Americano Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 The man who owns the balloon ride is a Korean/Foreigner so does he and his Korean friends pay over twice as much as Filipinos? I bet they don't. Concerning safety, I don't trust anything in the Philippines to be safe. Do Filipinos even know the meaning of safety or preventive maintenance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted August 18, 2014 Author Posted August 18, 2014 Charging people on the basis of what you think they can pay is a slippery slope the height and depth of Mt Everest. I could drive the finest car, eat the finest food, wear the finest clothes and be $10 million in debt. Does that mean I have "a lot of money"? Most of us are 1 major medical calamity from permanent financial ruin. Sometimes insurance pays, sometimes it doesn't. It doesn't matter how much they gouge tourists though, they're not coming here in big numbers despite government statistics that say otherwise. They're as credible as the "official" 7% unemployment number. Go to the mall and count the number of foreigner families compared to the number of single, older guys. That's the tourist market in the Philippines; indeed, more fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted August 19, 2014 Posted August 19, 2014 Go to the mall and count the number of foreigner families compared to the number of single, older guys. Its getting off topic but it is interesting to do exactly that at Ayala mall in Cebu. It astounds me just how many foreign families are shopping there some days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted August 19, 2014 Author Posted August 19, 2014 Its getting off topic but it is interesting to do exactly that at Ayala mall in Cebu. It astounds me just how many foreign families are shopping there some days. Yes, I've seen them too but compare the number of them with the latter group. Then again, maybe the govt figures are correct about how great tourism and unemployment are doing. Maybe the 20 some guys who were idly hanging around the Valencia park staring at us a couple weeks ago were actually on their lunch break. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukaram (Tim) Posted August 19, 2014 Posted August 19, 2014 Concerning safety, I don't trust anything in the Philippines to be safe. Do Filipinos even know the meaning of safety or preventive maintenance? Which is exactly why I don't do any of the zip lines here. I don't trust their preventive maintenance with my life... :tiphat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Americano Posted August 19, 2014 Posted August 19, 2014 Its getting off topic but it is interesting to do exactly that at Ayala mall in Cebu. It astounds me just how many foreign families are shopping there some days. Yes, I've seen them too but compare the number of them with the latter group. Then again, maybe the govt figures are correct about how great tourism and unemployment are doing. Maybe the 20 some guys who were idly hanging around the Valencia park staring at us a couple weeks ago were actually on their lunch break. My wife calls them "stand byes" and they can be seen almost everywhere. They are on stand by waiting for their next work so maybe they are considered as employed by the Government, which would be ridiculous. The truth is that the Government doesn't know, doesn't care and don't want to admit how high the unemployment rate is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted August 19, 2014 Author Posted August 19, 2014 A lot of them drive tricycles from time to time so they are technically "employed". That's how they got 7%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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