Chinese tourism obliterated, but not to worry they'll be back at the double later, says minister

[A Los for words]

13 hours ago, webfact said:

Whether this was based on any scientific analysis or was just a throwaway comment, the media did not elaborate, notes Thaivisa.

They don't need to.

[Sonhia]

Thailand, land of broken dreams and B.S

 

 

[PEE TEE]

14 hours ago, YetAnother said:

doesn't thailand have a new department addressing fake news ? and why only twice as many ? why not ten times as many ?

And bring another horrid disease  with them  

[Georgie65]

It's time for the Thai Government to stop all incoming flights from lying, evil, communist China immediately! If I get sick here, there will be hell to pay!!!

[AndrewMciver]

Have they really been obligarated though?

 

Official stats say they are only 20% down, which is going back to 2017 numbers.

 

In Thailand at the moment, and they are everywhere, just a few less tour groups is all. 

 

 

[tomauasia]

Thais don't want them. Farang don't want them. There a bad country spreading a deadly disease and these embeciles want to let them in. Jail this government for crimes against the nation.

[tomauasia]

16 hours ago, darksidedog said:

That is quite a statement to make. Current events are the sort of thing which are likely when the dust settles, to make people think much harder about where they are going to go, and identify potential dangers. If that does occur, Thailand may be lucky to get back half, let alone return to normal, or hit what would be a truly amazing doubling of numbers.

These people are ego maniacs and do not care about Thais well being 

[PatOngo]

2 hours ago, Georgie65 said:

It's time for the Thai Government to stop all incoming flights from lying, evil, communist China immediately! If I get sick here, there will be hell to pay!!!

Interesting! What will you do, Georgie?

[HHTel]

8 hours ago, peterkroll said:

By mid April the number of infected Chinese will far exceed the million.

That would still leave 1,433,783,686 people not infected!

[235291_1469957462]

Maybe the Chinese and the the majority of the Asian culture will learn to cover their mouth when they cough. 

[Gweiloman]

9 minutes ago, 235291_1469957462 said:

Maybe the Chinese and the the majority of the Asian culture will learn to cover their mouth when they cough. 

Dream on. But if you want to live here, get used to it and much worse. 

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

he is right/

i just searched some chinese social media chat rooms, and they are all saying things like:

"ahhh..i can't wait for the corona virus to over so i can go to a vacation in thailand, and this time

twice the time i ussualy go !!"

[englishoak]

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But he has said that in the second half of the year twice as many as usual will flood back to Thailand.

 

Then the Thais can get back some of the expected 300 billion baht in lost revenues.

 

is this clown the brother of that dumbass Minister of health in the other thread or something ? 

Oh suuuure, from who ? whens the epidemic going to be over My mystic Somchai  ? Chinese who will be recovering or the ones who havnt had a salary for months ? What a total utter moron... 

[VocalNeal]

12 hours ago, sambum said:

"Thailand's embattled minister for tourism and sports has told the Thai media that tourists from China have all but stopped coming to Thailand. 

But he has said that in the second half of the year twice as many as usual will flood back to Thailand."

 

Oh, that's all right then, I'll tell my bank manager that everything will be OK!

This maybe exactly the point? 

 

Business Thailand must at all costs keep the value of the baht high. So need to maintain an illusion no matter how. 

[emptypockets]

17 hours ago, DLock said:

And it's comments like this that makes me want to see the entire tourism industry obliterated in Thailand.

What?

Why do you want to see tourism obliterated from Thailand? Why not , say, Iceland?

What a stupid statement.

What had tourism in Thailand got to do with you?

Why are you so concerned?

How much did she take you for?

[emptypockets]

15 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

Thailand must be the only country sad that the Chinese aren't arriving. Everyone else is happy there not coming.

Please give some examples.

Err ....I know.....NONE.

Every country wants a piece of the tourism demographic of the most populous country in the world,even if you personally don't want it.

 

[emptypockets]

14 hours ago, Guderian said:

Well whatever the government thinks about the loss of revenue from the Chinese tourists, there are some unarguable positives coming from the current situation.

