>>2811309
>why is a very inexpensive Asia mega city that is English friendly popular?

also
>using Agoda as a metric
lol

>>2811309
Why not? I would rate Bangkok far above Tokyo especially for repeated visits. The temples etc. in Japan are nice but you can see them once and that's it. Thailand is just more fun, low cost, has delicious food everywhere, tropical climate, etc...

As for 2025 specifically, Thailand is one of the few places that Russians can visit, so I'm sure the numbers are higher because of that.

Sure there's also the degenerates but I don't think that the fat sexpats constitute more than like 1% of tourists going to Thailand - it's just a fun place to visit.

>>2811309
easy to be there, cheap, safe, warm. exotic enough to be different.

Thailand has the best ladyboys in the world.

>>2811309
All me by the way.

Affordable
World class beaches
Economy is very reliant on tourism so tourist infrastructure and hospitality industry are very advanced for a developing country.
Also great food, temples, nature etc beyond just beaches.
And lets not beat around the bush, its the centre of sex tourism so there is something for everyone.

>>2811327
>Why not?
Bangkok is hell on earth. I've travelled throughout Asia, including Japanese summer - and Bangkok in January was intolerable. Its a concrete jungle, they need to learn from Singapore and KL and plant some fucking trees

>>2811351
Lose weight fatty

>>2811373
Anon it gets over 20 regularly, I'm not fat I'm just from a first world country. Go back to texas or whatever cowboy you don't travel

>>2811375
>Over 20
>Hot
You're fat. Lose weight.

>>2811375
>claims to be “first world”
>thinks anywhere besides America is first world

>>2811373
>state that i have no trouble in any of these other tropical and humid countries
>durr you must be fat
Retard

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>>2811351
>they need to learn from Singapore and KL and plant some fucking trees
When was the last time you were there?

>>2811309
Why is Agoda so good in Thailand?
That's the better question. Everywhere else in the world, bookings are charged all sorts of taxes and fees. In Thailand, Agoda bookings are significantly cheaper than walk-in rates. Most property staff will tell you to book online, save money.

>>2811351
January, heh heh, that's cool season.
Thais love and revere their ancient shade trees. Around Bangkok, sadly, the trees were all cut down for greed. In the outlying provinces, they still remain. The provinces within daytrip distance of Bangkok are the shittiest in Thailand, I'd argue.
>>2811394
America is much more sparingly developed. It's 99% private property, meaning you are stuck walking on the roadsides instead of on walking paths.

>>2811309
As >>2811315 noted, it's cheap and English-friendly. But also marketing; Thailand invested heavily in being tourist-friendly with lots of hotels at all price points and lots of varied attractions (beaches, mountains, jungle, fishing, hookers, temples, easy day trips to other countries). They also used to cater to the retiree crowd for people (mostly men) who aren't rich and need someplace cheap to live out their last years. Oh, and Thailand is big on LGBTQ+ shit so they get that crowd and the weirdos who want to pretend that ladyboys aren't gay.

>>2811327
>As for 2025 specifically, Thailand is one of the few places that Russians can visit, so I'm sure the numbers are higher because of that.
LOL. In 2025, 90% of Russians can't afford to buy food much less go on international vacations.

>>2811351
>Bangkok ... Its a concrete jungle
Then fucking take a bus to anywhere else. Thailand is a jungle country. You can hop on a bus for five hours for something like US$8 and end up in whatever scenery you want.

>250 baht ATM fee and most places take cash
>max 20k out, no you can't get more
>ATM's give you cash first instead of card, everyone loses a card eventually there
>Only get 1000 baht notes, yet many will refuse to take them, have to walk to a 7/11 and change it
>min 200 purchase at many stores so fuck you for wanting to buy 170 worth
>it's not that cheap compared to Japan or Taiwan but absolutely filthy like the rest of SEA
>cities horrible to walk around in the day
>rainy season in Bangers and there's entire suburbs flooded because of all the trash, you haven't lived until you've seen a knee deep river full of garbage coming towards you
>fussy and expensive disease ridden hos
>women aren't even good looking
>terrible air quality
>cops will demand a bribe from you for simply being white on a rental scooter, despite having a full moto license and IDP, plus wearing helmet. You literally have to argue with them for 15 mins before they give up and let you go. Every fucking roadblock. Meanwhile locals fly past with no helmets and 3 kids on the back.

