IAMHERE Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 17 hours ago, ICELANDMAN said: Better not to leave the house now too many tourists around. House , Hell, don't leave the airport. All the Thailand you'd want is right there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiman123 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 They are all in Roiet or Buri ram ....hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart1916 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 39 million next week? Gonna be a busy week! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo0 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 So says man with magic wand and a lucky rabbits foot !! ???????????? Do they ever give up ?? Tolkien and j.k Rowling would have trouble dreaming up such tales on a daily basis !! Deluded people counting every person using Bkk as a transition to get on their next plane by walking through the airport to next check in ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikeith Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) 17 hours ago, cyril sneer said: why do all the tourist hotspots remain dead ???? Chinese tours do not go to drink in bars, Indians not many. What Chinese love is gambling. There are boder casinos, also many venues that are underground. I have heard many Thai getting into big financial problems at these venues lately. My friend who has a bar in Koh Samui is going to close it after 15 years ,he says never been so dead there. Others I know In Hua Hin are shutting down as well. Pattaya and Phuket numbers are down 30% +. people are saying it is dead. If the Chinese Indian numbers are up it will not help LOS, it will only help Chinese Thai venues. It will help border casinos and underground venues line their pockets. When I came through Suvanrapom a few weeks back their were thousands of Chinese, all screaming and marching ,holding flags--- so the numbers may be real and the government dos not give a toss about bars closing down and expats leaving. Edited December 21, 2019 by kiwikeith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICELANDMAN Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 16 hours ago, Traubert said: The Chinese always went to Vietnam. They share a 786 mile border. Those in border areas have trade passes for daily crossings. No mention of fiddled figures there of course. Market traders get marked down as entries anyway. Most Chinese by the way means more than 700m. Only 130m hold passports/trade passes. Chinese tourists by destination: The top 10 destinations for Chinese tourists Hong Kong Macau Taiwan Thailand Japan Vietnam South Korea Singapore USA Italy You can write off the first three as domestic tourism. 1. Hong Kong For go money out China 2. Macau For lost money to Casino 3. Taiwan For business with families 4. Thailand For take mistake fly, everyone will go Vietnam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Lol this is like the Thai Road count only if your die at the accident doesn’t count if your in the ambulance or hospital get real who believes this TIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertson468 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 17 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said: Maybe TAT can tell us where all of these "tourists" are going. Pattaya is 40% down, Phuket and Chiang Mai 30-35% down, so obviously not there. With the all powerful super TM30 they must be able to tell us where are the new tourist hot spots. Koh Samui is also down, which means that all the main Resort destinations are down. Is TAT stacking them all up at the Airport? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnishmen Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 i hope next 2 year not have tourist only zero peoples, and all foreigns end busines 1-2 year in thailand, then immigratino understand how important tourism foreigns and expats money have at thailand, then end idiot monkeyland immigration visa law and make new normal human law and no money fee idiot systems and insurance idiot systems, all other country no have thats idiot monkeyland stupid thai <deleted> system. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deez Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 30 million of them were just passing through, waiting for connecting flights to somewhere else ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupermarineS6B Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Yeah it was packed last night, so much so that some bars in Cowboy didn't bother opening untill half past eight........ Packed out ? My rear end ...........the place is dead........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kaoboi Bebobp Posted December 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) I flew into Bangkok from Saigon earlier this week. There were dozens of empty seats on the Vietnam Airlines noon hour flight. Near the end of the flight, I stood up and tried to count the empties. More than 50 empties on a 195-seat Airbus 321. I did this route quite often the last seven years and have never seen a Vietnam to Thailand flight with so few occupied seats. Whereas my BKK-to-SGN flight was full. Dream on, TAT. Edited December 21, 2019 by Kaoboi Bebobp Additional info 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thesetat2013 Posted December 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2019 All your replies seem correct. These numbers seem to be a load of B. S. But what really gets me is how they managed to choose who exactly was the 39 millionth passenger to arrive? With multiple planes always arriving and multiple immigration booths managing visas for entry. This seems impossible to be accurate. What probably happened was they chose an Indian because they are trying to promote Thailand more to the Indians because their tourists spend alot. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter14 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Lie and fake news... and more lies... shame on news reporter amd media.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saengd Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 These are the ATTA stats for 2019, even though the link title says otherwise: http://www.atta.or.th/statistics-international-tourists-arriving-in-thailand-as-of-29-february-2016/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pattaya46 Posted December 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2019 13 minutes ago, SupermarineS6B said: Yeah it was packed last night, so much so that some bars in Cowboy didn't bother opening untill half past eight........ Packed out ? My rear end ...........the place is dead........ When will some members understand that the huge majority of tourists do not frequent beer bars and may at best just have a look at a Red Zone such as Walking Street ? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco1 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 yes one second Numbers are up Next Thailand worried numbers are down No set to hit 39 Million what is it really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 1 minute ago, rossco1 said: yes one second Numbers are up Next Thailand worried numbers are down No set to hit 39 Million what is it really Ask the fortune teller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 This has to be a huge disastrous hit on some of the famous top experts in Thai affairs. Gotta brace oneself for a monstrous backlash, which we could safely predict would extend to more than a couple of thousand posts/pages here on TVF which might go on for months! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 19 hours ago, Thaiwrath said: How many of these so called 38 million tourists are from western countries? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Just now, possum1931 said: How many of these so called 38 million tourists are from western countries? Would it matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, possum1931 said: How many of these so called 38 million tourists are from western countries? Why be confused? It is a simple enough question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 18 hours ago, cyril sneer said: why do all the tourist hotspots remain dead ???? One mans hotspot might not interest the rest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsider Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 'the highest number in many years...' The powers-that-be in the tourism industry are some of the most delusional gits in Thai officialdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweiloman Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said: When will some members understand that the huge majority of tourists do not frequent beer bars and may at best just have a look at a Red Zone such as Walking Street ? The majority of members here are expats and not tourists. They equate tourist activities to their own. Next week, I will have 6 adults and 2 kids from a neighbouring Asean country visiting and staying over the New Year. They will be staying in a private villa. They will not be making a single visit to any bars even though most of them drink. Instead they will be chilling at home drinking G&T’s, whiskey, wine and Prosecco at various times of the day. They will be pumping a fair amount of money into the economy but they are sadly not westerners. I’m sure there are thousands of such tourists. It’s just that they are not visible to the typical poster on TVF. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xonax Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 18 hours ago, 4MyEgo said: So each time a person arrives they are counted as a tourist, regardless if it's a layover or an expat returning "home" ? Where are all the tourists, everyone hotel is complaining, bars are empty, please explain, but the figures don't lie. If they arrive on a tourist visa or visa exempt, why shouldnt they be considered tourists? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeCross Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 31 minutes ago, saengd said: These are the ATTA stats for 2019, even though the link title says otherwise: http://www.atta.or.th/statistics-international-tourists-arriving-in-thailand-as-of-29-february-2016/ these numbers are a hell of a lot lower than 39M (and more believable): 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin612 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Some news say Thailand is empty, some news say many tourists, which one is fake news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saengd Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said: these numbers are a hell of a lot lower than 39M (and more believable): Only two airports though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvetsKram Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 18 hours ago, GinBoy2 said: Well Nakorn Backofbeyond must be busting at the seams to accommodate all these folks LOL Somtam and fried bug sales are going through the roof. Milk and honey for all! They have to Spruik whatever BS to not look foolish & keep their jobs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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