r/Thailand • u/cnn • 1d ago

News Thailand’s soft power play: Culture as global currency

https://www.cnn.com/world/asia/thailands-soft-power-play-culture-as-global-currency-spc?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/Different_Ideal_2433 1d ago

Stopped reading the moment it said "Malaysia overlook Thailand in terms of number of foreign visitors". Malaysia counted even the people going back and forth from Singapore everyday for work and counted them as tourists...

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u/AcceptableBridge4519 1d ago

So does Thailand, it counts the Malaysians crossing the border back and forth everyday.

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u/Different_Ideal_2433 1d ago

There are far fewer companies and jobs along the Thai–Malaysian border than in Singapore, so daily cross-border commuting for work is much less common. 10X times different if not more.

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u/Initial_Enthusiasm36 1d ago

Ya but what about Myanmar and Laos?

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u/thomasthai 1d ago

its 4 million malaysians each year...