@Steven ********

This is more accurate

@Anthony *******

Tour company’s as will totally take over with their all inclusive resorts and direct flights using budget airlines from one of the three corvid free countries those countries are again Japan, Korea and China. Koreans and Japanese could be just the honeymooners or elderly. “Corvid free China” customers will be China government owned airlines with the majority of the customers coming over using social credits doing the tour bus routes with little spending money.

This model of tourism has been tried and failed in other neighboring countries.

I suspect the people who are thinking and making these policies has seen Crazy Rich Asians one too many times.

Pattaya nightlife and backpackers have put lots of cash in peoples pockets and kept the economy’s moving.

When the tourism goes it’s difficult to come back if at all 🤷‍♂️

@Anthony *******

I read in a article that China will be considered in one of the tourism bubbles. The article further stated that the future is “High end tourism from China, Japan and Korea”

The definition of “High End “ could mean just the bus tourism companies kind of guided tourism where the money the tourist spends is very controlled or it quite possible the people in charge went on a watching Crazy Rich Asians binge and just want that kind of

market that’s a very small percentage.

Before the pandemic the manufacturing sector was already hit hard by the high Baht. Government officials from various industry’s encouraging laid off workers to get into the tourism industry now this talk of “High end” tourism sounds fancy and pretty but the trickle down effect of the tourism market will be gone. For example taxis can no longer charge 200 Baht for a 2 block ride for tourist, bars, restaurants, vendors, hotels will just start going bankrupt. When there is no work the social problems will start then crime will go up and people just won’t visit. The projected tourism arrivals was going to be 40 million tourist before the corvid. This year will be lucky to see 1 million ?

Considering there is really no social programs to fall back on the big number will be the unemployment and what to do with the unemployed people ?

@Tod ********

Yes correct you are. Just was sharing my personal nightmare of the medical extension. Actually all other visas have been easy to get if following the directions on the paperwork but the medical department was problematic. When the officer started proudly stating that she ( I think it was a she ) had deported people in comas it’s not reassuring while trying to take care of co workers hangovers. My personal health issue was from the results of a traffic accident in Thailand that I was not at fault.

Thailand is or was promoting itself as a medical tourism destination if this being the case then why are is a immigration official totally disregarding what the medical Dr’s treatment is? From all hospitals This kind of attitude almost could be justified if people on medical extensions were a burden on society meaning that the Thai taxpayers are paying for the foreigners medical expenses ? What we all getting extensions have in common is that we all were paying for our own medical care on the double pricing system. If anything contributes to the society.

Yes it can on paper be extended 90 days but the practice is totally different.

@Dean ********

@Dean ********

I’m doing better now. At the time it was tough. As far as the letter goes I would focus on the physical aspects of the benefits of needing to continue on with the same Dr. as for the psychology I would recommend just to keep it simple. I too lost half of my right leg it’s a was a adjustment period which is normal psychologically speaking along with the physical. Just keep the letter straight forward and written in both English and Thai languages. That’s what I found worked for me personally.

Good Luck and let us all know.

@Tod ********

the hospital can write a suggestion letter. Ultimately it’s up to the immigration officers vast medical knowledge and personal opinion weather or not a extension is warranted. I have was in a almost identical situation. Let’s just say that the officer was NOT very compassionate, lacked medical skills and was not a believer in the concept of mental health. Visas at that time could only be extended 3 times again regardless of what the Dr. letter stated. A real power trip this Dr was on constantly reminding us that it was up to her, that the problem is really not that bad and that we were actually somehow burdening the system. As we were being told this another immigration officer had a medical emergency hangover that had to be dealt with. It was just was too much. I did complain to the hospital about this problem and the hospitals again can only suggest not guarantee anything. I went back for another extension because the first time my 90 day extension was only granted for 2 weeks. Upon going back the same medical immigration officer wasn’t happy that I complained to the hospital told me with pride that she had deported people that were in comas in the past 😳

my original 90 day letter from my medical Dr got turned into a 2 week then a 30 days and then 60 days. The 60 days was only after a very long drawn out process at the hospital where we just complained to everyone who was anyone at the hospital.

Thailand’s hospital’s promote themselves as a medical tourism but immigration laws are just not their to support industry.

That was just my personal experience in almost a exact similar situation where the operation was performed in Thailand.

Good luck and I hope your experience is better than mine was.

Andy Mitchell Cambodia is asking a $3000 deposit from all tourists on arrival with proof of a $50,000 insurance policy 🤷‍♂️