Tat will use this as the reason the tourist Industry is down, ignoring all the losses prior to the virus’s arrival. It will be the catch-all excuse for every negative downturn.

Edited January 27, 20206 yr by d2b2

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The number of Chinese tourists are expected to drop by 1 to 2 million and foreign arrivals could be down by at least 2 per cent.

A friend of mine who lives in Germany who has a Thai wife and child have cancelled plans for a visit this year in early March, citing 3 main issues:

#1 Currency exchange rate
#2 PM2.5 and other pollution concerns
#3 New coronavirus outbreak

 

He has now booked Egypt for 3 weeks fully inclusive for half the price of coming here... including flights.

24 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

That's what you get when you capture innocent wild animals , torture them by putting them in small cages and slaughter them in front of the' customers ' . DESERVED !

Who said they slaughtered them? They may have eaten them alive like they do with monkey's when eating their brains. 

The Thai people and the businesses like local transportation, hotels, restaurants and malls need to take control in hand and put up disclaimers no Chinese allowed. Leave it up to these Honest elected politicians and their cronies at the helm and it like booking a ticket on the Titanic. 

Edited January 27, 20206 yr by holy cow cm

OMG...let's worry about the impact on Thailand's resident's health.... 

Corona virus is a gift from china to world for new year !! 
 

Have faith... for they will mismanage the preventation of the virus  getting here, the treatment of the ill, and then get caught lying about all of it. Hopefully, this will kill the already declining tourism, reduce road traffic and lines in 7 11. Its all good.

Most countries are worrying about the Coronavirus and their citizens’ health, but here they are worrying  about tourism. What a joke!

32 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

it like booking a ticket on the Titanic. 

Knowing what happened to it 

My wife and I were planing a trip to Ubon to put the finishing touches on our house in mid Feb. We decided to cancel our trip. 
 

I hope this virus is contained quickly! 

4 hours ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

Thailand you're putting all your eggs in one basket, and relying on Chinese and Indian tourist, now look what's happened and where it might leave you in the sh*t.... 

maybe now sometime they  will start to re-apriciate western tourists, as for me i am happy to see less chinese on the road

saves me a lot of panic braking and honking my horn

14 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

Knowing what happened to it 

Ya know, with most of the world I would say yes they know, but with Thai and their history lessons of having no history lessons maybe not! If there was not a big stink about it making it a no no in the international circle denouncing it, then if the guys and gals running this country had a Halloween party, I will leave it up to your guess what their party outfit or costume uniform might be.

I'm reassured that karma has paid the powers that be a necessary visit, well deserved considering the amount of pain inflicted upon many farangs and long timers........ "Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it" ........  Quality tourists......... carrying the plague.......  Karma....

1 hour ago, TKDfella said:

I read yesterday that some countries are considering denying all Chinese tourist entry. Never mind Thailand will accept them.

If , ever , cases of people infected in Thailand will multiply , there will be hardly any tourists at all wanting to come to Thailand anymore ...

Or , if you were a tourist , would you take the risk ...?

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Wuhan virus expected to hit Thai and Asian tourism hard 

I really think Thailand is very unlucky, losing so many tourists without being guilty ...????

Why do these epidemics so often start in China?

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The number of Chinese tourists are expected to drop by 1 to 2 million and foreign arrivals could be down by at least 2 per cent.

nothing to worry here, TAT has been wooing the (very) rich Indians.... Chinese out Indians in all is well

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

A friend of mine who lives in Germany who has a Thai wife and child have cancelled plans for a visit this year in early March, citing 3 main issues:

#1 Currency exchange rate
#2 PM2.5 and other pollution concerns
#3 New coronavirus outbreak

 

He has now booked Egypt for 3 weeks fully inclusive for half the price of coming here... including flights.

Given past history, Egypt would not be my first choice as a safe destination!

52 minutes ago, raccos21 said:

Most countries are worrying about the Coronavirus and their citizens’ health, but here they are worrying  about tourism. What a joke!

to make it clear: they worry about money, otherwise they dont't care about tourists

22 minutes ago, 30la said:

I really think Thailand is very unlucky, losing so many tourists without being guilty ...????

I like your kind of sarkasm

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27 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

Why do these epidemics so often start in China?

A lot of it has to do with the way that dead and live animals are kept in close proximity to each other and the terrible levels of sanitation at the markets.  Furthermore, there are a myriad of species from bat to badger all kept, skinned, slaughtered etc. in one confined area. It's a breeding ground for viruses and virus mutations. 

5 hours ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

Thailand you're putting all your eggs in one basket, and relying on Chinese and Indian tourist, now look what's happened and where it might leave you in the sh*t.... 

I was looking forward to a weaker thb, but didn't expect it to materialize in this way ....

57 minutes ago, Guitarzan said:

My wife and I were planing a trip to Ubon to put the finishing touches on our house in mid Feb. We decided to cancel our trip. 
 

I hope this virus is contained quickly! 

I'll let you know

Just on the local news in Australia.Indonesia wants to build another 10 Balis to attract tourists,5 in a years time. The rest to follow.That'll be an alternative for tourists  to Thailand too.

Well , I read somewhere today that the market in Wuhan that is in the center of the Virus outbreak , offered enough live animals to fill a zoo , including civets, rats, snakes, giant salamanders and live wolf pups.

It is what they call the ' bushmeat trade ' plus broader human encroachment on wild habitats , that caused this virus to spread over to humans . Even in China , that ' bushmeat trade ' is illegal . But they still do it ...

That seems to be a lesson taught to humans by nature ... hope they learn from it ...?

 

1 minute ago, nobodysfriend said:

Well , I read somewhere today that the market in Wuhan that is in the center of the Virus outbreak , offered enough live animals to fill a zoo , including civets, rats, snakes, giant salamanders and live wolf pups.

It is what they call the ' bushmeat trade ' plus broader human encroachment on wild habitats , that caused this virus to spread over to humans . Even in China , that ' bushmeat trade ' is illegal . But they still do it ...

That seems to be a lesson taught to humans by nature ... hope they learn from it ...?

 

I also just read 5 million people got out of Wuhan before the quarantine was put in place.

The year of the Rat is in full swing

39 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

Why do these epidemics so often start in China?

Has to be the "food chain" to feed so many people all corralled into small areas not easy, they end up eating all kinds of everything! you haven't seen "processed "food till you have been to modern day China, ~70% of the foods on offer are not recognisable as "food' by most! Poor hygiene not helping!

2 hours ago, tifino said:

...but trying for 100% ? 

no problem.just increase the room rates 200%. Thai style. Of course.