Tosserporn. Truly blessed with a name.

7/11 Just got even more busier 555

Amazing...3 pages already and not a single post yet about 1 beer 5 straws. Life is slow today..

2 hours ago, Mavideol said:

I guess their trip to China wooing Chinese didn't went as expected, let's try India and next month they will try billion baht Bangladesh 555

TAT have been targeting India for some time.  Obvious really as after China they have the fastest growing economy in the world.  But they are not alone with this strategy.  Many countries are doing the same including the UK.  It is just sound business sense. 

They will continue to get more Indian tourists. But, as with the vast majority of Chinese, it will be lower class, and lower middle class tourists. Thailand just cannot attract higher end tourists anymore.

 

There are countless things the government could be doing, if they wanted to attract the high quality tourists. The very first thing would be to repeal the anti farang wine bill, that was passed by a few very corrupt senators way back when, to protect an anemic and truly pathetic local wine industry. They are losing billions of dollars a year in revenue, that could be had from a 100% wine duty, instead of over 300%. The five star hotels would have major wine events, and the entire industry would flourish here. If you are a rich tourist, spending $400 to $1500 a night at the Banyan Tree in Bangkok, it is difficult to even find someone to have an intelligent conversation with, about the intricacies, the best vintages, and the qualities of the wine you want to order, here in Thailand. The expertise in F & B is really lacking. 

 

Same applies to luxury tax. If it were reasonable, Thailand would be able to attract rich tourists from around the world, who want to spend $5,000 or more on luxury goods, while on vacation. Will they buy a Prada handbag here for $14,000, that costs $5,000 in Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, London, New York, Paris, Rome, Milan, Monaco, Prague, Moscow, Istanbul, or Dubai? Of course not. What will they do? They will choose any one of those spots, and others for vacation, and Thailand will never even be discussed. 

 

Rich tourists like to spend money when they travel. And they cannot do that here, as they do not like getting taken for a ride. Most wealthy people are smart with their money. Thailand could be making a fortune on a 25% luxury tax. Instead of the 100% of more, which discourages most people from buying. How many people do you see in the luxury stores here? They are almost always completely empty. Inane. Beyond inane.

 

Sorry to say, but the high spending tourists are lost for good. They WILL NOT come back to Thailand, for a dozen different reasons. 

 

Great place to showcase the attractiveness of Thailand.

 

Hurry up before it all Disappears gradually going down hill

Thailand's days as a mega-attraction are over...does not bode well for a prosperous future...

This will backfire, knowing the Thais love for darker skinned gentlemen from South Asia and the Middle East ............  

For the TAT in India things are going from Hyderabad to hyderaworse.

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

Most Indian are vegetarian or muslims, from what i know i don't think Thailand can cater theses requirement sufficiently enough, other then than, bring them in if you can... 

Most Indians are muslims !!!!!!  Wohhh ....this shows your deep knowledge about India and its history ......

3 hours ago, webfact said:

A large delegation of enthusiastic officials from the Tourism Authority of Thailand are once again trying to woo  Indians into visiting Thailand. 

A large group o TAT dreamers ...
I am sure that if you don't dream big, you have no chance to work for TAT!
You already have so many problems with your Chinese cousins, expect immense problems with the Indians!

With all the Knee deep trash everywhere and the Pollution, they should feel right at home here

3 hours ago, keith101 said:

don't know why mega rich Indians would even consider Thailand as a go to place when there are so many more beautiful (not in drought conditions) places they can go to and probably safer as well .

What status is there for a mega rich Indian or for that matter a mega rich anyoone coming to Bangkok or Pattaya-  horrid pollution;  traffic jams;  very poor high end shopping and  restaurants that cannot even  find a bottle of wine that is on the menu.

 

Throw in a surly attitude toward Indians at Immigration and just about everywhere and they go elsewhere.  Mostly shopping at Rodeo Driver in Los Angeles; high end stores in London; the French Riviera and Monaco.

 

Just because you build it- doesnt mean anyone will come.  You got to have good players.

 

TAT would be much better off sitting down with  a group of long stayers and asking  for comments on why people don't come to Thailand anymore and how to fix it. They won't do it - because they can't handle the truth!!

They refused to allow the Chinese tourists to use their own (Chinese speaking) tourist guides.  The police slapped a Chines tourist in the face at the airport. Many Chinese have been scammed and report it back home on social media.  Etc.  And TAT wonders why they stopped coming.

