Chinese invasion in Bangkok’s Airports

What a load of old rubbish.

What do you want next, whites only drinking fountains and blacks sitting at the back of a bus?

A tourist is a tourist, regardless of where they're from or much else, all having equal rights to queue up in whatever order they get to the desks.

Nothing to do with race, it was not meant this way at all!
why would an older person (over 60)  arriving from a longer flight has to wait so long? while usually Chinese groups arrive in a 5 hours direct flights?

lets put it this way: since the separate counters for a certain nationality would cause such an impression, then i suggest separate counters for arrivals who are over 60 years old.
i hope you understand what i mean with this.  it was not meant to be colors or races at all.

Every airport I've ever been to makes special effort to assist passengers who are unable to follow the queues for whatever medical reason.

Why do you feel you should be given priority because of your race?

In 2014, 4.6 million Chinese visitors travelled to Thailand. In 2015, Chinese tourists numbered 7.9 million or 27 percent of all international tourist arrivals, 29.8 million; 8.75 million Chinese tourists visited Thailand in 2016

had nothing to do with race Mr. Fred, and it is a real shame you insist on trying to put it this way.
30% of the arrivals are from one country, with shorter flight time. it would be more logic to have there own counters, since they arrive in big groups,, making it easier to control officers as well as to passengers, whether they are black or white or whatever color.

jotto1983 wrote:

In 2014, 4.6 million Chinese visitors travelled to Thailand. In 2015, Chinese tourists numbered 7.9 million or 27 percent of all international tourist arrivals, 29.8 million; 8.75 million Chinese tourists visited Thailand in 2016

Excellent news.
I'm very happy Thailand is doing so well.

jotto1983 wrote:

had nothing to do with race Mr. Fred, and it is a real shame you insist on trying to put it this way..

Chinese invasion in Bangkok’s Airports

jotto1983 wrote:

Chinese tourists have been arriving in huge groups into Thailand, and the Chinese tourism has been ..........
For western tourists or other nationalities entering Thailand

I'm glad you cleared that up.

Chinese Tourists are in many countries and lots of them due to their spending power. Whether they are flying shorter time has no difference in queue at immigration. Everyone has to queue, regardless of flight time or age.

Other Asians flying even shorter time also wait in queue at immigration. Many countries are welcoming the Chinese from China including Europe.

If you go to Dubai, you see many Indians, Sri Lankans, Filipinos, Pakistani at immigration so do they need to give way to South East Asians or Far East Countries Nationality to go first as they fly a longer distance?

Everyone queue is fair for all and if you arrive at a time where many flights land at the same time is just too bad.

China is a huge country and it's right next door.
It's like going to Tijuana and asking why are there so many Americans.
Instead of expecting the Thai authorities to follow your suggestions here, you may find more success in adjusting your own behavior, such as flying into a less heavily visited airport than Bangkok's, which is one of the busiest in the world.

"What do you want next, whites only drinking fountains and blacks sitting at the back of a bus?"

by the way Mr. Fred, i am a not a white man myself

u r right, i totally agree that every one has to stand in the queue,

But: my suggestion was intended to make it easier firstly to Chinese tourists and to the officers and other tourists arriving, it wasn't meant from a racist point of view, but from an organizing point of view which makes it easier for everybody.
having to live in Dubai for more than two years already, they have a counter for GCC nationals, and another for VIP, which is not really a vip, but a card u could pay in the immigration and get it for a year if u fly a lot. of course as worker  i never bought the card since due to labor law i was only allowed to fly once or twice a year maximum, for my annual leave, and i am a young man myself. (and its not expensive)
in Egypt for example, Sharm el sheikh and Hurgada airports have a separate counter for Russian speakers, since Russians are (used to be) more than 50% of the tourists, not to mention that most of them do not speak any other language, so in order to facilitate the service, a few Russian speaker officials are there on them counters instead of having to jump around the whole airport when a Russian or an Ukrainian needs assistance.

but honestly i find it fascinating  how negative most of the comments are, its like people r waiting to attack u if have any new idea or suggestion,, without thinking of its its impact, like what happens in the third world, makes me feel sad.
and im not talking about u. on the contrary ur comment was positive and had big  sense of equality in it.
regards

There is customarily a line for Thai nationals, and a separate line for everyone else. I think we see this around the world. Creating a separate line for Chinese tourists, would, of course, be a choice for the Thai authorities to make. I doubt if they are reading this.

yes true

jotto1983 wrote:

"What do you want next, whites only drinking fountains and blacks sitting at the back of a bus?"

by the way Mr. Fred, i am a not a white man myself

The point is segregation based on racial lines as you made very clear in your OP.
You were absolute in your opinion the Chinese should be separated in order to speed up passage for Europeans.
The internet is blind to race, skin colour and pretty much everything else, and that's something we should take into daily life because the moment we segregate any group we start something that always turns bad.

Airports generally have 2 lines, one for nationals of the country it's in, the other for everyone else, that being purely for immigration issues, not racial reasons.
Suggesting an airport needs more immigration officers in order to speed up passage would be fine but separating any group based on race for any reason is seriously bad news.

Thailand airport arrival have 3 channels - Thais, foreigners and diplomats; elite card; monks

As for departure, those who are flying business and first class can go through the diplomat, elite card and monks channel

Once you start a channel specific for a country then other countries will make noise, this is difficult.

Thai immigration is slow and when you are in Hong Kong airport, the locals will grumble and complained loudly while in the queue. The immigration do speed up but deaf ears for Thailand.

Don't be surprised if they answered you, if you don't like, don't come to Thailand and stay in your country.

Go back to the old saying, "when in Rome, do as the Romans do."

I was once pleasantly surprised at the Chiang Mai airport. I was returning from Laos. There was a large plane that had unloaded prior to my flight. It seemed like the entire plane was full of Chinese. It also seemed like the Chinese only like to stay within Chinese groups. But when this small group of non Chinese people came Immigration opened up an additional line to process that group. As I recall the Chinese stayed within the Chinese group.

I know, you could pull out your age card. When you get off the plane in Bangkok ask for a wheel chair or the senior line. Perhaps immigration will help you through the line.

I hate large crowds with a passion, but I am also an American. It's part of our culture to expect equal treatment. So there's nothing in me (besides garden variety impatience) that makes me want to "queue" in a special line apart from any others.