snoop1130 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Thailand welcomes 39th million tourist BANGKOK (NNT) - At Suvarnabhumi Airport in Samut Prakan province, the Tourism and Sports Minister, Pipat Ratchakitprakan, welcomed the 39th million tourist for 2019. The person is Anna Pavlovskaya, a 44-year-old Russian who has visited Thailand twice. Mrs. Pavlovskaya said she plans to take a vacation with her family in Phuket province. She was rewarded with the "Luckiest Visitor" shirt, a certificate, a five-night voucher at eligible four to five-star hotels in Thailand and two round-trip tickets for flights with Thai Airways International (THAI). The Tourism and Sports Minister said his ministry and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) look forward to welcoming more tourists. Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, instructed all sectors to be good hosts to foreign visitors and create a positive impression, so that they will return to Thailand again. The Tourism and Sports Minister said the total number of international tourists is likely to hit 39.8 million by the end of this year because Thailand welcomes 140,000 visitors per day. -- © Copyright NNT 2019-12-27 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cyril sneer Posted December 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2019 Philippines anyone? 8 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mike787 Posted December 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 minute ago, cyril sneer said: Philippines anyone? i'm in...or anywhere else.... 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vadid Posted December 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2019 Strange, these milestone tourists are invariably women, and never, ever middle aged or elderly white men. 19 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BobbyL Posted December 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2019 25 minutes ago, vadid said: Strange, these milestone tourists are invariably women, and never, ever middle aged or elderly white men. Every time. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DaRoadrunner Posted December 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2019 3 hours ago, snoop1130 said: She was rewarded with the "Luckiest Visitor" shirt, a certificate, a five-night voucher at eligible four to five-star hotels in Thailand and two round-trip tickets for flights with Thai Airways International (THAI). Plus a visit to Immigration Detention Center and deportation for having visited twice. 3 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, instructed all sectors to be good hosts to foreign visitors and create a positive impression, so that they will return to Thailand again. Really? It sure does not look like that to me. 5 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEAsia Traveler Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) delete Edited December 27, 2019 by SEAsia Traveler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Misterwhisper Posted December 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) Why suddenly make it a round figure? Just a week ago it seemed perfectly fine to make a lot of fanfare about the 38.26 millionth arrival. Besides, only on December 11 it was reported that arrivals had reached 32.5 million. Provided that both total arrival figures are correct, that would mean an increase of a whopping 6.5 million new arrivals over the past 16 days, or an average of 382,352 PER DAY. How on earth does Thailand's woefully understaffed immigration department have the capacity to even process half of that? They already seem to struggle when two Boeing-747 land back to back. I just continue to believe that all these figures are deliberately doctored. Edited December 27, 2019 by Misterwhisper 12 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweiloman Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 She was rewarded with the "Luckiest Visitor" shirt, a certificate, a five-night voucher at eligible four to five-star hotels in Thailand and two round-trip tickets for flights with Thai Airways International (THAI). Pretty good prizes. Wouldn’t mind that at all although I would just burn the flights portion. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweiloman Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Misterwhisper said: Why suddenly make it a round figure? Just a week ago it seemed perfectly fine to make a lot of fanfare about the 38.26 millionth arrival. Besides, only on December 11 it was reported that arrivals had reached 32.5 million. Provided that both total arrival figures are correct, that would mean an increase of a whopping 6.5 million new arrivals over the past 16 days, or an average of 382,352 PER DAY. How on earth does Thailand's woefully understaffed immigration department have the capacity to even process half of that? They already seem to struggle when two Boeing-747 land back to back. I just continue to believe that all these figures are deliberately doctored. I wasn’t going to bother but what the heck. The Dec 11 report (32.51 mio) was arrivals till 31st Oct. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hugh Cow Posted December 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2019 Are they still counting the In Transit passengers? 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chazar Posted December 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2019 9 hours ago, vadid said: Strange, these milestone tourists are invariably women, and never, ever middle aged or elderly white men. Thats a woman? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legend49 Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 Well this will make all the empty shops, business owners with no customers, empty hotels absolutely ecstatic as the economy booms back to the good old days. LOL. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Destiny1990 Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 Did she get the price before or after the airport interrogation about for what purpose she came again to Thailand? