Russians, Chinese lead foreign arrivals to Thailand

[rooster59]

Russians, Chinese lead foreign arrivals to Thailand 

By Anton Makhrov

 

Russia kept its status as the most important market among non-Asian countries with 229,518 arrivals in January (+1.2% y-o-y) and B17.3bn in generated revenue. Photo: Miguel Discart / Flickr
 

PHUKET: Continuing resurgence in Chinese visitor arrivals in January helped Thailand start 2019 with a total of 3.7 million arrivals during the first month of the year, an increase of 4.8% year-one year, generating tourism expenditure of over B195.8 billion (+2.4% y-o-y), the Ministry of Tourism and Sport (MoTS) has announced.

 

Mainland China remained the leading tourist source market with over 1.06mn arrivals registered in January, representing 9.3% growth against January 2018 and 19.2% growth against the previous month.

 

The Chinese arrivals generated tourism revenue of more than B55.8bn during the month, an increase of  4.7% year-on-year and an impressive 25.9% month-by-month.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/russians-chinese-lead-foreign-arrivals-to-thailand-70558.php#AQT32AkOH3DRrx4p.97

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-03-02

 

 

[dootmah]

Stinky...

[RotBenz8888]

What's under that towel that seem so interesting?

[Lupatria]

When did they give up on the idea luring quality tourists?

[bbbbooboo]

hmmmm..... happy, happy, joy, joy

[elgenon]

16 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

When did they give up on the idea luring quality tourists?

They take what they can get.

[Henrik Andersen]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The Chinese arrivals generated tourism revenue of more than B55.8bn during the month, an increase of  4.7% year-on-year and an impressive 25.9% month-by-month

And still you cant cleaning your filthy country for garbish where the money go?? 

[Emdog]

" Russia kept its status as the most important market among non-Asian countries ..."

Take a look at a map.  77% of Russia land mass is in Asia. You can google that if you need confirmation.

[natway09]

How about using some of that money on decent infrastructure, keeping the roads safe &

educating Thais how to keep things clean

[dcnx]

Interesting. Another report (from the site we are forbidden to link to here) for January said the Chinese were down by 11%. 

[from the home of CC]

if they ever link up all countries better give up on the idea of 'leading' the world... 

[AhFarangJa]

 

Russians, Chinese lead foreign arrivals to Thailand 

 

Of course they do, because they are always pushing their way to the front of the queue.

[Peterhua]

I can tolerate the Russians as they do contribute to the local business community and some of the young females are quite pleasing to the eye when wearing bikinis

[White Christmas13]

6 hours ago, dootmah said:

Stinky...

who? you?

[ginjag]

What it does not show you,   example,  on the beach virtually no Russian or Chinese hire deck chairs,  they sit on the sand.   how many Chinese do you see buying from street food vendors, how many Chinese hire motor bikes or cars.  What nationality is the loudest and most unclean in hotels (Chinese)Do Russians and Chinese integrate with Thai people and westerners ??  NO
Are these racist comments ?   NO  it is fact.  All other Asians and westerners integrate and spend money with and on local people.

My comments are about the majority of Chinese and Russian.

[GalaxyMan]

6 minutes ago, ginjag said:

What it does not show you,   example,  on the beach virtually no Russian or Chinese hire deck chairs,  they sit on the sand.   how many Chinese do you see buying from street food vendors, how many Chinese hire motor bikes or cars.  What nationality is the loudest and most unclean in hotels (Chinese)Do Russians and Chinese integrate with Thai people and westerners ??  NO
Are these racist comments ?   NO  it is fact.  All other Asians and westerners integrate and spend money with and on local people.

My comments are about the majority of Chinese and Russian.

I hear the same from Thai friends who work the Walking Street markets in Samui. Lots of gawkers, no buyers.

[car720]

2 hours ago, elgenon said:

They take what they can get.

I think the word 'everything' would be more appropriate. 

[wvavin]

We try to believe what is said.

[thurien]

1 hour ago, soistalker said:

I think Thailand is desperate to shed its image as a prostitution-riddled country. The Russians and Chinese are not into the whores. There may be a decrease in spending on prostitutes, but there will never be a reduction in the number of prostitutes. Thailand is full of them. 

 

how can any governmental body "reduce prostitution"? they are absolutely not interested in harsh measures, which would reduce their "cut". By the way: the country is not riddled with prostitutes, the lasses are beneficial to the economy and national health (without them, 90% of all Thai males would permanently blow their fuses...)

[ttrd]

7 hours ago, dootmah said:

Stinky...

Rather ricy and sexy as the Indians were not mentioned ...

[biggles45]

Not just Thailand, I am in Nha Trang Vietnam, lovely wide clean beach, no litter to be seen. No jetskis or boats on the 5km long pristine beach, which has a beautiful treed park along its whole length.....but its like being in Jomtien, Russians everywhere, signs, menus, travel agencies all geared to the Russian visitors. Mostly I see couples, and families here so they seem to have achieved what Thailand is aiming for. 

[Odysseus123]

1 hour ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

There were two Russians sitting outside one of my Pattaya businesses yesterday when I arrived to check doing the rounds. They were seated in an outside area normally reserved for staff.

 

The female one was swigging a can of Tiger Beer and was visibly drunk.

 

The male other was charging his phone for free using the socket outside our shop. His BO was so bad it was making my Thai staff gag.

 

I asked both to leave immediately. 

How positively Tolstoyan!

 

I think that Napoleon said the very same thing to Count Pierre Bezuhov...

 

There was 137 million bottles of vodka to go at that stage...????

[Accidental Tourist]

Interesting...but what is when the Russian market will open back in Egypt, as Putin promise...

Nobody said anything about quality tourist, is simple mass tourism and mass tourism is making the numbers in ANY tourist destination; unless you are small and can't develop for mass tourism.

[MisterPenguin]

2 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

There were two Russians sitting outside one of my Pattaya businesses yesterday when I arrived to check doing the rounds. They were seated in an outside area normally reserved for staff.

 

The female one was swigging a can of Tiger Beer and was visibly drunk.

 

The male other was charging his phone for free using the socket outside our shop. His BO was so bad it was making my Thai staff gag.

 

I asked both to leave immediately. 

I heard there was to be a big push to attractify quality foreign tourists.

 

Is this them?

 

 

Edited March 2, 2019 by MisterPenguin

[ravip]

5 hours ago, natway09 said:

How about using some of that money on decent infrastructure, keeping the roads safe &

educating Thais how to keep things clean

educating Thais how to keep things clean

I dont know about that, but I see more dirty, smelly, swetty, half naked foreigners in public places and especially on the BTS when it is crowded - No, they aren't Thai.

[hansnl]

Now that is a thing to be very happy about, huzzah.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, Lupatria said:

When did they give up on the idea luring quality tourists?

1945

 

[gerritkaew]

easy, Russians are not welcome anymore in Europe. wait some time and They get kickt out here also..

And not by law..

[nasa123]

Pattaya/Phuket 2020

[Ctkong]

6 hours ago, Emdog said:

" Russia kept its status as the most important market among non-Asian countries ..."

Take a look at a map.  77% of Russia land mass is in Asia. You can google that if you need confirmation.

They meant non-Asian as non-white .... never regarded Russian as Asian at all...