rooster59 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Despite brave holdouts, virus gutting island tourism By THE NATION The 2019-nCoV coronavirus, now deemed an international public health emergency by the World Health Organisation, has resulted in dozens of high-season flights to Thai southern beach resorts cancelled. Reporters surveying the scene on Phuket’s Pa Tong Beach this week were able to count a few, mainly from Europe and Russia, South Korea and Japan, sunbathing, swimming and tossing around frisbees. There are also Chinese tourists still to be found on Phuket as well, many booking cruises around the Andaman Sea. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30381369 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-02-01 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Youlike Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 Do those tourists have to swim around the speedboats? Why don't they ban them from the beach? 17 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post neeray Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 Looking at these pictures (OP), if the virus doesn't get them, there's a good chance skin cancer will. 17 1 1 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatOngo Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 10 minutes ago, rooster59 said: Reporters surveying the scene on Phuket’s Pa Tong Beach this week were able to count a few, mainly from Europe and Russia, South Korea and Japan, sunbathing, swimming and tossing around frisbees. Well at the very least, the photos give the deception that there are plenty of tourists! 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 31 minutes ago, Youlike said: Do those tourists have to swim around the speedboats? Why don't they ban them from the beach? The sea in Phuket is always dangerous, even when the flag is green; only excellent swimmers can venture a little offshore and provided that they do so in a group 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LivinLOS Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 35 minutes ago, Youlike said: Do those tourists have to swim around the speedboats? Why don't they ban them from the beach? As always.. Money.. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Damrongsak Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 Ah, those beach pictures makes me homesick for Loei. Our house overlooks Banana Beach. And Swamp Lagoon. 10 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RotBenz8888 Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 57 minutes ago, neeray said: Looking at these pictures (OP), if the virus doesn't get them, there's a good chance skin cancer will. Or a crash with the Tuk Tuk on their way home. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 Ok and now can a TVF member ho and take real photos from the current situation? 11 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post neeray Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, DrTuner said: Ok and now can a TVF member ho and take real photos from the current situation? Agreed. Those pictures seem to be "file" footage. There are more people on the beach than the OP seems to describe. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RotBenz8888 Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, neeray said: Agreed. Those pictures seem to be "file" footage. There are more people on the beach than the OP seems to describe. Hmmm, counting tourists per m2 on the beach from those pictures indicates a GBP/TB rate of 54.93 at that point in time. 1 1 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post action Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 The TAT should ban these photos for ruining the image of Thailand. 555 2 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sahibji Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 5 hours ago, Youlike said: Do those tourists have to swim around the speedboats? Why don't they ban them from the beach? ban them from beaches and then what do you expect them to do? run around trees! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, action said: The TAT should ban these photos for ruining the image of Thailand. 555 are these not normal beach scene the world over? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 5 hours ago, PatOngo said: Well at the very least, the photos give the deception that there are plenty of tourists! Stock photos taken years ago. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy John Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I'd be more interested in comparing tourist arrival numbers to hotel/resort occupancy rates. Afterall there the 2 barometers of what's happening tourist wise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Hardly any Chinese venture onto the beach during the day anyway; the usually wait until after 5pm when the sun is going down. So a beach devoid of Chinese tourists is hardly an indicator of their numbers. However improved traffic due to fewer buses and minibuses has been noticeable in Phuket over the past few days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khunpa Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 Sure the next official report will show only a minor increase to 47 mill. tourist per year. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfin Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, NCC1701A said: Ah, the sight of cellulite 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wensiensheng Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 It’s still very busy around Chalong temple in the afternoon. And Nai Harn beach has been busy ish, but not as busy as I would normally expect it to be. Traffic is definitely lighter, Noticeably fewer coaches and mini buses. Central is still busy ish today and they are reading temperatures of everybody using the link between old and new. Unbelievably, they are writing down every temperature they read. Quite why I have no idea. At the end of the day they will have a list of meaningless numbers. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluek Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Looks like any typical high-season day on Phuket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legend49 Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 6 hours ago, PatOngo said: Well at the very least, the photos give the deception that there are plenty of tourists! Pity they cant prove the photos by having time and date shown on them. They could be years old 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lensta Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 15 minutes ago, Elfin said: Ah, the sight of cellulite she actually looks like she has a double bum cheek. (think double chin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 minute ago, lensta said: she actually looks like she has a double bum cheek. (think double chin) Mmmmmm, bacon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kerryd Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 Some of those pictures boarder on voyeurism. I get the sneaky suspicion that the photographer was trying to hide the true purpose of his photo taking (and it didn't have anything to do with the number of people on the beach). And yeah, if those images are meant to portray a reduced number of people on the beach, they've failed. Because if that is what it looks like with the reduced numbers of people, I'd hate to see how overcrowded it is normally ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent13 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 6 hours ago, Assurancetourix said: The sea in Phuket is always dangerous, even when the flag is green; only excellent swimmers can venture a little offshore and provided that they do so in a group Wildly inaccurate statement. Might be true during wet season but not at this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alzack Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 4 hours ago, NCC1701A said: seems busy with pink people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSePuede419 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 4 hours ago, NCC1701A said: Now I hungry for some cottage cheese. ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, sahibji said: are these not normal beach scene the world over? These are abnormal beach scenes the world over as seen through the eyes of a pygophile. ~o:37; Edited February 1, 2020 by orang37 memory recovered after alien abduction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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