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This is very good news. Full moon parties are not the stuff of legend, but rather the lowest point of party tourism in Thailand. Although I think that, give it 5 years, something similar will pop-up somewhere in SEA.
I agree. Unfortunately, equivalents already exist in many places: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan... with Vietnam well on the way.
This is very good news. Full moon parties are not the stuff of legend, but rather the lowest point of party tourism in Thailand. Although I think that, give it 5 years, something similar will pop-up somewhere in SEA.
Maybe. Maybe not. Love Parade died out too with no replacement
I've been living on Koh Phangan since March. AMA
What have all the Western Scuba instructors been up to during the pandemic?
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In theory yes, although you probably want to declare yourself as tourist in many countries, unless you want to have some fun with local authorities.
.. until they find out you've been working without a visa, which (while unlikely) will result in even more "fun". (I do side-eye people who refer to westerners working illegally in the non-west as "digital nomads" while referring to non-westerners doing the same in the west as "illegals")
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I agree. Unfortunately, equivalents already exist in many places: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan... with Vietnam well on the way.
In the Philippines, Boracay used to be a party destination but the govt banned parties last year.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/07/vang-vieng-lao...
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After years of being against all of those visa-runners and digital nomads of all kinds I am a bit skeptical of Thai goverment actually wanting long-stay tourists.
Unpopular opinion: If you're a "digital nomad", you're not a tourist. You're working.
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After years of being against all of those visa-runners and digital nomads of all kinds I am a bit skeptical of Thai goverment actually wanting long-stay tourists.
"Long" here is a 90-day visa renewable twice, so max 270 days. So no, they definitely don't want people to migrate permanently.
'Inland' renewability is a big deal if you technically have to 14d quarantine whenever entering the country.
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After years of being against all of those visa-runners and digital nomads of all kinds I am a bit skeptical of Thai goverment actually wanting long-stay tourists.
Unpopular opinion: If you're a "digital nomad", you're not a tourist. You're working.
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In theory yes, although you probably want to declare yourself as tourist in many countries, unless you want to have some fun with local authorities.
.. until they find out you've been working without a visa, which (while unlikely) will result in even more "fun". (I do side-eye people who refer to westerners working illegally in the non-west as "digital nomads" while referring to non-westerners doing the same in the west as "illegals")
I've been living on Koh Phangan since March. AMA