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QUOTE (guruwise @ Oct 2 2010, 12:52 AM) *
How many resorts of 5 star standard are owned by Thais and how many are owned by Jek Thais??? Please enlighten me??? Thai middle class?? Whats the average wage for thai middle class? Yep about 10 and if lucky 15000 baht per month. Oh yeah about one night in a top notch hotel. An Australian bricklayer earns this money in 2 days. I dont want to even speculate how much Jek building bosses pay their poor Thai Burmese bricklayers.

ไม่ว่าเจ้าของจะเป็นคนเชื้อชาติใหนก็ตาม แต่เงินที่มาลงทุนก็ทำให้เกิดการกระจายรายได้ ไปยังคนอื่นๆ คนไทยก็มีงานทำ มีรายได้หมุนเวียนไป บางทีก็เผื่อแผ่ไปยังแรงงานลาวด้วย หัดคิดในมุมกว้างบ้าง อย่ามองอะไรแคบๆ ประเทศลาวก็ทำได้ ทำไมสิงคโปร์เล็กกว่าลาว ทำไมจึงรวยได้ ลาวก็ทำได้ ประเทศเล็กๆน่าจะบริหารไม่ยากนัก
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QUOTE (THONG @ Aug 29 2011, 07:39 AM) *
ไม่ว่าเจ้าของจะเป็นคนเชื้อชาติใหนก็ตาม แต่เงินที่มาลงทุนก็ทำให้เกิดการกระจายรายได้ ไปยังคนอื่นๆ คนไทยก็มีงานทำ มีรายได้หมุนเวียนไป บางทีก็เผื่อแผ่ไปยังแรงงานลาวด้วย หัดคิดในมุมกว้างบ้าง อย่ามองอะไรแคบๆ ประเทศลาวก็ทำได้ ทำไมสิงคโปร์เล็กกว่าลาว ทำไมจึงรวยได้ ลาวก็ทำได้ ประเทศเล็กๆน่าจะบริหารไม่ยากนัก


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15 trips for animal lovers
Wash elephants or rehabilitate lions. Vacations don't need to be all about the suntan

By Casey Hall 1 August, 2011



Riding on elephants is cool, but helping them live well is cooler. That's the thought behind the rise of what's known as voluntourism.

Here are 15 ways animal lovers can contribute to the welfare of their furry, feathered and finned friends all over the world.


1. Wash elephants in Thailand





The Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai province of Northern Thailand was established in the 1990s to provide a sanctuary and rescue center for elephants. You can make a difference to the lives of these basts by becoming an Elephant Nature Park volunteer.

There is a variety of programs to choose from, with the most popular running for between seven and 28 days, allowing participants to get involved in the day-to-day life of the park: feeding and bathing the animals, learning about elephant communication and family groups and experiencing the secret life of the pachyderms in their natural environment.

Price: US$400 per week (including on-site accommodation and meals).

Elephant Nature Park; +66(0) 53 818754; www.elephantnaturepark.org




2. Research koalas in Australia
3. Fund-raising horse treks in Turkey
4. Release Przewalski horses in Mongolia
5. Spread turtle awareness in Malaysia
6. Live with orangutans in Indonesian Borneo
7. Play with pandas in China
8. Study tigers in India
9. Feed sloths in Costa Rica
10. Save the Tasmanian devil
11. Mingle with llama and vicuna in Peru
12. Volunteer with lemurs in Madagascar
13. Conserve sea turtles in Greece
14. Rehabilitate lions in Zimbabwe
15. Save sharks in South Africa


Read more: 15 trips for animal lovers #2 | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/ani...1#ixzz1WZMiqYvW


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Market value – six of the world’s best markets





When we started pulling together our picks for the world’s best markets, an issue immediately cropped up: should we go for flea markets? Clothes markets? Antiques markets or food markets? In the end we just hedged our bets and – very much in the market spirit of things – went for a little bit of everything!



Kadıköy Market, Istanbul



A world away from the elegance and calm of the designer stores of Teşvikiye and Nişantaşı, this teeming market offers shopping as sightseeing – a veritable feast for the senses. The main market on the Asian side of the city, it runs along the streets around Mahmut Baba Sokağı, selling clothes, antiques, food and spices – and many other goods besides.



El Rastro, Madrid



A colorful street market in one of the city’s oldest working-class neighborhoods, El Rastro has been going for well over 100 years. While it’s best known for its flea market – the most famous in Spain – there are also dozens of stalls selling new clothes, furniture and antiques.

Dropping away from the square, Calle Carlos Arniches marks the beginning of the flea market proper. Among the bric-à-brac are watches, cameras, rugs, hats, oil lamps and record players. The lock vendor and his dog are a regular fixture.



Pak Khlong Market, Bangkok



The onslaught of sights, sounds, and smells at Bangkok’s biggest flower, vegetable, and fruit market can threaten to cause sensory overload. Throughout the night, boats laden with jasmine, lotus, and carnations unload their cargo, and at dawn the colorful displays of blooms and tropical fruits are at their best.