 

The latest move sounds like pure desperation.

 

As a "foreigner" that pays taxes, has made major investments and has lived here for over 12 years, I no longer feel welcome.

 

Oh well, "Thailand is for Thais" and that is how it will end up.  Good luck with it.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Billion baht Indians are the answer!

Indian tourists are well known for their extravagant spending habits and their dislike of bartering. This should work!

Love the name of the boss TOSSERporn, well Tosser by name and probably by nature ….what a wally 

 

Goodness gracious me!!

6 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

I don't think you need a huge campaign to attract tourists from India.

Bangkok is the closest (and therefore cheapest) international fun city for them. They would

come even if mistreated.

Which they will be, as soon as they step into a taxi at the airport, eat the first meal in a restaurant, buy a drink in a bar, step onto a beach.... I could go on !

31 minutes ago, mal2018 said:

Great comment Peter. It's always puzzled me why a lot of people cannot spell the name of the main currency of the country they live in. I bet you a pined that it's not a local.

I think most of the 'bath' spellings are down to the auto correct on mobile phones and tablets

So if 1.95 Million visit again, and spend 1.1 Billion..... That's 500 baht each! ????

"Led by commitee chief Tosserporn Sirisampan, MCOT said the group expects Indians to spend a whopping 1.1 billion baht in Thailand this year. "

 

Wonderful name, just about sums up this group of t.....s.

Led by commitee chief Tosserporn Sirisampan........  Oooh Jesus i just drenched the computer with coffee ...... I think the name says it all.........

4 hours ago, keith101 said:

I don't know why mega rich Indians would even consider Thailand as a go to place when there are so many more beautiful (not in drought conditions) places they can go to and probably safer as well .

Where it say about “mega rich” Indians?

 

 

No more "New Delhi Belly".

--Thailand ©

4 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Where it say about “mega rich” Indians?

 

 

mega rich Indians , you need to read better .

2 hours ago, FinChin67 said:

I suggest you look into mirror TAT and see the real reasons why people are not visiting Thailand.

39 million last year.

 

2 hours ago, FinChin67 said:

 

 

 

Things what I hear every day in Malaysia and China starting from the obvious high bath, visa issues and less than friendly immigration + all scams on top of that. All this has been discussed here many times over.

Discussed here, maybe the 39 million not read TVF.

 

2 hours ago, FinChin67 said:

If you need to go out and try to lure visitors then alarm bells should be ringing. Vietnam does not need to do the same. 

 

They are in New Delhi also. https://www.satte.in/Exhibitors-List

 

Vietnam not get 39 million. But good luck for them. And many other country. Tourism is a business. Thailand successful this business. 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, FinChin67 said:

 

We all know too well also that Indians and Chinese are really not that high spenders and the wealthy ones go elsewhere.

“We all know”.

hmmmmm

 

 

2 hours ago, FinChin67 said:

They really are so out of touch of the problems but I guess they will have it slapped on their faces once the people are starting to run out of money and food which is coming soon as Thais have very little or no savings at all.

Run out of food in Thailand? 

Pfffft

After i'd stopped laughing my backside off at the unfortunate name of the Chief, i'm beginning to realise that someone really high up on the pile really has a hard on so much about westerners that they're willing to destroy their country and inflict all kinds of nastiness on the little charmers from Isaan, but then again they probably despise them as much as the FARANGS !.......... I always knew stupidity was high on the list here, but this is getting scary..........  How stupid can you get ?

This is now falling into the realm of total fantasy ... Another waste of time and money instead of pinpointing the real issues

Any chance of adding an emoji of some one throwing up for all these B$ TAT propaganda fairytales

18 minutes ago, keith101 said:

mega rich Indians , you need to read better .

No, you need to read OP before rush quickly to post first. 

 

can you show the quote where it say “mega rich indians”. Even “rich indians” be enough.

Can?

Or not? 

No. Because it not say that.

 

1.95 Indian tourist last year. More than two year ago.

Be more this year. 

The marketing is successful.

 

That is reason they they go to this https://www.satte.in/Exhibitors-List

Marketing. They go last year also.

 

Not only thailand, many country go. Is business. Thailand is very successful with the tourism business.

 

This thread have some foreigner not like Indian people. 

I like Indian people. I not like racist people.

 

Welcome to Thailand India people. Wish you have a good time, enjoy your holiday!