Thailand's January foreign tourist arrivals rise 2.5% year-on-year - ministry

 

FILE PHOTO: Traditional Thai dancers perform at the Erawan Shrine (Thao Maha Brahma Shrine), a popular Hindu shrine for Thais and tourists, at a shopping district in central Bangkok May 31, 2014. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tourist arrivals in Thailand rose 2.46% in January from a year earlier after a 2.48% increase in the previous month, the tourism ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

 

A total of 3.81 million tourists in January spent about 188.8 billion baht ($5.94 billion), down 3.6% from a year earlier.

 

But visitors from China, Thailand's biggest source of tourists, dropped 3.71% in January from a year earlier to 1.03 million, with their spending down 10% following the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Tourism is a key driver of Thai growth, with foreign tourist receipts making up about 11% of gross domestic product.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-02-26

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Bull. Red flag. Charge!

now tell us about FEBRUARY what was it 95 arrivals the other day

10 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Tourist arrivals in Thailand rose 2.46% in January from a year earlier after a 2.48% increase in the previous month,

T.A.T man at it again 

10 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Tourist arrivals in Thailand rose 2.46% in January from a year earlier

and here they go again with TAT numbers 555  ......  but Chinese dropped by 3.71%

where are they? everybody running a business (small or big) keeps complaining about the no tourists, empty hotels and restaurants, is TAT hiding them somewhere

15 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Traditional Thai dancers perform at the Erawan Shrine

 

I was stunned by the lack of people at the Erawan Shrine on Monday...

I wait with baited breath for the February figures.

This is better than Corona....tion Street!

 

 

Rose 2.4% and then slumped by 82.4%
 

In the end of the day, tourism is growing ????

38 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

after a 2.48% increase in the previous month, the tourism ministry said

one wonders whether the folks at TAT can even count

25 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

I was stunned by the lack of people at the Erawan Shrine on Monday...

Above that must have been during a tea break.

At least Reuters did say their photo was taken in 2014.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics - Benjamin Disraeli.

Last hurrah.

 Chinese New Year January this year Chinese New Year last year February.....

1 hour ago, Mavideol said:

where are they? everybody running a business (small or big) keeps complaining about the no tourists, empty hotels and restaurants, is TAT hiding them somewhere

They are all staying in private villas. Much cheaper and more flexible.

AirBnb has a lot to answer for. It is killing the hotel industry

 

Not believable. Sorry...

Lies lies tell me sweet little (big) lies....

45 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

They are all staying in private villas. Much cheaper and more flexible.

AirBnb has a lot to answer for. It is killing the hotel industry

Yes they do, but in all fairness the hotel industry brought much of the problem on itself. In Chiang Mai the government cracked down on any hotel that isn't a member of the Hotel Association and many were closed, that allowed member hotels to increase their occupancy and room rates. AirBnB was a good solution to that problem.

What a load of horse<deleted>.

 

Lots of international visits to our office have been cancelled for over a month now. Tourism will be similar.

 

The Thai staff in our office are freaking out like children about Thais returning from JP/KR/CN. Demanding a 2 week quarantine (after recent MoE announcement). Not going to happen until things get much worse.

 

Never mind the thousands of tourists (less than before but still huge numbers) arriving from these high-risk countries every day in Bangkok/Pattaya & Phuket......

 

Never mind that, with the cheap airfares on offer at the moment, Thais are disregarding the risks and looking to buy these tickets/packages to high risk countries....

 

Never mind that the old guy today, who tested positive and travelled to ahigh risk country flatly denied travelling overseas...I mean seriously ? What kind of idiotic culture or mindset would suggest this as a appropriate response ?

 

Never mind that if infected 'locals' put face saving or pride above fact, that the risk of transmission/spread is exponentially increased.

 

You can really see from the current status figures which cultures have a measured, logical, open and risk based approach to managing this disease, from both authorities and citizens and which don't......

 

Several Asian countries are really not covering themselves in glory....only confirming that they are pseudo-fascist/communist states with illiterate and uneducated populations.

Who do they think they are kidding with these figure's, Oh, wait a minute baybe got the figures the wrong way round, think TAT mean down by 2.48%  plus also the Chinese  down by 3.71%

8 hours ago, ParkerN said:

 

Not believable. Sorry...

Why not?

1 hour ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

Who do they think they are kidding with these figure's, Oh, wait a minute baybe got the figures the wrong way round, think TAT mean down by 2.48%  plus also the Chinese  down by 3.71%

Nothing wrong with the figures. China only banned outbound tour groups on 23 January, so the downturn would be felt more in February.

