webfact Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Thailand welcomes 2.8 million tourists last month FILE photo BANGKOK, 20th June 2018 (NNT) – Tourist arrivals rose 6.3% to 2.8 million in May 2018. The Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports, Pongpanu Svetarundra, said the majority of visitors last month were from East Asia, followed by Europe, South Asia, and the United States. Mr. Pongpanu said the Chinese remained at the top of international arrivals. For 2018, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports aims to achieve a 10% year-on-year growth in the number of visitors, or around 37 million to 38 million. -- nnt 2018-06-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I sincerely hope all 2,8 million visitors felt as welcome as was intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trainman34014 Posted June 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2018 They keep on about this but most business owners i talk to say numbers may be up but takings are certainly not. Seems all the Bullshit with numbers of people doesn't stack up with what's entering the till's ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, trainman34014 said: They keep on about this but most business owners i talk to say numbers may be up but takings are certainly not. Seems all the Bullshit with numbers of people doesn't stack up with what's entering the till's ! How much money enters tills? I thought most entered pockets...…...undeclared! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminatorchiangmai Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Every where its quiet with tourism , but hey the numbers are up again. Are they connected with the TAT, same nonsense stories ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Sorry we lost the numbers of those who got home alive and well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Let's see. 31 days in May , 2.8 million arrivals , so how many arriving each day ? Airports will be busy if they all leave on the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JestSetter Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I wonder how much of that number (and increase) is (are) caused by counting those who are just transiting, passing by. I think many airplanes/travellers go through BKK en route to other destinations. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KiwiKiwi Posted June 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) Hmmm. Maybe. That's 3,763 new tourists every hour during May. 62 new ones every minute. No stopovers, no 'passers-through', Tourists. People who paid to come to Thailand for a nice holiday. In the low season. When it rains cats and dogs, there are frequent floods and its the right season to catch a nice spot of Dengue fever, rabies and (some of them) HIV. Colour me curmudgeonly but I don't believe a word of it. Edited June 20, 2018 by KiwiKiwi 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Last time I remember the system wasn't chronically overloaded was a decade ago. Thailand can sustain maybe 1/4th of the current influx, on a good day. Time to start multiplying the visa prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocker33 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I'm in the airport at the moment and the immigration was ok but the departures airside is chaotic.There must be of 100 Chinese queuing for the duty free pick up blocking anyone trying to get through 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Great news !!...and for how long was each tourist stuck in the immigration queue ? .....and how many of these tourists were cheated from Bangkok Airport during the taxi ride to town ?.....these figures would be of top interest !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 2 hours ago, terminatorchiangmai said: Every where its quiet with tourism , but hey the numbers are up again. Are they connected with the TAT, same nonsense stories ? Maybe you need to get around more just the opposite from what I am seeing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, observer90210 said: Great news !!...and for how long was each tourist stuck in the immigration queue ? .....and how many of these tourists were cheated from Bangkok Airport during the taxi ride to town ?.....these figures would be of top interest !! You must be doing something wrong. Never waited more then 20 minutes at immigration and always have the meter going in a taxi the same every time. As far as major cities in the world taxis are very inexpensive here in case you did not know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 1 minute ago, bkk6060 said: You must be doing something wrong. Never waited more then 20 minutes at immigration and always have the meter going in a taxi the same every time. As far as major cities in the world taxis are very inexpensive here in case you did not know. ?????.....(thank you for the good laugh) ...Have a nice evening ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon789561 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 i know it's not about chinese and i know they have some big spenders here but last night i was outside a place, semi condo hotel type thing. 8 chinese tourists all going into the place each one carrying a plastic bag with a seven box meal, one each. around 8pm. probably staying in the same room. nice holiday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyk Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 The more tourists coming in the less I come to Thailand. I lived there for 10 years, color me gone. There are much better places IMO to retire now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvy Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 How many were tourists and how many were just in transit . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenewgoo Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 13 hours ago, webfact said: Mr. Pongpanu said the Chinese remained at the top of international arrivals. Would be interesting to see if the other nationality numbers are decreasing or not - the Chinese tourist numbers are top in most destinations in Asia. Is Thailand really looking for quality tourists or is the quick buck Chinese tours the way forward now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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