[GeronL]

he said Thai authorities must tell “tourists when the safe times are to be outside, we have to help them understand.”

and people still want to be tourists there?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I haven’t been there in a while so I’m not sure whether things have changed much, but Thailand is one of the world’s premier places to visit.

For real.

[expat1000]

he said Thai authorities must tell “tourists when the safe times are to be outside, we have to help them understand.”

and people still want to be tourists there?

Of course. Just like Europeans still want to vacation in Florida even after all the serious assaults and carjackings that occur from simply making a wrong turn and ending up a bad part of town.

There is nothing remotely resembling those areas here. Nobody knows the facts yet in this case, but 99% of foreigners that get into trouble are drunk, seriously obnoxious, buying drugs, or buying sex on the street.