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

[Justgrazing]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

 

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. 

They might get a pizza and a bit of garlic bread for that .. An just as well its a Central vouch' as the coconut bar girls across the road don't do vouchers .. 

[yellowboat]

TAT and cha cha government strategy:  When in doubt, say something good about the junta and Thai economy.  The peeps in the Thai government do not seem to carry about good business or economics.   They just look for new suckers for the EEC or tourist sector.  Wet blankets and con artists.  Somebody should tell them the two things do not go together. 

[cnx101]

2 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

did someone say free coconut!!?

 

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

And bananas

[soalbundy]

The Baht will strengthen and they will get even less tourists and their exports will suffer, in a normal world this would be self rectifying, the Baht would fall, unfortunately the economic world has been turned on its head, investors will plow even more money into Thailand and buy bonds because they can't make enough money in the traditional markets of the West, they will also make money due to the falling Pound, Euro and Dollar when they repatriate that money. The farmers won't be able to sell their rice, fruit, rubber on the international market. Something will give way.

[kevden]

2 hours ago, Peterbilt said:

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.

And don't overkill airtime fluent English teachers. Vin Vin eweryrone ????

[KKr]

2 hours ago, PatOngo said:

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

   3 hours ago,  webfact said: 

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

The way I read it is that 3 people have to share the incentive.
So, solo and couple travelers are logically speaking not eligible.
That is convenient, because about 70 % of people travel solo or as two people.

[FinChin67]

Steve Jobs would envy of this reality distortion field that TAT can create...

 

I wanted to comment more but I think everything is already said about this. Chinese, Indians and now Eastern Europe.

 

Ha!

+  in the meantime Bath is getting even stronger.

[RichardColeman]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

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

Maybe they could try this...

[miamiman123]

As the ship titanic sinks......they a are asking you to swim faster and farther away....

[peter14]

Thailand begging !!!!    BEG BEG !   no much left !!

[StayinThailand2much]

2 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

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

No, they don't have a 'special department' for that, cause the whole operation is based on...

 

[Jim walker]

So many choices for Asian holidays on line and once you have set a budget it’s all easy to calculate for your daily hotel costs 3 star Thailand or 5 star Vietnam then who’s the easiest visas to get and can it all be done on line by your PA or have you to go in person With the family to get passport stamped at a consulate or print out visa in your office most people will go for the simplest Easy option 

[StayinThailand2much]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

But the buzzword countries now being targeted were those in (...) Central Asia (...)

And I thought the quality tourists, mostly female, from places like Uzbekistan were already here, visiting South Pattaya and lower Sukhumvit...

[Peterbilt]

15 minutes ago, peter14 said:

Thailand begging !!!!    BEG BEG !   no much left !!

No no no.......
According to the latest numbers published by the allmighty TAT, tourism numbers are right on track:
 https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1130503-tourist-numbers-well-on-track-statistics-show/?do=getNewComment

[DrTuner]

I read that as Thailand would start to charge them more for the permission to come here. One can dream.

[geisha]

This is getting more ridiculous by the day. The only area in the world where there are no reasonable numbers of tourists from is Eastern Europe/ Central Asia. There are reasons for this. Ideas like this come from a total lack of education. TAT is on a sinking ship. 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

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

So moving on from the 'quality tourist" which didn't materialise to the lower end of the scale.. but with flights costing more & more with the escalating baht don't expect  too many takers!

[dave moir]

Thailand really don't want tourists do they!

People are now going to Cambodia and Vietnam where it is far cheaper and just as good and where the government is a lot more tourist friendly.

[Caldera]

Nigeria's population is growing rapidly. Yet another untapped market for the muppets from TAT.

[outsider]

TAT - why can't you be a better and more inclusive host like other tourism authorities, instead of picking and choosing who to host and coming out with public statements on who is currently on your 'favourite' list? Your efforts reek of insincerity, it is a wonder anybody bothers to come to Thailand at all!

 

LOS = Land of Sniggers.

[sawadee1947]

5 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...

If all this would be implemented..... Why should I visit Thailand? 

All this I can have at home. ????

[ToddinChonburi]

That's 4600 people per hour passing through immigration.  Lol

[maprao]

Good bottle of wine of drinkable wine in Spain 5 Euros

Thailand  20 Euros plus????????????????

[DJ54]

Chinese started going to Thailand and Singapore because relatively 

close and easier to get visa....many may say ok been there check it off the list....

[tonysilly]

Welcome India, the biggest cheap Charlie's of the world.  Voted #1 worst customers in the world. No joke 

[Artisi]

If TAT were offering free p u s s y, they still couldn't get the numbers up. 

[Artisi]

3 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

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.....

The truth never counts as sarcasm. 

[Artisi]

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Maybe they could try this...

That should be Wa.... 

[Orton Rd]

54 minutes ago, maprao said:

Good bottle of wine of drinkable wine in Spain 5 Euros

Thailand  20 Euros plus????????????????

In Aldi shop in Los Aljazeros they had wine for 85 cents, about 30 baht, and it was better than a lot of the 'wine' here

[Mavideol]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

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.

Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan such a rich area, am sure they are waiting for Thailand special treatment.... these people do know how to make us laugh