Tiger Moth Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 The world economy is in turmoil. Due to exchange rates, baht being very strong against the Aussie dollar, the Euro, the GBP.. due to higher airfares.. due to the political mess in Thailand and the possiblity of more violence and potentially a military coup... What will be the impact on Thai tourism during the high season (Nov - Feb)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 up by 10%! tour groups from china in low end hotels will overcompensate the missing bankers from USA and Europe in their ******hotels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 ...and of course thanks to fabricated statistics from TAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 up by 10%!tour groups from china in low end hotels will overcompensate the missing bankers from USA and Europe in their ******hotels! Ah, yes I know what you mean. These are the all inclusive tours for Chinese, who stay in cheap hotels eat at substandard Chinese owned restaurants, e.g.,. Aren't these the tour groups media wrote about some time ago because virtually no money went to Thai people and most of the money stayed abroad anyway? These groups will definitely compensate for the missing Japanese and Western tourists - TAT will proclaim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 [color:red]The reality:[/color] Tourist numbers in the North to drop 20% Northern tourism operators have joined with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Tourism and Sports Ministry to promote the North after a slump in arrivals due to the political and economic uncertainty. Somkiart Chuentheerawong, chairman of the Confederation of Northern Tourism Operators, said the ongoing political stalemate in the country and the global financial crisis would badly hurt tourism in the North this year. Tourist arrivals are expected to fall 20%. Several hotels in Chiang Rai and other northern provinces still have vacant rooms during the peak season from November to December. Normally, all the hotel rooms in the North are fully booked during this period, said Mr Somkiart, who is also chairman of the Chiang Rai Tourism Association. A strategy has been worked out targeting three main groups, Thais, Chinese and Europeans, he said. BKK Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 [color:red]TAT's PR:[/color] TAT year-end offers target Chinese and Indians CHATRUDEE THEPARAT The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has teamed up with tour operators, hotels and Thai Airways International Plc to offer specially priced packages to Chinese and Indian tourists to increase high-season visits. According to Wanchai Sarathoonthat, chairman of the TAT board, the package is also part of the last-ditch effort to achieve the target of 600 billion baht in tourism income from 15.48 million foreign visitors this year. "We remain fully optimistic that we can achieve the target, as related parties have now been striving hard to revive the confidence of foreign visitors," said Mr Wanchai. "With our mega-familiarisation trip bringing more than 1,000 tourism writers and travel agents from 54 countries to visit major tourist attractions throughout the Kingdom between Oct 8 and 13, Thailand's image saw a lot of improvement." TAT governor Phornsiri Manoharn said the "Amazing Thailand Amazing Value" packages offered in November and December would come in a variety of price ranges from budget to premium. More than 100 operators have agreed to join the programme. Chinese visitor totals fell sharply in August and September because of the political standoff. Mrs Phornsiri expected the packages to attract as many as 106,500 Chinese visitors. For the first seven months of this year, the country welcomed 614,848 Chinese visitors, up 22.38% over the same period last year. She said that Thailand's protracted political problems appeared to have had no adverse effect on Indian tourists, with at least 600,000 expected to visit this year. Thailand is the second most popular Asian destination among Indians. Last year, 536,356 Indians visited Thailand, second only to Singapore, which attracted 749,000. BKK Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 I fly a lot - and contrary to others I have seen a downturn - PP to Bangkok this week - plane 1/4 full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 More Indians and Chinese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 I voted it will be down by $30. Surely it will be down by a lot more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 More then 30%...IMO. The Thais are in a tough time from what I see locally. The world economy is in the toilet. People will not let lose of $$$ in times on insecurity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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