Phuket is HELL ! The truth Thailand doesn't want you to know

Your playbook for doing business in Asia : https://statrys.com/youtube?v=N0BMDU3R_dM Open a business account: https://statrys.com/getstarted?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_video&utm_campaign=youtube_description&utm_content=N0BMDU3R_dM 0:00 Intro 1:27 The community problem 3:56 The island is full 6:13 The people who stay 9:48 The crackdown 11:32 The bet 12:53 What's next for Phuket Thai people are calling their own island a version of hell, and they're saying it every week on social media. Phuket was built for a population of around 400,000. It now handles 13 million visitors a year, on top of nearly a million residents and workers already living there. The pipes can't keep up, the water gets shut off at night in Patong, and the island is sitting on close to 2 million tonnes of rubbish nobody can move. Entire neighborhoods have turned into closed loops where a Russian family, a Chinese tour group or a French expat can spend years there without their money ever touching a Thai owned business. That's the part the arrival numbers hide. In this video I explain how a Covid recovery plan turned into an accidental population crisis, why Thailand just blacklisted 169,000 foreigners and shut down a popular visa loophole, and why Vietnam might end up the real winner of Thailand's new immigration crackdown. #Phuket #Overtourism #Thailand