rooster59 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Tourist attractions wear deserted look By THE NATION Fewer tourists were seen on Saturday (March 7) at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha or Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram and the adjacent Grand Palace in Phra Nakhon district of Bangkok. Only small groups of tourists are visiting one of the most popular tourist attractions in Bangkok amid fear of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) that has hit the country’s tourism industry since early this year. The situation worsened when the Ministry of Public Health declared the Covid-19 disease a dangerous communicable disease last week and named South Korea, China, Italy, and Iran as countries at high risk of infection. Most of the foreign tourists visiting the temple were European while only a few Chinese were seen. Large groups of tourists, who usually come with tour guide companies that used to fill up the place, are missing, leaving only individual tourists and those who come in small groups. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30383574 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-03-08 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gk10002000 Posted March 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2020 It looks like the way it was the time I went there in 2005. Of course the tuk tuk guy tried to tell me the temple closed for Monks even as you could look across the street and see people walking in. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 "fewer tourists were seen" is a bit of an (ridiculous) understatement. It's deserted.... but why keep posting this "news" which is not news at all. We all know it already. The whole world's tourism is badly affected... many worse than Thailand. They really are struggling to fill up their columns. We get it already - there are no tourists. It's no surprise and it won't get better anytime soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 CNN did segment on tourists in Italy at the moment.....mainly folks from russia, Montenegro....russians thought it was just "propaganda"...which is a bit rich. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post justin case Posted March 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2020 time to stop double pricing ? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted March 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2020 TAT says they are here - just not in tourist location, sort of hiding in the country so to speak 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThaidDown Posted March 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, justin case said: time to stop double pricing ? 100% agree. With the significant drop in numbers of tourists triple or quadruple pricing should be implemented. 1 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, justin case said: time to stop double pricing ? Double? 20 years ago it was 20 or 40 baht for Thai, 200 for farang. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsensam Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 bit of a pointless post as everyone knows the corona virus is adversely impacting tourism the world over. next please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 If you scroll down the photo selection, not many people wearing face masks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasmus5150 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 34 minutes ago, Burma Bill said: If you scroll down the photo selection, not many people wearing face masks! And why would they? It doesn't help.......... Except if you're a Thai Minister - Ai Farang 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl sees all Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, justin case said: time to stop double pricing ? Don't know what they had against children of 1-31 and over. Baby in pushchair best deal. Viets; get your dosh out. Edited March 8, 2020 by owl sees all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussienam Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 No travel insurance will cover you now for COVID19 so the vast majority of people booking after Jan 2020 will not want to travel and risk the 10s to 100s of thousands of dollars if they end up in hospital, especially in intensive care. Could be a wealth destroyer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Isaan sailor Posted March 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2020 Don’t get me wrong. I do like the Chinese people in general. I just don’t need 1000 of them in the background of my photos in Grand Palace and other sites. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayinThailand2much Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 22 hours ago, RichardColeman said: TAT says they are here - just not in tourist location, sort of hiding in the country so to speak They're all 'at the temples'. Well, but not at Wat Phra Keaw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) Maybe it's time to ban for good all the cheating against foreigners and the dual pricing....? it's maybe time to make Thailand to understand that foreigners need more respect and not to be looked plainly for their money ? Maybe time to slash prices for the Thai Bhat, the foreign imported goods in malls and keep it that way? Maybe time to enforce honest taxi drivers ? Maybe the time to understand that the money bought in Thailand by the expats, retirees, tourists is necessary and those people deserve more respect and caring ? Maybe time for the immigration Police to stop harassing the decent retirees with all their forms and other red tape ? Edited March 9, 2020 by observer90210 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 8 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said: They're all 'at the temples'. Well, but not at Wat Phra Keaw... They are at the shopping malls enjoying the air-conditioning. I still see them there. The weather now is 40 C, too hot to be out in the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NUMBAS Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 strange is southern italy appears to be free on infections ,unlike the north Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 20 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said: strange is southern italy appears to be free on infections ,unlike the north All of Italy is now shut down, according to the news I heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Looks like a great time to visit LOS. Pity that I'm unable to do so at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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