OP is on point. It's overrated and value wise not that good. It's an easy baby's first seamonkey journey and the obvious sex tourism/repressed fags destination. If THB went down 30% then sure, it would be approaching decent destination territory, until then, nah.

You can get just as cheap food and accommodation in Taipei with clean streets and air, plus far more English proficiency. So what's the real reason you are going to Bangers again?

>>2811546
>posts a park
Now post a street
>>2811757
...We're talking about Bangkok? Obviously I would have specified if I had the same criticism of the whole country? I love visiting Thailand, just not the capital because its a heat trap. Were you drunk when you responded to me? How fucking low is your IQ?

>>2811757
>LOL. In 2025, 90% of Russians can't afford to buy food much less go on international vacations.
you haven't been to Thailand in the last couple of years, lmao

>>2811796
I can't help but read this any other way other than a poorfag or extreme coomer typed this slop. What the hell are you going to need 20k bhat out for?
I'm not a huge fan of Thailand but at the same time I understand you book your airbnb, 600 USD worth of bhat goes a stupid long way. Sure it's not as cheap as a hole in the wall can be in Taiwan or Japan, but it's on par or lower in the other regards like food and booze.

>>2811821
>What the hell are you going to need 20k bhat out for?
Because I spend half the year in the country. Even on DTV you can't get a local bank account.
Also I'm a poorfag wut? I go through 20k in a few weeks on food and entertainment, and no that's not spend on cooming.
Easily smoking 5k worth of joints weekly.

>>2811836
>not satisfied with my own response
A reasonably decent dinner in a Bangkok sushi place or steakhouse for two plus some drinks can easily hit 2k, and that's a weeknight.
>>2811817
Based knower. Especially in certain places, it's draft dodger central, not that there's anything wrong with that.

>>2811836
> I go through 20k in a few weeks on food and entertainment,
>Easily smoking 5k worth of joints weekly.
20k is like a month and some change but if you're a fat stoner it makes way more sense.

>>2811327
Anon, Chinese visited Thailand the most, second is Malaysian.

>>2811309
I can answer for a few places. Bangkok has modern infrastructure, cheap AF and very good food, Thai people are one of the best, mall culture.

For Pattaya right now, it's even more a shithole because of low tier pajeet shitters. Visa free for Indians is a mistake.

For Pai. Awesome weather, pretty laid back. One negative is the jews. So many fucking jews.

Lastly Hua Hin. One of the best beaches, good hike and places to explore. Overall good vibe there if you wanna relax at the beach without pajeet shitters.

>>2811309
Because 90% of western men live isolated, pathetic lives where they go to work, come home, and eat frozen pizza in front of the TV while they fart into the seat cushion. There’s no sex, no social life, no female attention whatsoever. It’s just an oblivion of isolation.

That’s the reason. It’s not muh beaches or food. It’s a story of immense desperation.

>>2811821
>nobody could possibly dislike thailand!!!
get over it dude it's mid at best

>>2811796
Bangkok syndrome, the new Paris syndrome
Thai ATMs give out 500 and 100 baht bills, but you have to order them by keying in the correct withdrawal amount.
I'm not retarded, so I've never lost any item in my wallet. There are two cards in my wallet when I travel; if one is absent, it's very fucking noticeable. People handle cash in public all the time in Thailand, stop being a chickenshit and acting guilty at the ATM. Being a Schwab Chad, I get all ATM fees refunded.

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>>2811892
>Being a Schwab Chad,
I'm sure they don't get that $7.50 usd back in other ways anon and you can just keep withdrawing to your hearts content.
We had this in Australia too and then everyone going to Thailand opened accounts with them solely to travel and avoid ATM fees.
They predictably stopped it about 3 years later.
Imagine thinking there's some free lunch here.
Thai banks charge the highest foreign ATM fees on the planet, your bank appealing to burgercoomers and then doing a rugpull while keeping customers is all but guaranteed.

>>2811928
I got a wise debit card in anticipation of a trip to Thailand that I realistically won’t be making for a year or more

>>2811931
Bro, wise is great for exchange rates but don't fucking get money out at an ATM ever with it, only use it as a debit card.
3% fee after $300 per month. Adds up very quickly.

