Thailand welcomes 39th million tourist

[johnmcc6]

Baloney! If 39 million tourists mixed with a total Thai population of just under 69 million people it would hard get around because of the crowds.

[Jack Cook]

It’s a Thai Govt statistic. Thai immigration couldn’t lie straight in bed. Thai tourism is in its death knell. Vietnam and the Philippines have trounced it. The ripping off went on for way too long. Can’t say they don’t deserve it. Leave it to the big spending Indians they’ll fix it ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[Jane Dough]

The trouble with a lot of people on the forum bashing the Thais over the tourism numbers is that they also get their numbers and their information all wrong. There is also a lack of objectivity from all sides.

 

These threads have become tedious in the extreme.

 

Rooster

 

 

[SiSePuede419]

3,999,999th visitor "more lucky".*

 

*Why do I find myself wanting to speak Tinglish here?!?!? ????

[spidermike007]

Quantity of tourists means less than zero. The TAT is lost in space. Quality of tourists leads to a higher quality of life for everyone in the industry, and less crowded conditions on the ground. The racist administration, and the highly xenophobic immigration department, have done a great job of chasing away quality tourists, and are stuck with low baht, lower or lower middle class tourists, without much spending power. Nearly everyone in the industry is suffering. Thailand is simply not able to attract many wealthy tourists. Sure, it is true that the Indians and Chinese spend alot per capita. But, the higher end of that scale does not visit Thailand, for a dozen different reasons, that I have cited many times in the past. 

[peter14]

17 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

Philippines anyone?

Much better and visa are easy and make sense. No forms and  I reporting and longterm stay over 60 days get plastic ID card and chips...  so shame on thailand 

[dingdongrb]

2 minutes ago, peter14 said:

Much better and visa are easy and make sense. No forms and  I reporting and longterm stay over 60 days get plastic ID card and chips...  so shame on thailand 

See ya!!!!

[The Preacher]

15 hours ago, vadid said:

Strange, these milestone tourists are invariably women, and never, ever middle aged or elderly white men.

You need tits for the T-shirt.

[neeray]

7 hours ago, Hugh Lao said:

Are they still counting the In Transit passengers?

 

Notice that the sign in the background says VISITOR, not TOURIST.

Refreshing to see a little bit of honesty here.

[Isaan sailor]

So telling.  No rich western tourists anymore.  Gee, I wonder why?

[DUNROAMIN]

Wow , that equates to 106,849 people arriving ever day, or 4452 arriving every hour.

[CGW]

10 hours ago, Gweiloman said:

Pretty good prizes.

Heard she would be willing to trade for a N95 face-mask and an air filter in her loom! 

[30la]

And the lies continue .... the endless history of tourism in Thailand, writer Pipat Ratchakitprakan, a bestseller!

[Austrian26]

i entered thailand 3 times this year, so i count as 3 tourists

 

i have a german friend who has like 6 arrivals and some filipinos get around 6 arrivals (by paying 200 baht so they look away on the 2 entry limit per year) 

 

 

thats how 3 people equal 15 tourists 

[zydeco]

8 hours ago, Chazar said:

Thats a  woman?

In Russia, it is.

[zydeco]

4 hours ago, Jane Dough said:

The trouble with a lot of people on the forum bashing the Thais over the tourism numbers is that they also get their numbers and their information all wrong. There is also a lack of objectivity from all sides.

 

These threads have become tedious in the extreme.

 

Rooster

 

 

Folks here are just responding. We're not generating the news releases that seem so doubtful to many. There wouldn't be so many threads to become so tedious for you were there not the issuance of all dubious "milestones." 

[P100]

These BS actions show how desperate they are to prove that every thing is ok while tourism is collapsing due to their own failures.

 

Almost every week we hear official tourism numbers. As if they want to calm down the people to avoid an uprising.

 

 

[mickey rat]

What, no free PM2.5 pollution safety masks? I can't believe it. ???? 

[Redline]

Give me something real

[zydeco]

12 minutes ago, mickey rat said:

What, no free PM2.5 pollution safety masks? I can't believe it. ???? 

Just put a reusable plastic bag over the lucky winner's head. Problem solved.

[Gweiloman]

6 hours ago, captainhornblower said:

 

 

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 ????

Not all coming through Swampy though. Don’t forget that there are what, 4 other international airports? Chiang Mai, Phuket, Hat Yai etc as well as many land crossings. There are thousands crossing everyday in Sadat alone. 

[Gweiloman]

5 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

. 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.   

Oh, absolutely. The count is number of arrivals, not number of unique individuals. Malaysian blokes coming across Betong, Dannok are correctly classified as tourists as they are only coming over for a short holiday and depositing some baht (among other things) into the country. 
There are also a lot of Malaysian families going to Hat Yai for quick shopping trips and Thai food. I was surprised at the numbers when I was down there not so long ago. 

[JesseHumphry]

This tourism / visitor nonsense is a canary in a coalmine. 

Unless you're impacted by TAT's policies, you're likely to think of "visitor" and "tourist" as synonymous. They have the same connotation. 

The Thai economy is contracting HARD because of how Thailand is treating tourists and foreigners in general, and the dual-pricing schemes don't help matters much. 

Just wait for the crash and snatch up land or a house at a cheap price. 

[Gweiloman]

35 minutes ago, P100 said:

These BS actions show how desperate they are to prove that every thing is ok while tourism is collapsing due to their own failures.

 

Almost every week we hear official tourism numbers. As if they want to calm down the people to avoid an uprising.

 

 

Do you think that most Thais know or even bother about tourism numbers?

 

What I can tell you is that most people who live in touristic places hates tourism unless they are personally benefitting in some way from it. 

[Gweiloman]

5 hours ago, johnmcc6 said:

Baloney! If 39 million tourists mixed with a total Thai population of just under 69 million people it would hard get around because of the crowds.

You do realise that they don’t all arrive at the same time? Oh, you didn’t know that? Sorry, my bad

[Gweiloman]

6 minutes ago, JesseHumphry said:

This tourism / visitor nonsense is a canary in a coalmine. 

Unless you're impacted by TAT's policies, you're likely to think of "visitor" and "tourist" as synonymous. They have the same connotation. 

The Thai economy is contracting HARD because of how Thailand is treating tourists and foreigners in general, and the dual-pricing schemes don't help matters much. 

Just wait for the crash and snatch up land or a house at a cheap price. 

Strange post. On the one hand, Thai bashing. On the other, recommending others to invest (even though they can’t actually). 

[meshborg]

How about a milestone event for the 39millionth road death.Yes sounds sick but how else do you get through to the numbskull drivers.

[CALSinCM]

 I notice the changing demographics of tourist shifting from Westerns to tourists from China and India.  My hypothesis is that this particular subset of tourist who are now making up the majority of the visitors simply don't notice any difference in the air quality when they step off the plane.  If fact, the AQI might actually be a slight improvement over where their flight originated from.  ????

[garyk]

1 hour ago, mickey rat said:

What, no free PM2.5 pollution safety masks? I can't believe it. ???? 

You beat me to it... ha

[Benmart]

In a world based on sex, money and power, the truth is located somewhere between Earth and Ur-anus.