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Garry9999
Bored member Posted 2009-12-29 05:36:14
I still find it hard to say why I don't want anymore foreign visitors here without sounding like a hypocritical snob - I guess I just have to be honest with my feelings and accept that I am indeed a hypocritical snob. Could be worse. I could be French! #27
jaideeguy
Platinum Member Posted 2009-12-29 07:31:08
As a family outing from CM......I've often thought of gathering up wife and kids and taking the train down to LP and looking around, staying overnight, then back to CM on train the next day. let me make it perfectly clear that I am not a tourist, but a 'neighbor' from the north....would I be welcome there?? and could any of you Lampang recluses share ideas on decent places to stay, eat and entertain ourselves?? and are there any motorcycle rental places there.....near bus station??
PM me your 'secret' tips if you don't want the hoards of tourists to know........PROMISE I won't tell. best regards from your northern neighbor..... #28
bendejo
invasive member Posted 2009-12-29 12:33:24
Definitely an opportunity, should you choose to pursue it. But backpackers tend to want a lot for little money, and most of the time you'll probably feel more like a babysitter than innkeeper. On the other hand, something that has come up in recent years is European families planning roll-your-own vacations and making all arrangements via internet before leaving home, and as long as the prices are less than in Europe they'll think they're getting a bargain.
Worst case scenario is the dread-heads will declare your town cool and you'll get hordes of (literally) unwashed trying to live on 20b per day or less. If someone opens a reggae bar then you're done for. However if word gets around that there is a slaughterhouse or something uncool ("Adorable fuzzy slippers made from genuine cat skin! Free factory tour!") there a boycott will be organized and that'll be the end of it. Also a great blackmail incentive: if you don't pay me off I'll go down KSR and hand out flyers saying "Lampang is cool!" 
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