Thai Govt launches campaign to regain Chinese visitors’ confidence

[webfact]

Thai Govt launches campaign to regain Chinese visitors’ confidence

 

 

BANGKOK, 17th December (NNT) - Minister of Tourism and Sports Weerasak Kowsurat said this weekend that Thailand has initiated a number of measures to better balance, manage, and distribute visitor numbers and preserve the quality of tourism destinations in Thailand. In this regard, three measures are being taken. 

According to the minister, the top priority is the safety and security of visitors in the aftermath of the July 2018 boat accident in Phuket. In order to rebuild the number of Chinese visitors, he added, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports has advocated fixing the underlying problem and communicating it strongly to the Chinese market. This means first restoring the confidence of the Chinese tourists. 

The second priority involves environmental protection. The Thai government and business operators in the tourism sector are working together in three areas including 1) banning smoking on public beaches, 2) disallowing plastic bags or foam containers in national parks, and 3) encouraging tourists to use degradable or reusable containers while traveling in national parks. 

The third priority is facilitation and connectivity, especially for secondary cities. The 55 secondary destinations being promoted nationwide have also been classified into different categories, such as those that receive more than six million tourists and those with fewer than six million tourists.

 

-- nnt 2018-12-17

[YetAnother]

14 minutes ago, webfact said:

has advocated fixing the underlying problem

how un-thai-like

[PatOngo]

Offer them prawns, they will come!

[ChipButty]

Why cannot this be a world wide campaign? not just rely on Chinese?

[mok199]

Casino's...

[colinneil]

The answer is offer them all you can eat seafood buffets free.

[smedly]

49 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thai Govt launches campaign to regain Chinese visitors’ confidence

don't travel in boats buses or minivans...………...simple

[Lupatria]

22 minutes ago, smedly said:

don't travel in boats buses or minivans...………...simple

Go to your hotel room (no balcony) and stay there!

[DoctorG]

They really are in "panic mode" about the falling Chinese numbers.

[yellowboat]

Always looking for a quick fix after taking disastrous short cuts or being totally oblivious.  

[Darcula]

Don't think Chinese tourists would give a flying duck about the 2nd priority.

[mikebell]

They'd be better off wooing Western ex-pats whose monthly spend keeps things ticking over during the quiet months.  Instead the Thai solution is 'grab 800,00' and stash it in a Thai bank.

[Hayduke]

 

 

[rowan1981]

Just a few ideas i might pass through the Minister of Tourism:

Legalise spitting & shi**** in public, and throw in a free seafood Buffet on arrival at Suvarnabhumi. That should should do the job! 

 

Edited December 17, 2018 by rowan1981
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[ad61]

"Encouraging tourists to use degradable or reusable containers" [emoji848]

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[mamypoko]

A possible slogan: "The weather is Amazing, come poop an our streets" 

[worgeordie]

Bring back the zero dollar tours,after all its all about quantity not quality,

seems like the Chinese are now flocking to Vietnam.

Regards Worgeordie

[toenail]

I am sorry Thailand, but words do not mean anything. Action of enforcing safety with proper license, training, & safety inspections will only have substance/ not a glitzy campaign of empty smiling words. (btw, what actions have you taken to improve your high fatality rate on your streets & highways???)

[Emdog]

How about an advertising jingle? "We put the con in confidence, we put the fun in funeral"?

[Cadbury]

16 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Bring back the zero dollar tours,after all its all about quantity not quality,

seems like the Chinese are now flocking to Vietnam.

Regards Worgeordie

Quite correct. I have heard on good authority from within the Thai tourism industry that the drop in Chinese numbers is mostly due to the big clean up of zero dollar tourists by Thai authorities. But somehow they can't bring themselves to admit the truth. Of course the tragic sinking of the ship has had affect also on the numbers. They have inflicted this damage on themselves and it serves them right. 

But now the bad reputation of Thailand among Chinese travel agents is forcing them to send their clients to safer countries. They are not wanting to damage their own credibility so why would they send them to a destination where there is half a chance of being killed or injured or ripped off. Japan, Vietnam, Laos, Taiwan and South Korea and Europe are now their preferred optional destinations.

 

[Cadbury]

2 hours ago, mok199 said:

Casino's...

Good suggestion. Vietnam has thought of that and are currently working on a promotion to bring Thai/Chinese tourists on short time holidays to Hai Phong, which has casinos, combined with a boat trip on Halong Bay and other nearby tourist destinations. This has been made possible by the planned introduction of cheap direct flights between Bangkok and Hai Phong.

That might put a dent in their own domestic tourism numbers and spending.

Despite the Minister's smarmy smile things are not looking so rosy for Thailand's tourism industry. Other countries are taking advantage of Thailand's failings; of which there are plenty.

Edited December 17, 2018 by Cadbury

[ChipButty]

Just been speaking to a couple who own a small hotel in Phuket town and they said this year business is very bad, they are trying to sell

[quandow]

[MosMing]

'banning smoking on public beaches'

The Chinese are amongst the heaviest smokers in the world so ditch this.

[lordblackader]

The "underlying problem" wasn't the boat accident, it was a certain watch-loving politician who blamed the Chinese for what happened.

 

Only a change of government can fix the "underlying problem." 

[Mark17AA]

Must be a 7/11 insentive due to falling sales in pot noodles.

[NCC1701A]

China has bought Cambodia and Laos and have made huge compounds for the Chinese tourists where they are safe from the Thais.

 

 

[White Christmas13]

11 minutes ago, MosMing said:

'banning smoking on public beaches'

The Chinese are amongst the heaviest smokers in the world so ditch this.

Wrong 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/10/19/who-smokes-most-a-surprising-map-of-smoking-rates-by-country/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f9cad2d8d3ff

[hotchilli]

The government can say, try, initiate all that it wants. 

While the man/women on the street will carry-on regardless in the same old way.

They killed a high number of Chinese in the usual fashion through sheer neglect of personal safety over that of profit, but instead of  a wai doing the trick they've been shown it doesn't work all the time !!

Time for some serious attitude changes by the Thai people... and good luck with that one !!

[Flemo]

Guaranteeing safety?

Who would believe that?