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It goes both ways... I had similar experiences in Thailand, but I also saw a lot of terrible behaviour from tourists - trashing rooms, causing disturbances lat

It goes both ways... I had similar experiences in Thailand, but I also saw a lot of terrible behaviour from tourists - trashing rooms, causing disturbances late at night, trying to trick/scam or just nickle-and-dime the locals . Thailand seems to attract a particularly hard-partying demographic from Australia, UK and Germany in particular that gives other tourists a bad reputation - who are then treated with a lot of suspicion.

refurb 6y ago
It wasn’t Thailand, but a long time ago I went to Bali and while walking around it dawned on me it was the Australian equivalent of Miami Beach. Those locals put up with a ton of shit from drunk Aussies. But I’m sure they make enough money to put up with it.
- dehrmann 6y ago
  > Australian equivalent of Miami Beach That's the Gold Coast. Maybe it's more like Cancun?
  - muststopmyths 6y ago
    Yes, Cancun was exactly the parallel my mind drew when I was in Bali years ago. Hordes of young, drunk a-holes looking to party on the cheap in a not-too-far-away locale.
bdcravens 6y ago
There does seem to be an attitude, especially among the "lifestyle business" crowd, that SEA exists for Westerners to live like kings, with it borderlining on a masters/servants mentality.
- Scapeghost 6y ago
  That is true as well, particularly when it comes to Western pick-up artists perpetuating the image of "Asian" girls as "easy" and desperate for any White men, who then flock to those places in hopes of scoring what they can't do so easily back home.
hombre_fatal 6y ago
> or just nickle-and-dime the locals Some of the most revolting tourist behavior I've seen is along these lines. Like being at a cenote in Mexico and a tourist with her three kids is livid at the clerk that she has to pay 100 pesos for her family (<$5) yet there's a sign that says the impoverished locals only have to pay 15 pesos (<$1). She wants that price! Arguing with the 16yo kid at the front gate who is nervously looking around for an adult to help. Then she got in an argument with us in line. Some people feel untouchable when they're abroad, and they expect every place in the world to be the same as their little suburb. We need to stop making these people.
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  Those people probably also nickle-and-dime their countrymen when they're not tourists.

refurb 6y ago

It wasn’t Thailand, but a long time ago I went to Bali and while walking around it dawned on me it was the Australian equivalent of Miami Beach. Those locals put up with a ton of shit from drunk Aussies. But I’m sure they make enough money to put up with it.

dehrmann 6y ago
> Australian equivalent of Miami Beach That's the Gold Coast. Maybe it's more like Cancun?
- muststopmyths 6y ago
  Yes, Cancun was exactly the parallel my mind drew when I was in Bali years ago. Hordes of young, drunk a-holes looking to party on the cheap in a not-too-far-away locale.

bdcravens 6y ago

There does seem to be an attitude, especially among the "lifestyle business" crowd, that SEA exists for Westerners to live like kings, with it borderlining on a masters/servants mentality.

Scapeghost 6y ago
That is true as well, particularly when it comes to Western pick-up artists perpetuating the image of "Asian" girls as "easy" and desperate for any White men, who then flock to those places in hopes of scoring what they can't do so easily back home.

hombre_fatal 6y ago

> or just nickle-and-dime the locals Some of the most revolting tourist behavior I've seen is along these lines. Like being at a cenote in Mexico and a tourist with her three kids is livid at the clerk that she has to pay 100 pesos for her family (<$5) yet there's a sign that says the impoverished locals only have to pay 15 pesos (<$1). She wants that price! Arguing with the 16yo kid at the front gate who is nervously looking around for an adult to help. Then she got in an argument with us in line. Some people feel untouchable when they're abroad, and they expect every place in the world to be the same as their little suburb. We need to stop making these people.

082349872349872 6y ago
Those people probably also nickle-and-dime their countrymen when they're not tourists.