Fleeing Bali to LOS ?

[Pom_Jao_Choo]

What do you think will the thousands of tourists quiting Balie due to the bombing have a considerable impact on the numbers visiting LOS ?

Or do you supose these people are more likely to cancel SEA for this year ?

Do you supose they would be more the types to go to Cambodia, Vietnam or some other destination in favor of Thailand ?

No one can say for sure untill we see bookings changing but anyone with thoughts ?

[chilli13]

many tour operators who offer to get tourists out of bali offer either imediate return home or remaining time in LOS e.g. hua hin!

[gobbledonk]

PJC,

 

This issue, and many other issues concerning the fate of the Balinese / Indonesians following the bombing, has been roundly thrashed in the existing threads on the bombing. Most are in the Board Bar or Regional Sanuk.

[Pom_Jao_Choo]

Thank's I will take a look at those threads if I have time.

I'm really not fretting over the well being of the Indonesians actually though I wish them the best fortunes possible. What concerns me most however is ME! And my vacation.

I have actually been selfishly hoping that Thailand would have record low numbers of tourists this year.

[Pom_Jao_Choo]

Thanks ib13 that is interesting. Hua Hin is a second choice for these tourists you say. So its fair to assume that we are not talking about the types of people who would be pursuing our favourite night time sanuking areas ?

And what do you think of cancelled up coming bookings for the next few month's ? Do you supose people will just generally cancell out or possibly consider LOS ?

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You will probably get your wish !

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I think there are going to be a lot of cancellations

[Fatbastard]

My Brother and his wife were going for a week in Indo and a week here, they have now decided to have 2 weeks here and they are not partic fearful travellers at all.

[racha]

I can confirm to you that Thailand is gaining many extra tourists from Bali cancellations, When ever Bali has had trouble in the past this has been the case, as I mentioned in another thread already.

 

Thailand's bookings where a bit down this high season so this should balance things out for Thailand's tourism numbers.

 

After 9/11 there was many cancellations in the days and weeks afterwards though after a few months Thailand saw record numbers in the later part of the high season, due to cancellations of other places not considered to be safe. After the Bali bombing I have not had any cancellations at all or heard of anyone having any cancellations out of the ordinary.

 

Also worth mentioning that Australian resorts and some Pacific island resorts also are getting extra bookings as well.

[Belem]

Remember what happened to Phuket in 1998 after the brush fires in Bali and the unrest in the Southern Phillipines. All of the hotels in Phuket became fully booked and rates quadrupled overnight because they ended up getting all of the tourists who were afraid to go elsewhere in SEA. Since then, hotel rates have not gone back to their previous levels and Phuket changed for the worst.