Monastiraki Flea Market, Athens



Small, seedy Plateia Avissynias comes alive on Sunday mornings with the arrival of Athens’ biggest and most colorful flea market. And it’s here you’ll find everything you didn’t know you needed: pink cut-glass Turkish liqueur sets, 100-year-old phones, beautiful carved-wood desks, and piles of fantastic kitsch and junk. Just don’t forget to bring your haggling skills!



Marché aux Puces de St-Ouen, Paris



Every Saturday to Monday the largest antiques market in the world comes alive. There are actually 13 markets here: the oldest, Marché Vernaison, is the most charming; Marché Malik sells vintage clothing; others offer furniture, jewelry, paintings and assorted knickknacks



St Lawrence Market, Toronto



St Lawrence Market isn’t, in the strictest sense of the word, a market, but rather a sprawling shopping district. Considered by gastronomes around the globe as one of the world’s best markets, South Market offers a huge selection of meat, fish, cheese, and produce.

The outdoor stalls collect around the North Market. Here, vendors pushing food samples, as well as handcrafted gifts and buskers add to the dynamic atmosphere; frequent special events and festivals liven things up even more.



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7 world markets to see before you buy
Flowery, freaky, fishy, flea-y, floaty, frenzied and festive -- the world's best markets are as much about sensory overload as they are about finding a bargain

By Jordan Rane 9 May, 2011



What? A best-markets-of-the-world lineup without Marrakesh, Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar and Cairo’s Khan el-Khalili in the mix? But you already know about those, and anyway we just mentioned them.

If you’re still searching for that elusive knockoff, that priceless US$20 trinket, that vintage earthenware goblet -- above all, that authentic bazaar experience -- you can bet your top and bottom dollar you’ll score big at one of the following, one-of-a-kind markets around the world.



1. FLEA
Rose Bowl Flea Market: Los Angeles



2. FLOATING
Tha Kha Floating Market: Ratchaburi, Thailand



Somehow a boat ride makes everything OK, even a crazy, chaotic trip to the shops.

Every beige-pants-wearing Southeast Asian traveler and their posse of touts flock to the far better known Damnoen Saduak Floating Market.

A more authentic option: hiding out with your Canon at this far less touristed aqua-bazaar just ten kilometers away -- where the same colorful chaos of flat boats captained by tough-as-nails Thai women awaits, with rather fewer Rough Guide-reading riffraff.

Best buys: Go ahead and score that ripe mangosteen or choice bunch of Malacca grapes. The prime takeaway experience is a hired boat ride along the canals -- and an overnight in one of several homestays in the area.

Know B4 u go: Consult the heavens before you arrive. The market is only open six days a month (6 a.m.-noon) in accordance with the Thai lunar calendar.

10 kilometers from Damnoen Saduak market, your best bet is to hire a taxi. Open 6 a.m.-noon weekends only.




3. FISH
Tsukiji Central Fish Market: Tokyo

4. FRENZIED
Chandni Chowk: Delhi

5. FLOWER
Aalsmeer Flower Auction: Aalsmeer, The Netherlands

6. FESTIVE
San Pedro Telmo Antiques Fair: Buenos Aires

7. FREAKISH
Sonora Witchcraft Market: Mexico City


Read more: 7 world markets to see before you buy | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/shop/7-w...9#ixzz1WwwHr5hJ
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BKK climbs in global ranking


Published: 9/08/2011 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: Business



Suvarnabhumi Airport has moved into the world's 10 busiest airports in terms of international passengers, underscoring its importance as a global hub.



The gateway airport, code-named BKK, was 10th in the 2010 global ranking by Airports Council International (ACI), putting it in the same league as world leaders such as London, Paris, Hong Kong and Dubai.

A total of 31.41 million international passengers went through Suvarnabhumi last year, up 9% from the previous year's record, or just 750,000 below Tokyo Narita, which held the No. 9 position.

Meanwhile, Phuket Airport ranked eighth in the world's 25 fastest-growing airports last year in the category of those with at least 5 million passengers a year, due to a 26.5% rise in passenger throughput in 2010 to touch 7.31 million.

The ranking of Suvarnabhumi by ACI should put to rest doubts and debates over whether it is a key part of the global air transport network, industry analysts said.

Montreal-based ACI monitors air traffic at 1,318 airports in 157 countries.

Suvarnabhumi was not one of the world's 10 busiest airports in total passenger throughput (domestic and international), nor was its closest rival, Singapore.

Listed in that category were, in order: Atlanta, Beijing, Chicago, London, Tokyo Haneda, Los Angeles, Paris, Dallas/Forth Worth, Frankfurt and Denver.After an 18.95% jump in international passenger traffic in the first half of this year to reach 18.79 million, and with a continued increase in the second, Suvarnabhumi has the potential to move up in the 2011 ACI ranking for international throughput.

ACI said there was a strong rebound in traffic through the world's airports in 2010 from the two-year industry slump. Global passenger traffic rose 6.6%, topping one billion for the first time. Cargo volume hit a record 91 million tonnes with 15.3% growth.