>>2811546
>When was the last time you were there?
>posts CGI architectural rendering

Bangkok >>> Osaka > Bali > Tokyo > Seoul

>>2811947
I withdraw $1000 at a time. I’m cool with it. Sometimes I don’t want to fill out a western union slip

>>2811836
>I go through 20k in a few weeks on food and entertainment,
>>2811837
>A reasonably decent dinner in a Bangkok sushi place or steakhouse for two plus some drinks can easily hit 2k, and that's a weeknight.
Dollars or baht?

>>2812079
Never tried western union, you can go into a some bank branches and withdraw over 20k without a fee and it's considered like a regular debit card purchase but many try to get you to piss off
Are you really paying 1000 baht to British banking jews every time you withdraw for the lols? Wise as an atm card is a shitty deal, so many people don't realise it either. Other than that they're great for international stuff.
>>2812107
>neet acting rich on the interwebs
Even in the Michelin fine dining places in Bangkok it's basically impossible to rack up a 60k bill for two. Sorn has 3 stars and their 15 course dinner is under 10k.
Cote does nine courses for 8k

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>>2811975
>muh cgi

>>2811796
>It's an easy baby's first seamonkey journey
People who say this usually end up getting robbed in Vietnam or Myanmar because they wanted the "real" SEA experience.

>>2812137
Is that anon lying, it definitely looks like a CGI mockup.
At best it's very heavily photoshopped

>>2812140
>Vietnam or Myanmar
You don't know shit about the region do you?

>>2811851
>but if you're a fat stoner
>if

>>2811309
>ttrweekly
Tight Thai Ruins Weekly?

>>2811855
>Thai people are one of the best, mall culture.
Horrendous Freudian slip

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>>2811855
>Hua Hin
>one of the best beaches

>>2812137
I was here and all of that shit is dried up and yellow

>>2811859
Anon, can you not read? The post is directed towards the complete sideways accounting by the other anon. Kinda makes sense given anons 5k/wk on weed. That's an opinion disgarded moment

>>2811928
>Australia
An irrelevant backwater full of gas-huffing abbos. Of course you bogans are not going to get the privileges and VIP treatment accorded to a client of the world's top investment banking firms, with $10.8 trillion USD worth of assets under management.
>>2812338
That assclown can go to rural Thailand on the train and get an entire fucking jar of weed for 5000 baht. Rip the bong and get 100x higher than smoking a stupid joint.

>>2811796
>in Taipei with clean streets and air, plus far more English proficiency.
You've got to be fucking joking. I lived in Taiwan for a decade. Yes, the trash gets swept up daily by an army of workers, but the air pollution in Taipei is fucking grim, and English proficiency is nonexistent.

I remember trying to buy lunch at the KFC in Taipei 101 -- landmark skyscraper, tourists all over the fucking place, U.S.-based restaurant chain -- and the girls at the counter were so terrified of maybe having to talk to me in English that they were arguing over who had to do it. Like, I can just point at the fucking menu if you can't understand me. . . .

>>2812109
>Even in the Michelin fine dining places in Bangkok it's basically impossible to rack up a 60k bill for two.
So you're talking baht. Thanks for being a dick about clarifying it.

It's easy to run up a US$2,000 restaurant tab; all it takes is a couple of bottles of champagne and being with an old Asian hag who's a fiend for foie gras.

>>2812403
>air pollution in Taipei is fucking grim
Compared to Thailand? Which has cities that are the worst on Earth for 3 months a year?
>English proficiency is nonexistent
Compared to Thailand? Absolutely wrong and easily proven.
I think you're in the wrong century grandpa
>the girls at the counter were so terrified of maybe having to talk to me in English
You're confusing East Asian turboautism with proficiency. English is a mandatory course for 6 years in high school dumbass

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>>2812404
If this isn't a larp, which I'm 99% sure it is, you reek of new money and clearly don't do fine dining. Why pretend like you have a clue here?
Again, Sorn, 3 star Michelin restaurant, considered one of the best in the entire city of 20 million people is charging you nowhere near that amount.
Want to dig your hold any further faggot?

