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Vast, beautiful, and unvisited
The Tourism Authority of Thailand does not, to my knowledge, have the capability to track exactly how many foreign visitors visit specific locales in Thailand. They can make guestimates in well traveled places like Phuket, Koh Samui, Chiang Mai, Bangkok, etc based on hotel occupancy rates and the number of tourist visits from various countries. That info only reveals the roundabout figure of tourist visits to places that are already touristed.
The fact that there’s no Hyatt or Hilton in Mukdahan or menus in English at streetside stalls in Loei tells you all you need to know about the quantity of foreign tourist visits in each place Such institutions have not sprung up because there’s no demand by foreigners for them because there are hardly any foreigners there.
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January 23rd, 2012 at 11:40 pm
I travelled up overnight on the bus from Pattaya and stayed with a family outside Udon Thani. It was fantastic and I found the people to be warm, friendly and absolutly lovely. I think I was the only farang for miles around and a bit of a novelty. I’d gone with a new found friend from the area who works in Pattaya and think I was ‘shown off’ a bit but it was fun. I will certainly go back.