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What are the main reasons people choose to travel to Thailand?
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Nov 1, 2022
4 years ago
Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTERWhat motivates you guys to travel to Thailand?
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The conversation reveals diverse motivations for traveling to Thailand, including the desire for adventure, cultural experiences, affordable living, and social connections, especially in contrast to life in Western countries. Many commenters cite Thailand's friendly people, beautiful beaches, and rich culture as major attractions. Others mention personal relationships and affordable lifestyles as key factors. Additionally, some humorous and lighthearted responses highlight nightlife and the allure of Thai women.
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Terary **********
What happens in Thailand - stays in Thailand.
Jo **********
eggs
Edward *******
Training
Richard *********
Ladyboys........
Toon **********
@Nishant ***********
I was being sarcastic but no judgement from me. Lol.Toon **********
@Richard ********
I'd almost rather have a fit ladyboy that an obese bird from the UK. Might not even know if the lights are off, I heard those surgeries are getting pretty good these days. ๐คฃNishant ************
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Those thai ladyboys literally look like tall beautiful women.Reply to
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Incognia **********
Pussy
Toon **********
Troll post. Another loser who was a simp and had a bad experience.
Andreas **********
10 times better than friggin UK
Brad ******
My wife, daughter and great country.
Rei ***********
Nothing
Adrian *****************
Itโs not the uk
Paul ********
Been here 37 years and looking forward to the next 37! ๐
Chris ****
@Paul *******
good on you Paul.Shimi *********
@Paul *******
You look very young to have another 37 ๐Paul ********
@Shimi ********
I'll die in my sleep at 106 ๐ถReply to
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Winston ********
@Paul *******
Wowwww amazing.Powell *********
@Paul *******
Wโ๏ธReply to
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Leighton ********
Food, Femininity, Cost of Living, Weather, Culture, The Kindness of the People, The Beauty of the Country, The Variety of Vacation Locations (Mountains and Hills vs Beaches and Islands), The Quality of Healthcare for the Price.
Unbeatable
Unbeatable
Oor ********
WHY?
Terary **********
Not being in the US
Jhon *******
my wife ๐๐คฃ๐
Mark *********
Living in Australia
Mark *********
It's shameful and sad
@Roderick ************
Edgar ************
@Mark ********
I feel ya, the nanny state wears you downReply to
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Mazi *****
Pattaya soi 6๐ & ladyboys
Andrew ********
Came for a 4 week holiday 19 years ago. Never left.
Chris *****
@Andrew *******
555 same for most of us ๐ Hope will be forever and never will back on western fridge ๐Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Andrew *******
what? Didn't your visa exemption get expired?Andrew ********
@Nishant ***********
working overseas month on month off.Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Andrew *******
which country?Reply to
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Durrant ********
it turned me into a millionaire
Ennio ********
The millions of bahts
Ennio ********
@Durrant *******
NiceReply to
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Matthew ********
Swimming at Pattaya Beach.
Chris *****
@Matthew *******
swimming in dirty water from all hรดtels around, full or condoms but yes ...we like ๐Reply to
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Gabriel *********
thai hookers
Karim ****
tbh the condominiums, legal weed is also a nice side effect
Chris *****
@Karim ***
and californians weed are coming ๐๐ try orange serbet 38%thc ๐คช๐คช๐คชReply to
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Barry **************
pussy and night life
Chain ******
Everywhere else is shit
Jan *********
My wife, my bike, my friends, the fresh seabreeze, the absence of snow and really low temperatures.
There used to be other things like: cheap speed from the farmacy, hookers and insane parties during my younger days though.
There used to be other things like: cheap speed from the farmacy, hookers and insane parties during my younger days though.
John *******
@Jan ********
glad you put your bike first before the wife ๐ณ๐คฃ I might not ๐ณ๐คฃ my bike not ask for money and never nags me or lets me down ๐Jan *********
@John ******
My wife is gold.She comes before the bike.
Even some friends does, but the average of them are after bike.
