Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Do your shopping early, clerks may have their minds on other things this evening

Thailand vs Australia
FIFA World Cup Qualification AFC Final Group Stage Today
Rajamangala Stadium

"... both teams will wear black armbands as a sign of respect ..."

Broadcast live on 

Loi Krathong Nov 14, 2016 'muted'
Early in the evening, while crowds were still small, pamphlets were passed out to arriving visitors.  The pamphlet describing the event was printed both in Thai and English



Having experienced these festivals many time before, this one was a bit of a disappointment.  Something was missing.  Of course when I was ready to leave I had to spend some time moving motorcycles in order to get mine out of the 'pile.'


International arrival screening intensified

exit fee on top of an exit fee

Erratic driver

Zero-dollar tour crackdown slows down Thai tourism
On Monday the bureau said that based on figures provided by the Association of Thai Travel Agents, tourism-related revenue should rise by only ...
 Tourism:  Statistics of this blog readership have been fairly aligned with Thailand tourism.  Top two readership on this blog used to be USA and UK  
Brits have a financial situation that does not seem to get better anytime soon. 
 US is experiencing economic uncertainty, readership is maintaining third place
In recent weeks Italian readership has been in first place, while readership within Thailand has been gaining second position.  Noticeably is South Korean interest in the area.  It's been climbing out of nowhere to forth an the reader list. There was a temporary Chinese interest, it dissipated.
    Sakon Nakhon

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