets single male travellers

[DJ Pat]

Thailand 2022:

The TAT has admitted that past tourism drives to attract families to its resorts has seriously backfired, leaving some areas with large numbers of unemployed females and feral young male gangs. Pattaya in particular has seen huge rises in crime as authorities struggle to contain the number of young unemployed male gangs, which is continuing to rise at catastrophic rates.

The additional now-established influx of East European, Indian and Mainland Chinese families has also contributed to the huge rise in unemployment among young females. The knock on effect has seen many cities in the North East experience massive unemployment.

Five years ago the re-elected Taksin Shinawatra brought in the controversial visa clearance system, which barred single male travellers without educational credentials and assured employment back home from entering the Kingdom. This saw huge clearances or reductions of beer bar and red light areas around the main cities of Thailand. In most places large shopping malls were erected on their sites.

Many tourists from the USA, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand have simply stayed away, and Cambodia in particular has seen huge increases in tourist numbers.

Backpacker numbers have also dipped slightly, but immigration officials have recognised that many arrive as couples and would not use red light areas. Gap year students were excluded as it will be assumed they will be attending university upon return home, and Thai authorities realised this.

Many assumed the Thai Government would begin to put a welfare system in place to aid these unemployed but this has so far come to no more than the occasional announcements coming to nothing.

A tourism official, who wanted to remain anonymous for fear of government reprisal, said:

''It's not as if we were against these types of tourists, it's just that many upper echelons of Thai society were fed up of Thailand being labelled the sex capital of Asia, not thinking it would affect tourist income and numbers. It didn't, but we assumed the tourists we were targeting would simply replace them at the bars. We didn't bank on these tourists arriving as couples or families, despite our drive to attract them, we just thought a better class of single male would visit.

The huge unemployment amongst our female population was a bit unexpected and we just assumed these women would instead open somtam stalls, but as you know, you can only have so many stalls'' In Pattaya alone there over 700,000 somtam stalls, as many as twenty five on a 100 metre stretch of road.

Many expats were also affected, with the controversial monthly visas replacing retirement visas. Many left Thailand for Cambodia and Vietnam, but expats employed officialy were exempt, provided they showed proof of educational credentials.

The fresh tourism drive will see younger travellers targeted in the western press, in publications such as FHM and GQ, as well as sports magazines. Red faced immigration officials have been told they will be re-trained and in the meantime replaced by officials who have completed intensive courses in spoken english.

It is hoped this will inject money back into the club scene which has seen large numbers of clubs close down in Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket.

Now, I know this is fiction, but there is a mild possibility of it, isn't there?

[Eugene Tackleberry]

Single males without a degree cant come to Thailand?

Thats me fukced then.

You can shove your degrees and education up your fukcing ringpeice.

Also the baht is too strong.

And beer, hotels and flange is too expensive.

And theres loads of falang tosspots there.

And here.

[AUSSIE EXPAT]

The country is a rubbish tip, the people are lazy, they need your money so they can remain in hammockville, the beaches for the most part are ordinary, corruption is rife, no one gives a continental about anything but it was nice to go out and be bullshitted to about how handsome you were.....once.

I'll miss the place but its use by date is approaching unless some attitudes change.

[DJ Pat]

^That's what prompted me to write that, they are really fickle to the knock on effect of thinking that every type of foreigner, regardless of nationality or marital status wants to shag their women, but like you say, the use by date is fast approaching, modern technology such as internet, mobile phones and iPads should have been forbidden in Thailand.

That way, it'd have stayed as it was in the 80s and 90s. The day Thaksin got in was the death bell for tourism as everyone knew it: Brothels, birds and booze and endless nights of debauchery.

Technology made them greedy.

[CaptainNemo]

The country is a rubbish tip, the people are lazy, they need your money so they can remain in hammockville, the beaches for the most part are ordinary, corruption is rife, no one gives a continental about anything but it was nice to go out and be bullshitted to about how handsome you were.....once.

I'll miss the place but its use by date is approaching unless some attitudes change.

Which country are we talking about here?