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Chris *****
Everything exept thai people ultra racistes...
Beach food Sun and cheap.
Beach food Sun and cheap.
Mark ***********
@Chris ****
would much rather be around silent racists, than joyless grouches and grumps, who do not even recognize humor, when they see it.Reply to
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Scott *********
My wife died and I was so full of grief. I was backsliding into a darkness that I needed to escape from... I came to Thailand. Best decision I ever made. โค๏ธ Thailand ๐น๐ญ
John ***********
The biggest squirt gun fight in the world! What else!
Clarissa *****
The weather, Thai people are nice. My boyfriends grandma so much ๐
Jeff *******
I live and work here. I was aiming for China and missed.
Kinda glad now, not keen on where Xi is taking China.
Kinda glad now, not keen on where Xi is taking China.
Mark ***********
The quality of life. Leaving behind the bitter, humorless and disenfranchised masses.
Robert **************
Pussy and beers
Neil ********
90% of single guys in TH are just here to bang hookers, esp all these fat loser incels from the West. Let's just be honest, TH tourism wld go to hell if they ever shut down the sex industry.
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Luciano ***********
Sharing one beer with 5 mates
Neil ********
@Luciano **********
better than sharing one LB with five matesReply to
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Jason ********
The birds
Brooke ******
Everything except the bad drivers
Sid *******
Noodles
Erik ********
Everything
Ahasan **************
Spa
Kisma ******
Sunny days, warm nights, great food, women who still like men, the super polite policemen, and not being regulated or controlled up the wahzoo for my own good by ignorant "Karens" in High-Vis.
Bonnie *********
@Kisma *****
womenlike menwhoarenโt jerks, something you might want to learn.Reply to
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Rob *************
The people, food and culture. Haters the pollution. Anyone been to a place with less pollution? Koh Samui was great but something is always burning.
Demetrios *********
The Culture ๐ฅ
Klaus ***********
Itโs a bad habit for me like smoking.
Lutfi *******
The smile of the strugglers
Jw ********
Nothing and so much worse than expected. Rather be in my home country.
Bonnie *********
@Jw *******
then go.Bonnie *********
@Jw *******
thank you for that, you may be failing.Jw ********
@Bonnie ********
one at a timeReply to
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Andreas **********
every thing you can't get back home pity some guys don't respect whats on there arm !!! couldn't even pull in a bingo hall in uk but come here and treat girls like a dog ffs
Denzil *********
To see my girlfriend
Robert ********
The tall trees.
Siddhartha *********
Ok you will get answer in riddle as yours:- would be the same thing that would demotivate you to go Thailand !!! 555
Ross *******
The culture , its people and way of life. My home๐
Charles *********
Sun,
fayre.
lie in's
fayre.
lie in's
Dada ****
Unfortunately many comes here for the wrong reasons.๐ฅฒ
Ryan *********
Flo *****
Pornhub
Stuey ******
Had this conversation many times and all the comments are True. But itโs the Freedom , Thatโs a big one
Steve ************
great food , economical , beautiful, and tons of sexy women who are not uptight like American women, they are not feminist, they are women.....
Vaughn ****
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cheap massages, ****
great food, nightlife, beautiful beaches, unlimited amount of women, affordable housing, etc.Jack **********
The scent of sewer
Greg *********
Ladies
Droid *********
No vax mandate
Tim *********
Definitely the delicious Tom Kom. The Thai food.
Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Tim ********
what is it?Reply to
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Claire **********
Ya mum
Lulu ***
Mango
Duncan *******
Beer Chang.
Nigel *********
Data harvesting, a bit like you.
Steven ******
Motivating is about getting off your arse and going to work.
Stephenie **********
Temples and beaches
Victor ***********
My wife.
Kerry ***********
Cute tight Asian asses
Ampicha **************
Girls, sex and alcohol what else?
