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Daydreaming! Using Maldives as comparison, as z909 did, we can see how unrealistic this TAT strategy daydream is. In 2019, Maldives had a grand total of 1.7 million tourists who spent an average of 4 nights in the country. Each visitor spent about USD1,862 per person for his/her holiday. (see https://www.worlddata.info/asia/maldives/tourism.php). However, the average spend per tourist has been flat or declining for the last 5 - 6 years, pre-pandemic. In 2014, the Maldives got 1.2 million tourists spending an average of USD2,333 per person. This seems to suggest that Maldives had only been able to grow its tourism numbers by attracting lower-spending travellers. Other articles on the web described a national plan to promote smaller guesthouses. The island country might have discovered that there was a limit to how many high-spending tourists would be prepared to go there, despite Maldives long-established high-end reputation. Yet Thailand imagines it can get about 32 million by 2023, each spending 82,000 baht (USD2,440). Are there even 32 million potential tourists anywhere in the world prepared to spend this kind of money on a Southeast Asian destination? (Don't compare with Italy or France -- these countries have far greater cultural pull than Thailand and people expect to pay developed country prices while there).

I looked in the mirror

Singapore BL webseries trying to crowdsource production funds

I'd rather include it in the tip paid to my first long time off, that way I'm sure it goes to a deserving case

Weeks after picking up the Emmy Award for hair style and make up design, Bridgerton's Marc Pilcher has died of Covid aged 53. Pilcher had had his two vaccinations and several negative tests before and after flying to Los Angeles to pick up the Award. He had no underlying conditions. Yet still he died. I do not know how frequently this happens but I expect it highlights the need to continue wearing masks and socially distance.