Private hospitals up to 300 percent too expensive
A study by the Ministry of Commerce found that in Thailand, 295 out of 353 private hospitals charge extortionate prices for their treatments. The remaining 58 hospitals have not yet submitted figures. Prices are 30 to 300 percent higher than they should be.
Hua Hin city officials will meet with beach restaurant operators next Wednesday to persuade them to lower the outrageous prices for food and beach chair rentals.
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The village seems deserted. Lonely streets, no movement, even the ubiquitous dogs do not show themselves. The fields around are empty, no people at work, just a few buffaloes wagging lazily in the shade of a lone tree.
There is a lot of fuss about the high prices of food and drink at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports, earlier this week Transport Secretary Pailin visited Don Mueang airport to check prices himself.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has called for an investigation into food and drink prices at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports after complaints from passengers about high bills.
Airline tickets via travel agency or comparison site more expensive due to airline surcharges
KLM flight tickets that you buy through a travel agency or comparison site will become more expensive in the coming year. There will be a surcharge of 11 euros for a one-way ticket or 22 euros for a return ticket. KLM announced this at the presentation of the quarterly figures, the AD writes.
I am busy collecting information for implants and crowns, but after a quotation at Dental World Pattaya, the prices are still disappointing! An implant + a crown come to 40.000 to 55.000 Baht! That comes to around 1.250 euros. No additional costs are included yet.
I wondered how much a plane ticket cost throughout the history of modern tourism since the 50s from Europe (more specifically Belgium and the Netherlands) to Thailand.
Thailand is getting expensive
You sometimes hear people complain about the fact that Thailand has become so expensive. Whether this is true I do not know, it seems to me that it strongly depends on your lifestyle. However, I would like to add a small piece of evidence for the rise in prices.
I haven't been to Koh Samui in about 15 years. Now I have heard that it has become terribly expensive there. I would like to go to Chaweng Beach. Can someone give me more information about this, such as the prices of the drinks in bars and the food in the restaurants.
You all have it that you feel a bit uncomfortable in certain situations. We currently have that (a bit) when buying pineapple. How could you possibly be uncomfortable with that, you're probably wondering? I'll explain.
Airline tickets have, on average, become cheaper in recent years. Nevertheless, flying from the Netherlands and Belgium is relatively expensive. In a study by Kiwi.com into the prices of airline tickets in eighty countries, the Netherlands and Belgium score so badly that they are at the bottom of the ranking. According to Kiwi, you have to be in Malaysia for the cheapest airline tickets.
Is there an agency that monitors drug prices? The following occurs for a particular drug that I bought for 60 tablets the same brand and number of price paid until now bht 3.750. I pay this morning at the largest pharmacy in Pattaya, don't be alarmed, more than 5.000 bht. I bought another medicine for 300 bht and here 800 bht the last medicine was from a different brand, but still.
Why is beer in the supermarket in Thailand so expensive? Pay over 700 baht for 24 cans or bottles of Chang or Leo doesn't matter much. Only Arcade is 100 baht cheaper, but people prefer not to drink that. In the Netherlands well under 10 euros for comparable beer.
'Good heavens Thailand has become expensive!'
A friend of mine is currently on vacation in Thailand for two weeks. The last time he visited the 'Land of Smiles' was about two years ago. What strikes him most is that Thailand has become very expensive in his eyes: “I am more and more often at the ATM”.
I am now in Belgium with my wife. I heard through her that the Thai government will soon increase the taxes on alcoholic beverages in such a way that, for example, a bottle of Leo (66cl) in the store would go from 55 to 108 baht in one fell swoop. I had a hard time believing this. But afterwards I saw an article and it turns out that this is indeed the case.
Reader Submission: I'm fed up with Thailand!
Rene and Claudia have taken stock and without wanting to short-change the beautiful sides of Thailand, they have decided to say goodbye to Thailand.