Quote:
Originally Posted by thesimp
According to the locals, the tour groups rent cheap long term apartments and squeeze in groups of incoming tourists into them. About 15-20 in a 5rm BTO sized apartment. The tourists are unwilling to spend in restaurants etc, and choose to eat street food at places normally only locals go (eg Chang Puak night market etc).
Went to Chang Puak & Somphet night market and was shocked at the prices they charge the locals too now due to those Chinamen. What used to be a 20-25b phad thai just a few short years now costs 60b-80b (which is extremely bloody expensive in Thai terms).
Now the usual 'tourist spots' like Night Bazzar that used to flourish in the farang era now looks in shambles. A pity.
Advice to bros visiting CM is: Don't speak or sound like Chinese. Either speak Thai or 'posh England'. They will do a 180 and despise you if you look or sound remotely like a China native. MP, etc that accept even Indian bros or angmoh will reject people who look like Chinese natives. My friend tio rejected by a few of the nicer parlours when he went last month because he looked too 'Chinese'.
|
All those places u mention are actually foreigner visiting place now, u can check their 清迈攻略 clearly stated all these "must go" place to check in, so is normal for them to sell Phad Thai for 60 thai lah. Anyway local usually dun go there, or when they speak northern thai they got normal local price.
Now is not just china tourist but also a lot moving to live in CM for their kids education or business etc, even my moo baan new neighbour also a China family just move in, quite a lot of China family in my moo baan now.....
Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia etc which countries dun have China men invasion?? Normal lah nothing to shout about.