12 minutes ago, Selatan said:

Nothing wrong with the figures. China only banned outbound tour groups on 23 January, so the downturn would be felt more in February.

Hey! Logic and common sense is not allowed on TVF. Go sit in the corner. 

Oh another stat about tourism figures, not consistent with any other narrative from same office.

Media officers should consult with each other for consisten narrative.

 

Foreign arrivals up by 2.5% in January, says Tourism Ministry

By THE NATION

 

 

Perhaps bidding to shore up confidence in a tourist trade staggered by the COVID-19 virus, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports has offered a preliminary count of 3.81 million-plus foreign visitors to Thailand in January.

 

The figure represents a 2.46-per-cent year-on-year increase.

 

Total spending among foreign tourists last month was down 3.6 per cent, to Bt188.8 billion, the ministry said.

 

There were 2.39 million arrivals from East Asia, up 3.55 per cent, and they spent Bt97.46 billion, down 2.26 per cent.

 

The number of visitors from other Southeast Asian countries grew by 12.25 per cent to 836,788, with total spending of Bt25.47 billion, up 11.14 per cent.

 

Some 1.03 million Chinese visited, down 3.71 per cent, with spending of Bt49.38 billion, down nearly 10 per cent.

 

Arrivals from Europe rose 3.4 per cent to 916,493, spending Bt61.96 billion, down 2.65 per cent.

 

Arrivals from North and South America dipped 3.3 per cent to 166,321, with spending of Bt10.85 billion, down 9.31 per cent.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30382899

 

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such creativity with the numbers. I wondered if I can get this guy to do my taxes.

7 hours ago, realfunster said:

What a load of horse<deleted>.

 

Lots of international visits to our office have been cancelled for over a month now. Tourism will be similar.

 

The Thai staff in our office are freaking out like children about Thais returning from JP/KR/CN. Demanding a 2 week quarantine (after recent MoE announcement). Not going to happen until things get much worse.

 

Never mind the thousands of tourists (less than before but still huge numbers) arriving from these high-risk countries every day in Bangkok/Pattaya & Phuket......

 

Never mind that, with the cheap airfares on offer at the moment, Thais are disregarding the risks and looking to buy these tickets/packages to high risk countries....

 

Never mind that the old guy today, who tested positive and travelled to ahigh risk country flatly denied travelling overseas...I mean seriously ? What kind of idiotic culture or mindset would suggest this as a appropriate response ?

 

Never mind that if infected 'locals' put face saving or pride above fact, that the risk of transmission/spread is exponentially increased.

 

You can really see from the current status figures which cultures have a measured, logical, open and risk based approach to managing this disease, from both authorities and citizens and which don't......

 

Several Asian countries are really not covering themselves in glory....only confirming that they are pseudo-fascist/communist states with illiterate and uneducated populations.

A nice rant but before you embarrass yourself further please note the article relates to January figures and we're currently at the end of February!

3 minutes ago, saengd said:

A nice rant but before you embarrass yourself further please note the article relates to January figures and we're currently at the end of February!

Due to the problems with corona virus, the delivery of your white stick will be delayed.????️‍♂️

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Foreign arrivals up by 2.5% in January, says Tourism Ministry

By THE NATION

 

 

Perhaps bidding to shore up confidence in a tourist trade staggered by the COVID-19 virus, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports has offered a preliminary count of 3.81 million-plus foreign visitors to Thailand in January.

 

The figure represents a 2.46-per-cent year-on-year increase.

 

Total spending among foreign tourists last month was down 3.6 per cent, to Bt188.8 billion, the ministry said.

 

There were 2.39 million arrivals from East Asia, up 3.55 per cent, and they spent Bt97.46 billion, down 2.26 per cent.

 

The number of visitors from other Southeast Asian countries grew by 12.25 per cent to 836,788, with total spending of Bt25.47 billion, up 11.14 per cent.

 

Some 1.03 million Chinese visited, down 3.71 per cent, with spending of Bt49.38 billion, down nearly 10 per cent.

 

Arrivals from Europe rose 3.4 per cent to 916,493, spending Bt61.96 billion, down 2.65 per cent.

 

Arrivals from North and South America dipped 3.3 per cent to 166,321, with spending of Bt10.85 billion, down 9.31 per cent.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30382899

 

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The number 3.81 million visitors actually reveal how TAT count tourist.

 

January 2020 had 4,262,982 foreign arrivals.

Minus 195,231 diplomats, Thailand ELITE, Privilege, APEC, ACMECS, etc. 

Minus 256,604 NON-90, NON 1, 2 and 3 years

 

Presto we have 3,811,147 foreign visitors.

TAT is in fact just reporting fact!

 

 

 

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