Bill ********
I live here. ๐๐ However my first trip here in 2001 Thailand felt like home and over the next 16 years I made multiple trips before deciding to retire here. People, food, culture, wildlife, but it all comes back to the people!! โค๏ธโค๏ธ
Peter ********
Golf, courses are unbelievable
Harolletta **********
Trade
Brad **********
Less Australians to deal with
Jacqui *********
Yoga detox and all night parties
Ethel ********
Ping pong ball show
Jo **********
people and the friendly playful ambiance they create. there lay back nature
Stephen *******
Nightlife
Bill ********
My wife and the stress free life. Love it there
Ricky ******
7 11
Christopher *******
Better food, nicer people, better environment to raise my kids. Lower cost of living means my wife, kids and I can afford to do more fun things.
Also I was treated like a second class citizen in Canada for well over a year and my coworkers wished my unborn baby would die as I was getting fired from 3 of my jobs.
Getting treated like subhuman vermin by people who said they'd have your back is a strong motivator.
Also I was treated like a second class citizen in Canada for well over a year and my coworkers wished my unborn baby would die as I was getting fired from 3 of my jobs.
Getting treated like subhuman vermin by people who said they'd have your back is a strong motivator.
Christopher *******
@Nishant ***********
neither do I to be honest lol pretty gross if you ask me. But with that being said the culture here is a lot less degenerate than it is in Canada.In Canada they out up billboards with women in bondage gear in front of elementary school playgrounds.
Doing that in Thailand would land one in prison.
The big difference I noticed as well is that Thai people really like children and make a fuss of them while in Canada people sort of see kids as pests
Christopher *******
@Nishant ***********
they are much nicer than Canadians.Canadians are police, Thai people are friendly.
I usually have my kids with me when I go out though and I am here with my wife so I am not seen as a sex tourist.
Nishant ************
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i think thai people don't like sex tourists.Reply to
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@Nishant ***********
I came here exempt, did a boarder run, and am now on a tourist visa. Will be switching to education visa after I extend this oneNishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Christopher ******
So how's your experience with the thai locals so far?Reply to
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Christopher *******
Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Christopher ******
so you're there on a tourist visa or visa exemption?Reply to
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Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Christopher ******
Since, how many years you're living there in Thailand as an expat?Reply to
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Harry *********
An affordable bachelor lifestyle ๏ฟผ that could lead to a pleasant trap
Muhammad **************
Pattaya...
Alvin ******
Ping pong ๐ and darts ๐ฏ
Ahmad *******
Beautifull beaches of the world and am very crazy about beach
Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Ahmad ******
what documents do they ask to apply for a tourist visa?Reply to
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Mark ********
I wanted a different type of holiday fed up with Spain,Greece etc.wanted to meet a nice Thai woman which I achieved.the people are lovely just like thailand itself
Edna *******
@Mark *******
good for you. I met the Thai man of my dreams. Weโve been engaged three years now, will marry in America in the spring and come home to Thailand when ever we can.Mark ********
@Edna ******
lovely your perfect partner can be anywhere in the world just takes time to find itReply to
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Joe ********
Wife n baby Thai culture n cheap beer ๐บ
Paddy *********
Been going for a couple of decades
Discovered it late after regular Bali trips.
I would consider living there half the year when retired.
Love everything.
The culture the food the sense of humour beaches massages weather shopping etc
Discovered it late after regular Bali trips.
I would consider living there half the year when retired.
Love everything.
The culture the food the sense of humour beaches massages weather shopping etc
Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Paddy ********
how many times do you go there in a year and for how many days/weeks?Paddy *********
@Nishant ***********
well not at all during covid!Before that x 3 per years
A month or 2 weeks per visit
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Mike ********
Sex sells!!!
Sri ***
Beaches, temples, culture, life is good at day and night, beautiful country, plenty os islands, tropical beaches
Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Sri **
how many times you've been there for how many days?Sri ***
@Nishant ***********
few times Phukhet, bangkok, plannimg or Koh Samui which is beautifulReply to
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Luffy ******
Pattaya
Jp *******
The temples and culture
Ken ****************
@Garrett **********
love beast burger ๐๐ฅฐJ.B. ******
@Garrett **********
mmmmmnnnnnnnnโฆ..Reply to
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Derek ***********
Twang
Matt *******
Affordable cost of living
Willem *************
Food, friendly people and ofcourse my lovely wife.
