Thailand under MARTIAL LAW

**niky** · April 23rd, 2010 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by Monseratto

Listening to Mike Enriquez's program in DZBB. He was discussing why the Philippines is not benefitting from Thailand's woes. The corruption excuse doesn't stand since Thailand has the same problem. Also even when offered with the Philippine option to a imperilled Thai Holiday, many tourist would rather cancel the trip than go here. He guess the percieved negative local character and poor infrastructure are a problem. Just compare NAIA Terminal 1 where all international carriers still land and Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Airport. Also the "tourist" destinations in Manila, pati ako mahihiya...

*sigh*... it's an injustice. Only PAL (and not even the other local carriers... WTF) gets to use the nicer terminal. Everyone else is packed into the sh*tty old building... which is a big disincentive to come here...

As is the poor condition of the Metro... traffic... corruption... etcetera...

**Monseratto** · April 23rd, 2010 03:42 PM

But there is hope for the Philippines...

Tourist arrivals in Thailand continued to decline in 2009, leaving the industry on track for an extremely poor performance on a full-year basis. Figures released by the Office of Tourism Development (OTD) show that tourist arrivals fell by 11.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first three quarters of the year to 9.89million, down from 11.2million in the same period in 2008.

If you build it, they will come.

Almost four million tourists, lured by better infrastructure, a liberalized airline industry and improved facilities, flocked to the Philippines in 2009. Only half of that number came in the whole 2001.

**chua_riwap** · May 19th, 2010 12:29 PM

Nasa CNN Breaking news. May crackdown na sa Bangkok....kagulo na.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-fi...k-protest-site

**tidus1203** · May 19th, 2010 12:34 PM

Unfortunately maskin magsialisan mga business dyan RP is probably still last in the list of places to transfer!

**Monseratto** · May 19th, 2010 12:55 PM

Limang araw na yung crackdown. It's only isolated in one place in Bangkok.

**nitrox** · May 19th, 2010 03:34 PM

Just heard from the news that Thai troops were given shoot-on-sight orders for those inciting unrest. Not a good time to be a tourist in Bangkok.

**Monseratto** · May 19th, 2010 04:09 PM

Tapos na yung laban...But they'll be back.

Thai protest leaders surrender, call end to sit-in

BANGKOK – Five leaders of Thailand's Red Shirt protesters have surrendered to authorities after a deadly army assault on their fortified encampment.

They have been led away by police in central Bangkok. An army spokesman has described them as "terrorist leaders."

However, grenades exploded nearby as the Red Shirts announced their decision. Two soldiers and a journalist were injured.

The leaders told followers they are ending their sit-in to prevent more deaths.

An army assault on their heavily barricaded protest encampment in central Bangkok killed at two protesters and an Italian photographer.

Shortly after the surrender news, angry protesters tried to set fire to a shopping mall. They drove away journalists who tried to film them.

**mrpink** · May 20th, 2010 09:21 AM

sad .. i was stationed in bangkok for almost a year .. many fond memories of that place .. especially nung binata pa ako ..

**badkuk** · May 20th, 2014 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by niky

*sigh*... it's an injustice. Only PAL (and not even the other local carriers... WTF) gets to use the nicer terminal. Everyone else is packed into the sh*tty old building... which is a big disincentive to come here...

...and yet they still manage to lose money, while the other carrier stuck in the dubiously constructed NAIA-3 is making money.

Our airports definitely need upgrades, but to say that Thailand's airport is better...most probably yes, but it also has a tendency to be hijacked and squatted upon by protesters. Dito sa atin madedelay or macancel flight mo, doon, baka di ka na makauwi :D

afaik, several Thai companies have already put up companies here: cement, agriculture, etc. Business just can't go on as usual with political instability. In Thailand's recent history, there'd been longer times of strife than peace. Dito sa atin, people don't care so corruption just goes on. So...yay for us?

Re martial law: hmm, di ata nagkakalayo yung appearance natin with Thais. If you wear the wrong colored shirt on the wrong day...

And, the very fact that the police/military can just pick anyone off the streets, no habeas corpus, no trial, that would make me nervous. The PH doesn't have a monopoly of bad cops/soldiers.