New TAT drive: Visitors from Eastern Europe and Central Asia "will pay more"

[webfact]

New TAT drive: Visitors from Eastern Europe and Central Asia "will pay more"

 

A report on a tourism trade fair in Singapore by TNA suggested that tourists from eastern Europe and Central Asia would pay more than those from existing markets. 

 

And a story from India indicates visitors from the sub-continent are being wooed with special promotions to visit Thailand.

 

For years people from western countries have claimed they are the big spenders - now the Tourism Authority of Thailand appears to beg to differ as it tries to reach targets of nearly 40 million visitors. 

 

The TAT was joined by 30 trade organizations at the ITB Asia 2019 fair in Singapore.

 

Coconut products were reportedly handed out to give participants a taste of what Thailand could offer. 

 

But the buzzword countries now being targeted were those in eastern Europe and Central Asia. These would add to big existing markets like the Chinese.

 

Meanwhile the Times of India online reported on a program entitled "Fly Me to Thailand".

 

This is being run by the TAT in conjunction with Bangkok Airways - gifts, privileges and discounts are being promised to Indians going to Thailand. 

 

One such incentive is an 800 baht Central gift voucher for three travellers to enjoy. 

 

The Times of India said that Thailand was "growing in popularity" for nationals from their country. 

Source: TNA

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-10-25

Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info

[ThomasThBKK]

Sure, Ukraine is known as the richest country on the european continent, followed by Moldavia and Belarus.

 

This all makes sense, thats also why you have to woo them with a <deleted>ty discount or a free visa, because they are so rich.

[keith101]

Dream on .

[worgeordie]

Scraping the bottom of the barrel now,and going

to charge them more for the privilege,to come for

a holiday to Thailand,that's a sure way to increase

tourism ,way to go T.A.T.

regards Worgeordie

[ezzra]

Make visa problems go away and let anyone who want to come and hasn't got any problematic criminal or blacklisted background, let bars and entertainment venue open all hours of the day cut out all the nonsense of not allowed to do this and that and your tourists numbers will go up by 50% at least...

[ChipButty]

One such incentive is an 800 baht Central gift voucher for three travelers to enjoy

 

The Indians will Love that

[smedly]

 

[Nyezhov]

16 minutes ago, ThomasThBKK said:

Sure, Ukraine is known as the richest country on the european continent, followed by Moldavia and Belarus.

 

This all makes sense, thats also why you have to woo them with a <deleted>ty discount or a free visa, because they are so rich.

Id contribute to a TAT fund to help subsidize the air fare of Ukrainian and Modolvan babes. Hell, lets put up promotional materials in the FKKs!

[Creasy]

They should get Borat to be an ambassador for Thailand to entice all the Kazakhs and the rest of the Stans in the region.

[PatOngo]

25 minutes ago, webfact said:

One such incentive is an 800 baht Central gift voucher for three travellers to enjoy.

Overwhelming generosity, that's 2,400 that could have aided in the rescue of Thai Airways!

[Peterbilt]

8 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Scraping the bottom of the barrel now,and going

to charge them more for the privilege,to come for

a holiday to Thailand,that's a sure way to increase

tourism ,way to go T.A.T.

regards Worgeordie

Well, its not really the bottom of the barrel now, since there's a whole continent left: Africa
So TAT, after luring the millionaires from China and India, the billionaires from the Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Aghanistan to Thailand, you should focus on the trillionaires from Congo, Burkina Faso, Togo, etc......
With an expansion into the african market Thailand will reach 100 million premium quality tourists per year pretty soon.

[GeorgeCross]

did someone say free coconut!!?

 

on...my...way...!!

[marqus12]

Papuans, Greenlanders
Everything but westerners 55555

[Hayduke]

52 minutes ago, webfact said:

New TAT drive: Visitors from Eastern Europe and Central Asia "will pay more"

 

Once again...TAT trips over that pesky line between 'hope' and 'delusion'.

 

 

Edited October 25, 2019 by Hayduke

[StayinThailand2much]

1 hour ago, Peterbilt said:

Well, its not really the bottom of the barrel now, since there's a whole continent left: (...)

Antarctica! 1 lousy sardine (instead of a couple coconuts), and you can lure all those potential, super-rich, tuxedo-wearing tourists to Thailand. Hope, they'll bring their golden credit cards!

Edited October 25, 2019 by StayinThailand2much

[Assurancetourix]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The Times of India said that Thailand was "growing in popularity" for nationals from their country. 

 

When you pay well for a newspaper, he writes what you want to read ...

[BobbyL]

Fantastic. These press releases from the TAT always brighten the day. It definitely is common knowledge that countries from the Eastern Bloc are full of high spending tourists. 

 

 

[Just1Voice]

Does TAT have a special department dedicated to fake tourist numbers and outlandish forecast predictions? 

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Coconut products were reportedly handed out to give participants a taste of what Thailand could offer. 

????????????????????????

[sunnyboy2018]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Make visa problems go away and let anyone who want to come and hasn't got any problematic criminal or blacklisted background, let bars and entertainment venue open all hours of the day cut out all the nonsense of not allowed to do this and that and your tourists numbers will go up by 50% at least...

Stop stupid drug searches and keep the army in their barracks not on the streets. Return the duties of the tourist police to helping tourists not busting them. Bring back the vendors and hawkers, especially to Sukhumvit.

[fforest1]

Its been at least a decade since I have heard of TAT spending even one baht to woo a westerner...

[Colabamumbai]

Rumours are they will be targeting the black African nations next

 

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

Visitors from Eastern Europe and Central Asia "will have to pay more than Thais" is what they actually are trying to say.

[PETERTHEEATER]

Coconut products were reportedly handed out to give participants a taste of what Thailand could offer. 

 

Probably the fermented version distilled to 60 proof. That would get the punters opening their wallets....Hic!

[transam]

They actually get paid for coming up with this stuff...????

[hansnl]

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Make visa problems go away and let anyone who want to come and hasn't got any problematic criminal or blacklisted background, let bars and entertainment venue open all hours of the day cut out all the nonsense of not allowed to do this and that and your tourists numbers will go up by 50% at least...

Tourists, in general, don't come to sit in alcoholic stupor all the time.

[LivinLOS]

Given the culture of face, its a wonder that they are so oblivious to how foolish they appear. 

[transam]

1 minute ago, hansnl said:

Tourists, in general, don't come to sit in alcoholic stupor all the time.

Blimey, I must have led a misspent life....????

[tso310]

So TAT has given up on North Africans then. Strangely this time last week I was on a Qater flight to BKK. There was a number of gentlemen on it. I asked one of them if he was Russian. Didn't seem happy with this. Apparently they were from Belarus. 

[AhFarangJa]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Coconut products were reportedly handed out to give participants a taste of what Thailand could offer. 

A more accurate taste of what Thailand can offer would be a goodie bag containing plastic refuse, used condoms, mixed in a little sewage water to represent the beach, along with a special nose inhaler with the essence of open drains. Also a leaflet on how to pay a policeman, a tout, and a special calculator that automatically works out the foreign entrance fees to national parks, etc. Not forgetting a price list from hospitals with the tier charges clearly outlined in several languages........sarcasm mode engaged by the way.....