5800 baht per day?  That is close to 200 USD.  Absurd to believe that the average Indian tourist spends that much.  No maybe a few Raja's will show up, and India certainly by the numbers has many many millionaires.

Yeah maybe 5800 a day for a family of 10 Indians do not spend money fact 

4 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

555  These predictions are getting funnier and funnier!  Sure there will be an increase of some sort if you pour lots of cash into promoting LOS.  But to present pie in the sky numbers as hard facts is assuming people are stupider than they appear.  We may look stupid, but looks can be deceiving!  Well most of the time.  BTW, when they get to the theme park or zoo will they be paying the farang price or the Thai price? 

Totally agree ... My stomach hurts with laughter ... For whom the bell tolls

Big spending Indians - 5,800 baht a day - set to revolutionize Thai tourism!

 

well, if that is meant as a tongue in cheek headline, then it is surely a tongue with a Colonist supremacist bias that echoes well among the contributors to this "discussion". 

 

Enjoy this Indian comedian (born in Canada)

RUSSELL PETERS,

talking about Indian people

****************************

 

 

 

 

A lot of expecting again.  Thailand is getting more dirty and unsafe~infrastructure is getting worse..

 

Other countries are stepping up, not down~good luck with expectations

Who keeps coming up with these ridiculous statements, nobody can predict what’s going to happen in 2030, only 12 months ago they predicted we were going to be overwhelmed with Chinese tourists, now they’ve almost disappeared, how come they didn’t predict that ?

Big spending Indians - 5,800 baht a day - set to revolutionize Thai tourism!

 

and this morning saw 6 of them( 3 couples) trying to negotiate down a Tuk Tuk ride to a local Tesco/Lotus shop, normal ride costs 500 baht for up to 4 people, they were 6 and try to pay 400 baht

It's plobably 5800 Rupee's.....But even that sounds a lot. ????

40 minutes ago, gearbox said:

You are spending 90k per month but have visa problems? Something doesn't add up....

good catch...

8 minutes ago, Redline said:

Other countries are stepping up

Oh really, where??

That's like twice what I spend a day. Huh. 

Who knows what will happen in 2030? 

so the 5800 baht is the hotel room, how much above that are they spending on food, entertainment, transport, clothes. etc??

 

What BS....   Indians are known to be some of the cheapest people on the planet.  Always haggling for a cheaper price on everything...   I agree with many that the gov't wants Indians, and other middle east folks, to replace the western Caucasions.

3 hours ago, starky said:

As for theme parks has Thailand ever had a world class theme park? Ever? Na really just sayin 

Wasn't there a dinosaur theme park around emquartier? Until everything broke down after about six weeks.

I thought TAT was saying that visitors from Eastern Europe would be the next big thing. I guess they must take their place in line after the Indian and Chinese tourists.

 

I remember previous TAT figures which said that tourists from Africa were the highest spending per day. Obviously they should be targeted as the highest priority.

Good luck LOS ! 

Last week I could swear I saw 5 Indian guys sharing a single coke at a night club. The straw their were passing around and pretending to take sips from must have been made of solid gold and studded with diamonds. 

I saw many Indian and Arab men with hookers at Nasa Vegas hotel in Bangkok probably cheating on their wives. This is a very lucrative market for them. I’ve seen it first hand.

Correction: This is almost as much as the Chinese [tour group of 40 people] who spend 6,400 baht daily.

"Pie in the sky" utter nonsence!

Holidays are planed not on the spur of the moment! Noway are people planning to go to Thailand! Greed has taken over common sence in Thailands case!

4 hours ago, Thian said:

When Indians get scammed they open their mouth and won't give up....that will be fun the coming years.

Yes, the thais have met their match there !

This is a "smoke-screen"! 

Seems to be about the right time for me to move to Goa as the Indians will all be over here!

 

High time for these Indians to watch how mass tourism is ruining this beautiful country:

 

https://www.dw.com/en/thailand-holiday-paradise-in-danger/av-49045913

 

Great report. The team even had minders sent by the Thai tourism authority to only report beautiful things. Well, that's difficult given the state of things.

 

I remember the day, not to far away, when plastic rubbish on beaches didn't even exist yet. Now? It's a tragedy.

Oh, goodness gracious me!!

3 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

5800 X 14 days = 81,2000

 

my expenses approximately.  not including one time costs like motorcycle, scooter:

 

90,000 X 12 months disposable income = 1,080,000.00

 

1,080,000.00 / by 81,200 = 13.3

 

so I am worth 13.3 Indian tourists.

 

That is even a very generous figure. 

India will have to increase their domestic travel themselves for their economy to keep growing.
 

my cheapest holiday in Thailand was on an average of 6000 Baht a day, but that was even on holiday with my ex-girlfriend and her family.
It used to be cheaper but I stayed at more expensive lodgings.

 

1 hour ago, Spellforce said:

When I read the comments, one more time I can read cheap tourists from the past thinking that Thailand will remain cheap and forever.

And they think that the sky will fall if they wont come anymore.

 

They are completly wrong, indians and chineses will replace them and even more money will flow to Thailand.

Yep , its about time all those cheap Farangs ,who tout outside the several million tailor shops , buggered off elsewhere.