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bristolgeoff Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 I remember del boy winning the supermarket one in only fools and horses.all about the robbery and set up.he come out smelling of roses.maybe this is the same I don,t know 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soalbundy Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 They are going to have her stuffed and put in a glass vitrine to hang up at the airport. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AhFarangJa Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 11 hours ago, vadid said: Strange, these milestone tourists are invariably women, and never, ever middle aged or elderly white men. Exactly. I also wonder why the milestone visitor is always at Swampy. Why not someone crossing at say, Trat, Klong Yai, or Hat Lek......???? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 Amazing that these big numbers always happen at the airport (to targeted countries) and not some Cambodian or Myanmar crossing in 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ICELANDMAN Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) It would look good like a lesbian Thais, certainly not a Russian one Edited December 28, 2019 by ICELANDMAN 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiman123 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 One more “babuska” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainhornblower Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 6 hours ago, Gweiloman said: I wasn’t going to bother but what the heck. The Dec 11 report (32.51 mio) was arrivals till 31st Oct. 11 hours ago, Misterwhisper said: Why suddenly make it a round figure? Just a week ago it seemed perfectly fine to make a lot of fanfare about the 38.26 millionth arrival. Besides, only on December 11 it was reported that arrivals had reached 32.5 million. Provided that both total arrival figures are correct, that would mean an increase of a whopping 6.5 million new arrivals over the past 16 days, or an average of 382,352 PER DAY. How on earth does Thailand's woefully understaffed immigration department have the capacity to even process half of that? They already seem to struggle when two Boeing-747 land back to back. I just continue to believe that all these figures are deliberately doctored. Even if it is from Oct 31st to now it still means a tourist arrival figure of around 114.035 people per day or 4,750 people per hour (24 hours per day) - that seems a tad high to me ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racket Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 15 hours ago, cyril sneer said: Philippines anyone? Im on my way.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bizboi Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) WOW!!! Exciting news - Personally Ive been out of Thailand for the last 8 months - I cant WAIT to get back mid January and see the new happy throng of excited tourists at the world class resorts in Pattaya, Hua Hin and Bangkoks special atmosphere that Ive been reading about on TV, all enjoying the safety and fun of their holiday destination - the streets, bars, shopping centres and tourist spots must be packed - it WILL be fun to be back!!???????? Edited December 28, 2019 by bizboi 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mokwit Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, snoop1130 said: who has visited Thailand twice. The Minister obviously didn't realise she had been let in by mistake. Edited December 28, 2019 by mokwit 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rossco1 Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 also strange but week before that it was target well down from expected forecaster 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Misterwhisper Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 7 hours ago, Gweiloman said: I wasn’t going to bother but what the heck. The Dec 11 report (32.51 mio) was arrivals till 31st Oct. You're right. I missed that. My mistake. So that makes 47 days, or 138,299 average arrivals per day. I still think it's an impossible number. It would be equivalent to 307 FULLY LOADED Boeing-747's having touched down every single day since October 31 -- and mind you, the vast majority of arriving passenger planes is a lot smaller. In my opinion, TAT (and immigration) count pretty much every foreign person crossing the border as a tourist: grocery shoppers from Laos; Malaysian blokes coming to Betong for a quick <deleted>; illegally working expats returning from their regular "visa hops" every 30 days; and even me (having been on 12 business trips abroad this year, I am quite sure I was registered as "12 new arrivals"). The sheer fact that they proudly announced the 38.26 millionth arrival (which is a really odd number) tells me that something isn't kosher. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 13 hours ago, vadid said: Strange, these milestone tourists are invariably women, and never, ever middle aged or elderly white men. Middle aged or elderly white men no longer come to Thailand, do they? ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakmuay887 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 they have to be counting people in transit, because it's a ghost town here. When I went to Sukothai the other day it was a ghost town there and when I was in Chiang Mai last week it sure felt dead as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Forever Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 13 hours ago, vadid said: Strange, these milestone tourists are invariably women, and never, ever middle aged or elderly white men. So what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakmuay887 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 59 minutes ago, racket said: Im on my way.. not far behind! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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