Worldwide airport passenger numbers rose in all six regions surveyed. The Middle East (+12%), Asia-Pacific (+11.3%), Africa (+9.5%) and Latin America-Caribbean (+13.2%) showed high growth, while Europe and North America grew more robustly than before.

Worldwide domestic traffic increased 5.8%, and international traffic rose 7.7%. Aircraft movements rose 1.1% to 74 million.

Some 69% of airports worldwide registered positive passenger growth at an average of 8.6%, while 30% of airports lost traffic at an average of -4.1%.


From : http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/aviati...-global-ranking
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TAXI! Hotels.com Reveals Best Cities to Hail a Taxi
London, Las Vegas and New York earn top destinations to snag a taxi ride.


DALLAS, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Las Vegas taxis have been again voted the best taxis in the United States, according to the annual taxi report compiled by hotels.com®, the leading provider of lodging worldwide. Almost 5,000* travelers from 23 countries around the world provided their views on various aspects of traveling by taxi. The cabs were judged on seven categories - cleanliness, value, quality of driving, knowledge of the area, friendliness, safety, and availability.

Las Vegas Sin City ranked number one as the best taxi destination in the U.S. to hail a taxi beating other top U.S. destinations including Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco. Las Vegas taxis were top rated in four of the seven categories surveyed including the cleanest taxis and the best quality of driving along with best value and friendliest drivers, each of which received 16 percent of the vote.

New York Home of the famous yellow taxi and The Discovery Channel's "The Cash Cab," New York cabbies were rated as the most knowledgeable (30 percent) and most available (37 percent) drivers in the nation. However, survey results highlighted that travelers voted those cabs as some of the worst in the nation in the other categories surveyed. Travelers found that New York taxi drivers lacked friendliness, quality driving, and the city's cabs provided the least value and lacked cleanliness. New York taxis were overwhelmingly rated the least friendly with 42 percent of the votes and the worst drivers with 44 percent of the votes.

International London's iconic black cabs were rated the best (and most expensive) in the world for the fourth year running. London was placed top in five out of the seven categories including safety, friendliness, cleanliness, quality of driving and knowledge of the area. London's taxis beat competition from other top international destinations including New York (favorite among nine percent of travelers) and Hong Kong (third with seven percent of the vote). Tokyo and Singapore completed the global top five receiving 7% and 6% of the vote respectively, displacing the German city of Berlin and capital of Thailand, Bangkok from last year's top five.


The world's best taxis:
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Rank City %
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1 London 28%
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2 New York 9%
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3 Hong Kong 7%
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4 Tokyo 7%
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5 Singapore 6%
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6 Bangkok 6%
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7 Berlin 4%
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8 Helsinki 4%
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9 Dublin 4%
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10 Madrid 4%
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Thailand voted fourth best world destination


By The Nation
Published on September 12, 2011



Thailand has been ranked the fourth best world destination in a survey conducted by the renowned Conde Nast Traveler magazine while Six Senses Hideaway Samui has been voted Best in the World, winning the number one spot in the Readers' Travel Awards Top 100.

A luxury hotel on the island of Samui, the Six Senses Hideaway Samui was awarded the top spot in the Best Overseas Hotel (Asia & India Subcontinent) and the Top 100 Best in the World categories, in the 2008 survey by the prestigious Conde Nast Traveler magazine.
The magazine summarised the winner's remarkable qualities by saying: "Every one of you (readers) who has stayed there raved about its sophisticated ambience/decor (93.75), environmental friendliness (97.50), lovely location (97) and extensive leisure facilities (96.25)."

In addition, two of Thailand's islands were picked in the top 15 Island category, while the country is also home to five of the best hotels in Asia & India Subcontinent category. The awards were announced on September 1, 2008.

Meanwhile, even though Thailand as a destination does not make the top spot on the Country category, it is a comfortable fourth in the overall ranking. Achieving a score of 91.39, Thailand is ranked only after New Zealand (95.11), India (94.11) and Italy (91.44). In the Island category, the Thai island of Samui (Koh Samui) comes fifth, while Phuket island ranks in the 13th place. Thailand is the only country in this category to have two locations rated in the top 15.

And despite being voted fourth in the Country category, the proverbial "land of smiles" still maintains its charms as a truly unique destination with deep-rooted cultures, traditions and charming heritage. The country achieves a "heartfelt" score of 97.68 for the people/hospitality category this year, again reaffirming the warm and welcoming quality of the Thai people. In its online version, Conde Nast Traveler concludes that Thailand is where visitors are "guaranteed" to meet "the world's warmest welcome."

Conde Nast Traveler Reader's Travel Awards Top 100 are determined by votes from the magazine's readers, compiled among all categories into the ultimate "best of the best" Top 100 list. The categories include countries, islands, cities, hotels, resorts, destination spas, cruise lines, airlines, airports, tour operators, and villa-rental companies. Being named the best of the Top 100 is an achievement for any hotel or destination.


From : http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/09/12...n-30165060.html


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