>>2811309
it's always been. my problem is the corruption isnt an advantage for foreigners it's a fucking curse that can ruin your life

>>2812424
>dig your hold
>outing myself as phoneposting retard
embarassing

>>2811892
>Being a Schwab Chad, I get all ATM fees refunded
do not keep any nontrivial amount of money in checking/savings accounts. schwab gives 0.45% apy, an hysa gives 4-5% apy
if you won't move your non-immediately liquid cash out to an hysa, buy swvxx, snsxx, etc with it instead

>>2812297
It is because how many beaches are there in Thailand ? Eastern beaches are overrated.

>>2812109
Nope, I don’t want to stand in a bank with Thai people

>>2812152
Feel free to go to Myanmar right now. It will be funny.

>>2812762
Went to prison with a lot of Burmese. Probably got free accommodation there if I asked.
What's your point again?

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>>2812762
I'm unironically thinking of doing so.
>>2812748
Once I had to wait half an hour in a bank lobby to change my 1000 baht bills into 100 baht bills. It was air-conditioned and I was sweaty from a long walk, so I didn't mind.
>>2812673
I give Schwab a few thousand to play with. They ensure that I can access it anywhere in the world with zero fees. It's a win-win. My CD earns 3.5% APY, but I want to have enough spare cash laying around to buy a minivan in the unlikely event that I wish to resume life on the road in America.

>>2812778
>Went to prison with a lot of Burmese.

>>2812996
>I'm unironically thinking of doing so.

Might want to get your story straight, internet tough guy.

>>2812322
>I was here and all of that shit is dried up and yellow
Yeah? What's the place called?

>>2812996
>schwab CD 3.5%
Um sweaty, my vanguard cash plus account (free to withdraw at any time with zero fees) gets 3.65%

>>2811309
Cheap
Unique culture
Safe
Sex tourism
Top tropical beaches
The infraestructure isn't as bad as Philippines/Laos/Vietnam
It's close to China, Singapore, and a bunch of other major air routes

>>2811551
Their HQ is in bangkok. So i imagine they're tightly integrated in the thai tourism ecosystem

>>2811309
Bangkok is one of the few cities in the world where you can just wander outside in the evening without a plan, and have a great time choosing your own adventure basically every time.

Transport is easy, there is tons to do, tons of friendly interesting people, food of every price quality and origin.

>>2815024
Where do you wander? Which stations or sois?

>>2815025
Look up a hostel map then go anywhere within 20 minute walk of clusters of hostels.

>>2815027
Nice strategy

>>2815024
I really enjoyed Pattaya back in the old days. It was a hell of a lot of fun. I don't even mean the go-go bars, one night I just walked around and heard some music and went in to a bar and sat down, and listened to a bunch of Thais covering various boomer songs while having a beer. It was a pleasant evening.

>>2811309
old rich fat people travel alot since they know they don't have much time left so they get all the prostitutes they can get their hands on including the extra young ones and Bangkok cops are much easier to bribe while the phillipines is more strict about it

>>2815038
I experienced the exact same thing in Chiang Mai last spring
Thailand is really good for these kind of vibes

>>2815024
I don't believe you have been in Bangkok for more than a total of 2 weeks.
You can eat, drink and shop, That's it.

>>2815024
I don’t know why, but the last time I went I couldn’t tolerate being perpetually alone. I felt way to self consciously in the past I didn’t care but that time it really caused me a lot of psychological distress

>>2813908
The CD is with a local bank, not with Schwab. It contains about a third of my funds.
Vanguard CMA:
>does not offer physical checks
>does not offer ATM access
Useless for travel.
>>2815021
Agoda HQ is in Singapore. They're currently owned by Booking Holdings, which also owns Booking.com (headquartered in Amsterdam).
>>2815024
What are you talking about? You can wander around literally anywhere in the world, including places with beautiful nature and topography close to thriving market districts. Only problem with hiking before dinner is dehydration. I usually stop by my room to chug a bunch of water before heading out for a meal. Chugging water after eating a spicy greasy meal is a bad idea...
>>2815312
It's pretty hard to get people to look at you in Bangkok. I have to dress in a button-down and march ramrod straight down the sidewalk with an arrogant sneer on my face just to get the most indifferent glances from passersby in the city. Otherwise they completely ignore me.

Where the fuck is the Thai general?

>>2815409
Deleted by a mod because you only talk about sex.