Thais love trips, but not too long, says Visa

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Thais love trips, but not too long, says Visa

By The Nation

 

 

Thais travel more on average than any other nationality, according to Visa’s Global Travel Intentions Study.
 

It also said people are travelling more, but their trips are getting shorter.

 

Thais are expected to leapfrog ahead of other nationalities in the number of vacation trips they take each year – with 3.9 trips planned in 2019. In the Asia-Pacific region as a whole, the average is 2.8 trips, and globally 2.7 trips.

 

But Thais tend to be away for an average of five nights, compared to the global average of eight nights, down from 10 nights in 2013, Suripong Tantiyanon of Visa Thailand said on Thursday.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30349375

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-05

[Jeremy50]

I don't really care, but this report rates 9.5 on a boredom average. Let me guess, the guy with the microphone is actually listening to himself drone on and on about 'trips'. As everyone in  the audience ran out screaming and waving their hands wildly in the air, after 2 minutes.

[partjfos]

I'm always surprised how Thais can go somewhere (domestically) for one or two nights, for me I'd need 4 or 5 nights to justify the travel time and get at least a decent taste of the destination.  In 2 days 1 night half of your time is spent at the bus station/airport and checking in and out of a hotel.  But a lot of them are happy with a selfie on the beach for Facebook I guess.

[PatOngo]

Yes, 300 baht per day travels a long way for the majority!

[Wilsonandson]

It all depends what the person that did the survey classes as a holiday.

3 days in Isaan imo is not a holiday, but 3 nights in Hong Kong is.

Is someone who lives in Bangkok and travels to Pattaya for a long weekend on holiday?

[ChrisY1]

Have family in laws that regularly travel ......3-5 days max......they miss home is often the reason when I question the short time away.

And like the Japanese of past......everything is on the phones.....the only way to remember where they went!

[cornishcarlos]

My MIL doesn't see the point of going anywhere except her plantations and the market.

Everything else is a waste of time according to her ?

Bless...

[wow64]

Not sure why but I read Thai Love Traps. 

[timkeen08]

On 7/5/2018 at 4:30 PM, Wilsonandson said:

It all depends what the person that did the survey classes as a holiday.

3 days in Isaan imo is not a holiday, but 3 nights in Hong Kong is.

Is someone who lives in Bangkok and travels to Pattaya for a long weekend on holiday?

This confusion often occurs when using one word vaguely for different things.  There is no doubt about the clarification by specifically using holiday as a date or dates on a calendar.  Does one only go on holiday on holidays?  Is holiday only  on religious days as defined by the old english meaning "holy day".  The use of holiday in your use does not differentiate between the intent of using holiday for a religious day,  a trip, or a vacation.

 

Holiday, spend a holiday in a specific place.  Trip, an excursion or journey for pleasure and returning home.  Vacation, especially an extended period of recreation spent away from home or traveling.

 

And where does flying somewhere for work fit in?  Is that a holiday?  It may require a Thai citizen to have a VISA in their passport for the flight to another country but I doubt they concider it a holiday.  Was business reasons differentiated in the survey or were all assumed to be holidays?

 

Nowhere does holiday, trip, or vacation specify distance away, location other than away from home, or mode of transportation.  Only the intent matters.  Excursion or extended period away.

 

Therefore, we can take a trip from Isaan to another place in Isaan and we can take a vacation from Isaan to another place in Isaan.  Isaan is a place & Bangkok & Chanburi & Pattaya & Geneva & Hong Khong & etc...  By plane or by car or by bus or by train or by bicycle or by backpack.

 

But we can't take a holiday to Isaan?  If you say so but we will continue to go on trips and vacations to Isaan as we please.