Russian tourists’ murderer turned out an idiot – why Thai only got 43 TTCI rank from WEF

Anuchit Lamlert, 24 years old, a Chon Buri native has been arrested and charged with the murder of two Russian girls at Jomtien beach on Saturday. The killer said that when he had tried to rob two women they screamed for help and so he shot them several times to silence them. Then he fled on a motorcycle along Soi Chaiyapruek, which links Jomtien beach and Sukhumvit road. Assawin Kwanmuang, chief of Provincial Police Bureau 2, quoted Mr. Anuchit as saying that after the shooting he sold the gun to a person in Chon Buri city. Moreover murderer made a handgun-show for the buyer. He made some shots in the air! If he is not an imbecile I am the president of Russia! But I was astonished of peculiar attention of the world press and the Net to this murder. For example more than 70000 residents disappear in Russia every year. Do you know anything about it? But those days Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2007 was published. The World Economic Forum has launched the first-ever Travel and Tourism Index covering 124 countries around the world. Thailand got only 43 TTCI rank. “The index is not a ‘beauty contest’, or a statement about the attractiveness of a country. On the contrary, the index measures the factors that make it attractive to develop the travel and tourism industry of individual countries,” said Jennifer Blanke, Senior Economist of the World Economic Forum. It’s hard to argue about ‘beauty contest’ of Pattaya now. I feel sorry for young girls and Thailand.
This table shows the constituents of the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index in Asia and Oceania. I think that comment is superfluous.

Country	TTCI score	TTCI rank	Country	TTCI score	TTCI rank
Hong Kong SAR	5,33	6	India	4,14	65
Singapore	5,31	8	Georgia	4,13	66
Australia	5,21	13	Kuwait	4,08	67
New Zealand	5,2	14	China	3,97	71
United Arab Emirates	5,09	18	Armenia	3,93	74
Cyprus	5,07	20	Azerbaijan	3,92	75
Japan	4,99	25	Sri Lanka	3,89	79
Taiwan, China	4,82	30	Kazakhstan	3,81	82
Malaysia	4,8	31	Philippines	3,79	86
Israel	4,8	32	Viet Nam	3,78	88
Qatar	4,71	36	Mongolia	3,72	91
Korea, Rep.	4,58	42	Cambodia	3,64	96
Thailand	4,58	43	Kyrgyzstan	3,54	102
Jordan	4,52	46	Pakistan	3,52	103
Bahrain	4,45	47	Nepal	3,49	106
Turkey	4,31	52	Tajikistan	3,46	110
Indonesia	4,2	60	Bangladesh	3,21	120