Johnstone *******
To get ripped right off ๐๐๐๐
Johnstone *******
Board of Amsterdam ffs
Juan ********
Eh , the soup?
Hans ******
Less rules, weather, living space, easy simple life (country side) It's not for everybody. Many get in problems.
John *********
No1 the weather
Cory **********
Everything is cheap, everyone is kind, and my beautiful sweet wife. Never can see myself moving back to the USA.
David ********
@Cory *********
not even for donuts ? ๐๐ปHans ******
@Cory *********
meanwhile forget the "cheap"Bonnie *********
@Hans *****
Compared to your home country?Reply to
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Jean-francois *******
The good life , you have to go to fully understand
Denis *****
My family
David ********
Got a 75k income/pension to spend yearly ๐โโ๏ธ
Bo ************
The weather
Barry ***********
Facebook is full of these dumb questions about all sorts of crap.
George *********
La dolce vita
Ben *****
I honestly didn't want to come but some of my friends convinced me to go with them. Flash forward 6 years, I now live in Thailand and will get married next month.
David ********
@Ben ****
ladyboy ?Ben *****
@David *******
lol no, Thailand does have regular women too.David ********
@Ben ****
Iโm joking ๐๐ปReply to
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Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTER@Ben ****
Where are you from?Ben *****
@Nishant ***********
I was born in Korea but I'm a US citizen.Reply to
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Frank **********
Bobs and vagene
Ivan ************
@Frank *********
maybe no vagene ๐Reply to
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Luc ************
My lovely wife
Krs *******
Sunburn
Larry *********
What a dumb question.
ะะปะธะฒะตั *********
The temples
Victor *******
Ladyboys in Pattaya
Sam ********
I wanted an adventure
Chris **********
Ladyboys
Hamish **********
@Chris *********
ainโt gonna suck itself.Matt *********
@Hamish *********
chris loves a reach around bless him..keeps saying take me next time...i darent..il be guarding my ass..lolChris **********
@Matt ********
you love it m8 ๐Matt *********
@Chris *********
oh i say...im not used to this rudeness...im in shock.. ๐๐Reply to
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Matt *********
@Chris *********
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Dani ******
JCVD movie "Kickboxer" I watched as a kid
Gary *********
Value for money, great beaches, food, people. What else would you want.
Gary *********
@Steve *****
what ever floats ya boat Steve !!Steve ******
@Gary ********
LadyboysReply to
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Hamish **********
Warrants and Babyโs mamma.
Brian ********
I was fed up going to Europe and holidaying with British people so back in the late 80s I went to Thailand and havenโt been back to Spain or the other places that British flock to
Dan *******
@Brian *******
we coming for ya with our whinging about the weather!Reply to
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Oliver ************************
If you come from a place of no hope you will know why we travellled
Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTERKofi Kwarteng-Bentil Where are you from?
Oliver ************************
@Nishant ***********
do you have any offer for me?Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTERKofi Kwarteng-Bentil What offer?
Oliver ************************
@Nishant ***********
just askingNishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTERKofi Kwarteng-Bentil Were you in the USA before?
Oliver ************************
@Nishant ***********
yes I wasNishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTERKofi Kwarteng-Bentil When?
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Oliver ************************
@Nishant ***********
GhanaiNishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTERKofi Kwarteng-Bentil do you still live in Ghana?
Oliver ************************
Nishant Sarangi hat I have my Thailand visa for 60 days but I donโt have plane ticket so Iโm still in Ghana. Visa expires in January 23
Nishant ************
ORIGINAL POSTERKofi Kwarteng-Bentil Have you made it to Thailand yet?
Oliver ************************
@Nishant ***********
will be there soonReply to
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