kamui Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 ​Great Slogan IMHO website: http://gothaibefree.com Thais Cast a Wide Net for Diverse Tourists BANGKOK — Tolerance, the Thais have learned, is good for business. In recent advertising and marketing campaigns, the government here in “the land of smiles†has actively gone after categories of tourists that for reasons of political sensitivity or outright discrimination are shunned in some neighboring countries. It is the only Asian country, travel industry analysts say, that has a government-sponsored campaign — “Go Thai. Be Free.†— aimed at gay and lesbian travelers. Thailand, which is overwhelmingly Buddhist, is also marketing itself to Muslims as a place where food prepared according to Islamic precepts is readily available and where “halal spas†offer separate facilities for women and men. All the leading shopping malls and the beach resort city of Pattaya have Muslim prayer rooms — a far cry from the widespread anti-Muslim feelings in neighboring Myanmar .... NYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Half of the vdo is shot on Koh Samui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 ...keep that 1/2 / third gender down there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted August 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Half of the vdo is shot on Koh Samui I find the video boring, but I am not the target audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 The ad is a bit puzzling. "Go Thai, be free" is actually what the name of Thailand is: Muang Thai = The Land of the Free (people). An un-initated might think it's an ad-hoc, opportunistic slogan that has come out of the blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted August 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 The ad is a bit puzzling. "Go Thai, be free" is actually what the name of Thailand is: Muang Thai = The Land of the Free (people). An un-initated might think it's an ad-hoc, opportunistic slogan that has come out of the blue. That's me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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