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4 minutes ago, Khun Yaaai said:

That actually exists. I've seen a number of developers/agents offering this in BKK mall exhibitions. Of course you they will try to make you pay premium for one of the units and the 2nd one is 'free'.

sounds interesting. any good developer to recommend.

1 minute ago, Jimbo2014 said:

The bubble is bursting.  1997 here we come!

too early to confirm. depends on the mortgage leverage for bubble to be burst.

4 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

Bangkok is not going to be alone. There is a glut of empty property in Pattaya and they are still building more. I wouldn't be buying right now, as it seems prices are highly likely to fall given the surplus.

very prudent approach.

2 hours ago, Tayaout said:

I'm surprised they had the courage to put China on the list. 

was there a choice. the situation is glaring in everybody's face. there is no controversy that visitors from china are most likely to infect others, thank tourists from other destinations, although japan and south korea are also of concern now.

9 minutes ago, Zack61 said:

Then why not put every single person traveling from these countries under the same conditions of entry? Why pick on these people?

sound point. 

1 hour ago, Mister Fixit said:

This article is hardly representative of the situation though, is it?  How many vendors did they speak to - three?  Not exactly a representative sample of what's going on.  

Jomtien beach has always been more popular that Pattaya beach, especially with the Scandis and Slavs, so nothing new there.

Let's see a proper survey done all the way from North Pattaya all the way down past Jomtien and see what comes out of that.  

As I said upthread, this rubbish article is nothing more than a puff-piece to drum up flagging business.  

 

doubt any one is going to spend resources to do surveys at this point time. maybe more prudent that money on assisting the affected operators.

is it a simple case of playing the "victim" card by the tour operators to seek government help?

22 hours ago, keith101 said:

More likely a mixture of local farang enjoying the beach without all the Chinese everywhere .

whichever way it is as long there are people patronising the facilities, it will keep the tourism machinery running.

15 hours ago, observer90210 said:

I would say, look out for the next years, as long as the Thai Bhat is overrated and inflated...it will make the Corona desert seem like peanuts.

more likely it is the corona situation that is holding people up from travelling. 

15 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Pattaya ladyboys have reverted to pick pocketing each other!

lol. is there much in the pocket to pick?

15 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Soon TAT will welcome their 54,453.905 visitor with a 1000 Bht free dinner voucher at airport !!

a dream.

19 hours ago, shadowofacloud said:

No worries. Beach sport championships, marching band festivals, mass Indian weddings, hordes of Russian millionaires, Thai families (actually families from around the whole world) are all coming to rescue!

 

Time to start building more hotels, more condos, more malls - more of everything.

this will have to wait a while until corona issue is more clear.

20 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said:

Good times to come for residents.

not really as many people may not like to leave the comfort of their homes in situation of uncertainties created  by the virus.

4 minutes ago, herwin1234 said:

Tourism leaders working hard to get a free handout from the governement...

i think there is genuine case of tourist operators requiring help.

20 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

How long before they appoint the genius Anutin as new head of TAT?

how to tackle the uncertainties of the COVID-19. no genius can tackle that.

it is difficult to predict the future of tourism at this critical point in time as no one can for sure, determine how long it is going to take to control the COVID-19.

all travellers are taking the sensible approach to stay in the comfort of their homes rather than expose themselves to uncertainties by travelling.

unfortunately we all have to wait and watch how the virus issues pans out.

1 hour ago, Rabbi said:

I hope the government do nothing to assist them, other than sorting out the immigration hate on farangs, and stop bringing in stupid regulations that penalise guesthouses that cater to farangs.

 

Agree - Leave them to their own devices, as they did when they were making a killing!!

rabbi there are some times when some form of help is necessary.

5 minutes ago, Nathan N said:

Thailand needs to follow suit with many other countries to ban China tourists. Catering to China, is going to turn everyone away. Looks like Thailand is wide open for Chinese still...even discounting visas. Need to walk cautiously to give confidence to other tourist virus safety. 

i still feel it is better to diversify rather than become dependent on a particular country. in times of need, tourists will still keep on coming from other sources.

6 minutes ago, geisha said:

Thailand lost its shine a few years back now. The strong baht and the corona virus is just the cherry on the cake.

sorry you mean "the straw that broke the camel's back"?

tour  operators most certainly need some form of support from the government to tide over this difficult period. yes the impact of COVID-19 is greater and serious as the duration is uncertain ( already pretty long).

7 minutes ago, wealthychef said:

Kudos to the Thai government for doing something good for people.  Even a blind dog finds a bone sometimes!  

government acted after petitioners acted on the obsolete laws.

2 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

It is meaningless. Just plain as that. 

some things get obsolete with passage of time. good thing that it was corrected after action by petitioners.