 

● Fewer airplanes, buses, boats and taxis belching fumes into an atmosphere which in recent weeks has already had dreadful air quality. It won't fix the problem, of course, but it can't hurt.

 

● Many fewer tourists using the country's limited water resources in the middle of a very bad period of drought. Again, it won't fix the problem, but it can't hurt.

 

● And it's a win for the world, China is far and away the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and almost all of its tourists will fly to Thailand.

 

Can anyone think of more wins or positive points (other than the obviously racist ones, lol)?

Yes, I can.

The percentage of whining per head of foreigners should drop substantially when the Chinese return. Which they will.

[gk10002000]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

twice as many as usual will flood back to Thailand

Does he understand mass and volume flow?  So they will now fit twice as many people into the same number of rooms?  Maybe check with the Indians for advice.  Just another fallacy on tourist numbers.  When Westerners come and visit, I think you will find we typically or statistically do not cram five of us into a room.  We come in pairs with buddies or mates, or singly, get our own rooms etc.  Whereas a group of other tourists coming for a cheap vacation or to save money, may all share one room perhaps with double beds, roll in carts, cheap futon on the floor, etc..  Just a hypothesis.   Not even mentioning the infrastructure of the airport, buses, etc. 

[emptypockets]

13 hours ago, Spock said:

Both countries are now getting what they deserve. It's karma, the price paid in the case of the Chinese for eating anything that moves and killing it as painfully as possible, and for being such arrogant a-holes when abroad. For the Thais, they don't care about much beyond the inflow of the tourist dollar. Som nam na.

I don't think arrogant a-holes is an exclusively Chinese trait as this forums posters demonstrates repeatedly.

[cameraman888]

Hey, this is straight out of MBA Harvard business school. Or is it Las Vegas or Monte Carlo where you can double your money on 1 bet. 

 

[Dcheech]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand's embattled minister for tourism and sports has told the Thai media that tourists from China have all but stopped coming to Thailand. 

 

But he has said that in the second half of the year twice as many as usual will flood back to Thailand.

 

Then the Thais can get back some of the expected 300 billion baht in lost revenues.

 

Excellent news. Just make sure no boat accidents happen and 49 Chinese tourists drown a la The Phoenix. If that happens, you are in deep excrement mr. minister. BTW are you wearing your mask today?!.

[Baggy]

16 hours ago, mickymouse1 said:

Advance booking, shows the doubling of Chinese tourists coming to LOS????

Lots more spitting Chinese, maybe slip on it, contact new virus, YUK!

[morrobay]

2 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Yes, I can.

The percentage of whining per head of foreigners should drop substantially when the Chinese return. Which they will.

Non applicable percentage. Chinese do not comment on this forum. However the number of complaints about Chinese is going to increase. Maybe you should visit Pattaya so as to understand what the complaints are about. 

[metisdead]

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Some troll posts and the baiting replies have been removed. 

[JAG]

On 2/7/2020 at 8:04 AM, webfact said:

Whether this was based on any scientific analysis or was just a throwaway comment, the media did not elaborate, notes Thaivisa.

It was a Tourism Ministry announcement - it's not been thrown away, just taken from the bin and recycled!

[hotchilli]

On 2/7/2020 at 8:06 AM, RotBenz8888 said:

That man is delusional. Sad.

In most other countries a position held in such an important department would ensure the person in control was a trained, competent professional, with a deep knowledge of the world market, with sound marketing and strategy skills. This one stop wonder would have been side-lined months ago by any other country, what's sad is that here, this is the norm for a leader!

[actonion]

I think this guy used to work for T.A.T

[ParkerN]

Of course they will.

[Mavideol]

On 2/7/2020 at 8:04 AM, webfact said:

From 30,000 Chinese visitors a day there are now barely 3,000. 

Thailand shouldn't expect too many of them, China it's up for a bumpy ride, people start to complain about their government lack of information and some already posting messages for the Chinese government to stop censorship and allow for free speech ...

[grobec]

Free 7/11 coupons might do the trick.