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RE: Thai government seeks to boost budget tourism. Hotel industry moves to block it

in #thailand2 years ago

It's amazing how much places change over time and what an affect tourists or outsiders can have. I used to travel to Jamaica frequently and I saw some towns which at one point were small fishing villages without many tourists turn into hugely popular areas with high rise hotels where as in the past it was small guest houses and tiny boutique hotels. It' also causes these places to become more westernized and lose their character.

Heck even on a smaller scale here in the USA during covid many people relocated to different areas of the country and its been amazing to see how some of these locals have changed or lost part of their culture as a huge percentage of their citizens are now from other areas and the place just doesn't have the same characteristics.

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absolutely correct. There is a place in southern Thailand called Ao Nang that fits the bill exactly like you are saying. This was a gravel road with beach access 20 years ago with a few bungalow operations. These days it is all high-rise hotels with huge prices (relatively speaking for Thailand) and bad traffic. Pollution is becoming a problem and they do not have the infrastructure to deal with it. Also, most of the inhabitants are foreigners.

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