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TAT predicts 11 million tourists from China/East Asia in 2021 - targets "Singles' Day" sales packages

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand remain optimistic about tourism from China and East Asia next year. 

 

They have predicted more than 11 million visitors from the region for 2021.

 

And they are working on trying to get the Chinese to part with their money on attractive package promotions for China's huge "Singles Day" shopping extravaganza on November 11th. 

 

The TAT's marketing director for Asia and the Pacific, Chattan Kunchorn Na Ayutthaya told Thai Rath that he is predicting up to 11.16 million visitors from East Asia next year. This would be down 32.41% on 2019 (the last "normal" year, pre Covid). 

 

Of this group he predicted 7.45 million Chinese, 1.21 million South Koreans, nearly a million Japanese and people from Hong Kong and just over half a million from Taiwan. 

 

He outlined three "hypotheses" that would see tourists starting to return this November, next March and next July. 

 

Much would depend on whether the Chinese government ban international travel at Chinese New Year in February. July was targeted as a good time because many Chinese travel then due to the school holidays. 

 

Little was made of the Thai government's role though Chattan noted that the pandemic has been well controlled in Thailand.

 

One of the ways that Thailand hopes to spur the Chinese market is by offering promotions to visit Thailand through agents to be sold on the 11th of November - called Singles' Day or 11.11 in China. Packages would be advance payments for later visits.

 

The unofficial Chinese holiday is the largest shopping day both in physical and online retail in the world, notes Wikipedia. 

 

Packages would be sold to people that could be used at Chinese New Year and if this is not possible they could be changed for free to another date in the future.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

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