cheekyboy Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 TAT predicts bleak future by Chatrudee THEPARAT Rising oil prices and swine flu appear likely to hinder the recovery of the country's tourism industry into the next year, a senior tourism authority says. "Next year will be another tough year for the tourism sector, as there are new factors such as higher oil prices and the H1N1 flu outbreak which have complicated matters for the industry's recovery," the Tourism Authority of Thailand chairman Weerasak Kohsurat said yesterday. The TAT yesterday held a meeting to draw up a marketing plan for 2010. The focus of the plan will be on how to maintain the country's major markets such as China, the European Union and Southeast Asia, while expanding into new markets such as the Middle East and South Asia, particularly India. The country would also need to promote land transport, especially among Asean countries, to meet niche market demand in such areas as mass weddings, golf tours, discounted vacations at beauty and health spas, and medical tourism, for which Thailand is already well known. "However, the issue of concern at the moment is how to ease the impact on local operators affected by the tourism slump," Mr Weerasak said. Visa fee exemptions for foreign visitors have not been extended even though the cabinet approved extension until the end of the year. Mr Weerasak said Thailand was facing its first drop in foreign visitor numbers in the range of 15% to 20%. Tourism revenue this year was expected to be down 20% to 25%. He said the government needed to speed up the development of tourism-related projects. www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/18956/tat-predicts-bleak-future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyboy Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 UK green taxes will be escalating over the coming years making tix ever more expensive from the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun_Kong Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Tourist numbers drop 15-20%. Tourist revenue drops 20-25%. Bye-bye "quality" tourists. Guess they shoulda done more for their base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyboy Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 thats the way they wanted it with all the shooting in the feet going on over recent years ..they have conspired to totally screw up their tourism industry,now their wish has come true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imperial Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Time to raise the prices to make up for the lost customers ! BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLeakHunt Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Or start robbing the ones that do turn up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyboy Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 enlist more katoeys then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyboy Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 there is one good thing ,the gem scammers wont find as many victims to rob and con Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubsiam Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Speaking of the Gem Scam. The Thai Police are now running it. Photos of Thai Police scamming tourists at the Erawan Shrine. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2727121419_94004c4afd.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/2726986249_d4827706cd.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/2727134241_95c724965d.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/2780987784_994c8e2567.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2727250097_65449af0a4.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2378/2085565198_27608e4d4f.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2283/2129242419_61abf3cfd9.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2089/2085559580_c3b6b3464e.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3655794935_58d2aa9a65.jpg Here are the lady Tourist Mafia at Erawan Shrine. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2751894245_0382f14c2b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2727822668_7f809d8ed7.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3280/2727819366_bc8b3543b0.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2606670799_3da532747b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2325/2084777009_57e7f0c81d.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Sorry but I didn't see any evidence of people being scammed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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