1 night stays is part of the problem, absentee landlords is another, the absentee landlords expecting the condo staff to give out keys when they are not being paid to do that, a condo maybe for 2 and 10 turn up, just no control, chaos!
I know of one flight that was cancelled Friday evening from Shanghai to Phuket somebody I know was booked on it, the reason I don't know yet, if they will get here today im not sure,
My experience with Chinese they are well aware of all the scams and double pricing in Thailand, we farang complain but it gets worse for Chinese, most of the ones I have met prefer to travel alone and stay away from the tour groups,
My wife came back from Bangkok last night around 9 pm at Phuket airport, she said it was quiet and the taxi driver also said it's been quiet not like last year,