RE: Thailand reverses legalization of recreational marijuana, and changes absolutely nothing
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I'll tell you where they will be, they'll be exactly where they were 20 years ago and also today.
You see, Thailand is able to be stupid in their decisions because they don't really have any competition. Where else are you going to go? Singapore? Malaysia? Too expensive and a lot of rules. Laos? underdeveloped and no beach, Burma? Do they even have a government? Cambodia has been for sale for decades and is rather lawless and with poor infrastructure outside of Angkor Wat.
Vietnam is probably the only real competition that Thailand has and thus far VN doesn't appear to be very interested in tourism at all. Thailand can continue to make dumb and rash decisions year after year because there is nobody that is going to take their place. I think they would be in serious trouble if Vietnam ever decided to truly go after tourism but I believe that country is much more interested in being an industrial center and if tourism happens, fine. I've never seen an advertisement for Vietnam tourism anywhere in the world. Thailand does promotional pushes constantly
What you're saying makes a lot of sense and I've never thought about it that way. Regardless, it's sad to know they have such a beautiful country and wealth in this regard and threatening it like they do.
You're right, when it comes to tourist ads, Vietnam is nowhere to be found, while Thailand is everywhere.
I still hope they wake up one day and do the right thing but I guess this is just me being naive.