Billion baht Indians are the answer! TAT go to New Delhi all guns blazing for more Indian tourists

[stubby52]

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[lovethai123]

3 minutes ago, Parsve said:

Is it anyone else, exept TAT that have the idea that India is filled of rich people?

Indians who travel across the globe and other indians and westerners who are jealous of them. Do you know Indian economy is equivalent to that of UK and France?? Long gone are the days when you were told India is a third world country. 

 

[White Christmas13]

Mumbai is currently home to about 41,200 millionaires, while Delhi has about half that number at 20,600

[White Christmas13]

4 minutes ago, stubby52 said:

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very intelligent answer

[Cranky]

9 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

Childish giggle. 

I'm astonished I had to scroll down to the 6th post before Tosserporn was picked up.  No words.

[Happy Grumpy]

4 hours ago, Brickbat said:

they say it’s pure jealousy

They must be wrong.

 

As Buddhists, Thais don't feel jealous, or act out of jealousy.

[Parsve]

5 hours ago, Traubert said:

Ah, we're back on the wine and handbags.

 

Well the Chinese buy hand bags and other luxury goods by the truckful. Just look at the tax reclaim queues in Siam for instance, almost exclusively Chinese. You see homegoing Chinese in the airport check-ins they've all got huge boxes that they didn't arrive with. Todays exclusive, low class Chinese holiday in China.

 

Wine? Pah! The Chinese dont go on holiday to buy imported wine. They can do that in China. Who would? You want a wine holiday go to a wine producing country. You know. coals to Newcastle and all that. Mohammed to the Mountain. 'Excuse me Waiter, do you have the Chateau Nong Khai 89 by any chance?'

 

Nonsense.

So if it is as you say, why do TAT think they have to go to India and try to find new tourists? is it just a trip for fun or?

[Tounge Thaied]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that Indians were already familiar with places like Bangkok and Pattaya but interest in Phuket, Chiang Mai and Koh Samui was growing. 

With the exception of Bangkok for obvious reasons, I now know where to stay away from. Likely marketing these same places to the Chinese?

[GanDoonToonPet]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Chatthan Kunchorn na Ayuthaya, a South Asia and Pacific tourism expert

I wonder how he got the job. Is he an expert or.....

[Guest]

Do you know what the best thing about having more Indians in Bangkok is?  No, seriously .. do you?  

Because I sure don't!

[Raphael54]

Can someone fix this article and the usual typos in the numbers?

"Led by commitee chief Tosserporn Sirisampan, MCOT said the group expects Indians to spend a whopping 1.1 billion baht in Thailand this year.  They reckoned that 1.95 million visited in 2019." 

 

If 1.95 million Indians spend 1.1 billion Baht, that's a measly 565 baht per person???

 

 

 

[Traubert]

10 minutes ago, Parsve said:

So if it is as you say, why do TAT think they have to go to India and try to find new tourists? is it just a trip for fun or?

 

 

There's established markets and there's growing markets. No doubt Thailand will be represented at the Guangzhou Travel Expo in February too in China targeting the 7m new passport holders that have emerged in the last 12 months. That's their job, and this article shows them doing it despite the detritus showered on them here.

[jastheace]

1 hour ago, White Christmas13 said:

Mumbai is currently home to about 41,200 millionaires, while Delhi has about half that number at 20,600

just to give us an idea, what is 1M rupee in baht ?

[Traubert]

13 minutes ago, bangkokequity said:

Do you know what the best thing about having more Indians in Bangkok is?  No, seriously .. do you?  

Because I sure don't!

Well the more there are, the more the likelihood that one will will overhear the rabid racism from people such as you and then hand out some street justice.

 

Because it's a pound to a pinch of sch!t that you'd never say that to an Indian guy in the street.

[White Christmas13]

8 minutes ago, jastheace said:

just to give us an idea, what is 1M rupee in baht ?

what does it matter it is more than all farangs spend in Thailand

[White Christmas13]

Millionaires are quoted in US dollars 

[jastheace]

5 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

Millionaires are quoted in US dollars 

you've been in Oz too long. sense of humour faded.

[White Christmas13]

4 minutes ago, jastheace said:

you've been in Oz too long. sense of humour faded.

no you don't know me

[jastheace]

Just now, White Christmas13 said:

no you don't know me

Hallo, mein freund.

[White Christmas13]

3 minutes ago, jastheace said:

Hallo, mein freund.

Sorry my German is not that good

[EricTh]

4 hours ago, lovethai123 said:

I dont want to argue but where was that tree located?? India.

 

And when the term India is used in these contexts, it doesn't always mean the current geographical boundaries of the Republic of India. India has always been a civilization full of immense knowledge and great wealth. India may also mean the lands where Indic/Indian culture was prevalent and that has always covered the current geographical area of the country of nepal. So it is not 100% factually wrong in saying Gautam Buddha was Indian. The current geographical boundaries didnt exist then and it was different back then

 

You might want to read this to correct your misconception.

 

http://eastasiaorigin.blogspot.com/2017/09/ethnic-origin-of-nepalese.html

 

[Soikhaonoiken]

If its true what Tat is trying to achieve and promote CM, and the do start to visit, you will have a different outlook, in pattaya, they walk around the city with beer in hand (allbeit 1 beer between 6) they hassle the bar girls, the guys walk round in groups of 6 or more, a friend of mine staying in a pattaya hotel had 6 sleeping in the next double room, and decided to party at 5am with indian music on full blast, he had to get security and finally they were told to vacate the hotel. 

[Soikhaonoiken]

12 hours ago, CNXexpat said:

I see more Indians in Chiang Mai. No groups of men, only couples and families. Nothing to complain about them. No difference to western tourists. Ok, one difference - they never walk with bottles of beer in their hands through the city. 

Wait until they arrive in droves, I think you will change your mind. 

[gk10002000]

And I am sure all the Thai ladies are eagerly anticipating them and are hoping to marry some of them and move to India instead of the UK, USA, Germany, etc.

[gk10002000]

49 minutes ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

If its true what Tat is trying to achieve and promote CM, and the do start to visit, you will have a different outlook, in pattaya, they walk around the city with beer in hand (allbeit 1 beer between 6) they hassle the bar girls, the guys walk round in groups of 6 or more, a friend of mine staying in a pattaya hotel had 6 sleeping in the next double room, and decided to party at 5am with indian music on full blast, he had to get security and finally they were told to vacate the hotel. 

Can't deny the group or herd mentality.  Very common. And the haggling and hassling and price negotiation, or trying to get a group discount with ladies or ladyboys is legendary.  I have yet to see any amount of Indians in any of the gogos along walking street.  Although on my last trip in July I did see some Indian lounge advertising Indian dancers?  I assume there are similar places around town that cater or will be catering to Indians.

[Ron jeremy]

11 hours ago, RBOP said:

Was at Icon Siam on the weekend to watch the water show. There was a group tour of about 400 Indian's being lead to ferry boats. What got me there was no women with them. They were well behaved and stinking of cologne.  

Never see them causing trouble, never see them receiving beat downs, like other western nationalities. 

[dcnx]

At least they will feel at home with the air pollution.

[daveAustin]

15 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

Very rich Indians are more likely to visit other destinations.

Agreed, but I read it as they hope Indian visitors will spend a collective billion baht in the country as opposed to attracting Indians worth a billion baht.

[Destiny1990]

Yeah why not over float this place with broke Indians maybe that will bring back the momentum ! ????

[Elad]

13 hours ago, tonysilly said:

7/11 Just got even more busier 555

The bottled beer and straws are here!!