[beerlaodrinker]

The huge unemployment amongst our female population was a bit unexpected and we just assumed these women would instead open somtam stalls, but as you know, you can only have so many stalls'' In Pattaya alone there over 700,000 somtam stalls, as many as twenty five on a 100 metre stretch of road.

Strewth
so they have just realised that there biggest money spinner is selling pussy to horny farangs, who would then pass on the bucks for the girls to eat somtam 24/7
Sounds like TAT have had a reality check

[DJ Pat]

^Exactly

[nidhogg]

Now, I know this is fiction, but there is a mild possibility of it, isn't there?

Nope. Because the policy makers do not give a flying fuck about the "lower class" Thais, and are busy investing in high end hotels and spas.

Get over it Pat, the policy making Thais are sick to the back teeth of sex tourists and even if it bankrupts the country, they will continue with policies to reduce the night life scene here.

[DJ Pat]

they will continue with policies to reduce the night life scene here.

Which is quite shit anyway, even in 2012. Over-zealous security, overpriced drinks, boring girls and farang pricks.

So who cares anyway.

[Camel Toe]

We didn't bank on these tourists arriving as couples or families, despite our drive to attract them, we just thought a better class of single male would visit.

Gotta love this. The classic Thai disconnect. Better class=low libido. Maybe they meant better class to mean: No drinking, no smoking, no sex, no harsh words. Are they expecting Mormons, Mennonites and Quakers?

[DJ Pat]

Are they expecting Mormons, Mennonites and Quakers?

Yeah, much like themselves

[Ancient Future]

We didn't bank on these tourists arriving as couples or families, despite our drive to attract them, we just thought a better class of single male would visit.

Gotta love this. The classic Thai disconnect. Better class=low libido. Maybe they meant better class to mean: No drinking, no smoking, no sex, no harsh words. Are they expecting Mormons, Mennonites and Quakers?

Have seen Mormons doing their rounds in Khon Kaen & Udon Thani

[nidhogg]

We didn't bank on these tourists arriving as couples or families, despite our drive to attract them, we just thought a better class of single male would visit.

Gotta love this. The classic Thai disconnect.

...you do get the point that the OP is just crap DJPat has made up don't you?

[Camel Toe]

Now, I know this is fiction, but there is a mild possibility of it, isn't there?

...you do get the point that the OP is just crap DJPat has made up don't you?

Yes but it can't be far off the mark.

So what kind of tourist would you think would be ideal to the ToT?

No sex .. what would happen to all those girls?
No drinking .. what would happen to all those pubs and titty bars (given most of them are owned by government officials).

Would Western families who come for a week and buy Pepsi and chips at the 7 grease the tourist wheel?

Would jet ski rentals do the trick?

How about elephant treks?

Jeez, whenever Thailand comes up in some film's dialogue it's always in reference to gays, hookers, drugs or underage exploitation. If those remarks were foreign to movie audiences they wouldn't be used.

Thailand authorities no doubt know about this. Whether or not a subordinate would bring it up at a ToT conference along with a cure is doubtful. Likely the big dogs are in denial or have conflicts of interest.

Lost cause.

[Bobcock]

(given most of them are owned by government officials).

What percentage you think? or do you have a link?

[good2bhappy]

R U a prophet ?

[Butterfly]

the sex scene gets old, and there is actually real competition now in Europe for better sex tourism,

Romania, Russia, Latvia and Slovakia is where European sex players go to, better girls with better attitude and stunning beauty

no need to travel to third world countries anymore, with expensive air fare and unstable currency, Europe has it all and better.

Even asian men are importing those European beauties, they are getting tired of their local tarts.

Who isn't

[Camel Toe]

^^ ^^^

No, just an opinion. We are allowed to project thoughts without a link, right?

Logical no? I mean I lived in the Third World for 30 years. Tell me who can get away with business' operating on the edge of illegality, some Somchai without clout? Moot issue really. When were you in a pup where you saw a sign over the entrance that read: Welcome from the management, Rachetkorn Tomasekatt, semi retired district magistrate.

I worked in two music halls in Surat. Six owners, all judges and high-ranking officials in one and four excops in another. Pretty usual stuff wouldn't you say?

[DJ Pat]

2024: Yet another military coup in Thailand, Thaksin kicked out again.