Well done Thailand for Covid-19 response! Foreign tourism set to return in fourth quarter

[ThailandRyan]

4 minutes ago, Yadon Toploy said:

How much has he contributed to the relief effort I wonder?

well he was only a millionaire when he took office I believe.  So office has done him very well to become a multi billionaire.  I do not think he will give up any of his own money to help out the little folk, just collect more for himself and his wife probably

 

[cornishcarlos]

2 minutes ago, Yadon Toploy said:

Nice work. Got to keep the awareness up of what this bunch are really all about.

 

"The court found her guilty as charged and initially sentenced her to a two month prison term and fined her 8,000 baht. The prison term and fine were halved and the jail term was suspended for one year because she has never been jailed before."

 

Comedy, that's what they are up to !!

[thaitero]

My 2 cents: Only domestic tourism i hope..

If virus is not resolved somehow internationally by next winter TAT should promote only whole wintertime tourists not shorttime visitors. Wintertime visitors should of cource have some kind of covid- 19 certificates which may be available to get that time easier than now,,

Edited April 28, 2020 by thaitero

[rasmus5150]

56 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

so what happens during the next flu season? you remember the flu, don't you? the one where you get a sore throat, then a fever and then you cough a lot.  

And the Chinese will go a step further and hark up their nasty phlegm and spit it on the Thai streets everywhere. But hey, let's roll out the red carpet.

[Hoppyone]

1 hour ago, garrya said:

It ain't matter who good Thailand performed if the whole world is struggling with the virus.

Good efforts but it can't help to restore tourism.

Especially when everything going to be double the former price such as aeroplane tickets ,hotels,insurance ect ect,can forget tourism for a looooong time,ooh sorry that will be long after a vaccine can be found

[otherstuff1957]

Domestic is the first target, but China is in their sights for next year - or even 4th quarter.

 

China is the logical choice - both countries have very low infection rates and China is going back to work now, so they will have money to spend.

[OJAS]

40 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

With the "new normal" there will be a vacant seat between each passenger so the price will be twice as much.

The price could be more than double unless airlines are bailed out on a large scale by governments across this great planet of ours for financial losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. Not sure how many governments would list this as a tip-top priority among the various other competing demands on their resources at the present time. 

[brain150]

He should be in jail like the rest of the CRIMINALS that call themselves "Government" !

 

BTW: The WHO does NOT suggest to wear masks !

They are harmful to human health !!! [Study TU Munich from 2004 !]

The WHO also made a study in 2019 that said Social Distancing and all measures taken now

do NOT have an impact on reducing the number of infections in an epidemic.

 

The economic disaster has not even really started yet !!!

Give it a month and most savings will be gone and credit cards will be fully loaded and then see what happens !!!

 

... this is CRIMINAL !

[spermwhale]

Except nobody will be able to afford to travel then as the global economy is in a tailspin and many of the world's people are not earning any income at all. 

 

[ChouDoufu]

16 minutes ago, otherstuff1957 said:

Domestic is the first target, but China is in their sights for next year - or even 4th quarter.

 

China is the logical choice - both countries have very low infection rates and China is going back to work now, so they will have money to spend.

 

they can consider selected regions of china.  i'm here on hainan island, mainly agriculture and tourism.  no virus cases here in over 6 weeks, with most everything back to normal.  still have 14-day quarantine for overseas arrivals (chinese only for now), and for chinese arriving from the mainland.   primary-high schools are all open, and universities can open after may 10th.

 

just learned our local hospital has covid testing available.  will have to check on waiting times and costs, as thai gf wants to go home to visit relatives when direct flights are available.

 

if the chinese government desires, they can easily set policy to expand tourism.  medical costs are even lower than thailand, insurance as well.  a standard policy here with coverage similar to my gf's bupa (10k baht annual) costs about 7.5k baht annually, although valid in china only.  i'm sure a special covid travel cover could be initiated rather quickly.

 

same with airlines.  domestic air travel is picking up, i believe there are now flights in/out of wuhan.  they've got planes ready to go, with fuel costs the lowest they've been in ages.  combine that with thousands of empty hotel rooms in phuket and pattaya, along with desperate tour operators, and i think we can safely predict the future of tourism - assuming no massive numbers in a second or third wave.

[Gene1960]

I have just booked my November 2920 flight back to Phuket with Emirates. Let’s see how the situation is going to develop. 

[DrTuner]

11 minutes ago, Donaldo said:

Tourism will most likely not return.

There was way too much mass tourism in the world anyway. It destroyed the nature and was a huge annoyance to locals. Tourism should be limited to sustainable numbers. Thailand was way, way over it's head.

[chainarong]

2 hours ago, BobbyL said:

Just where does he think tourists will be coming from in around November? Also, has he perhaps engaged his brain and thought about the risks of allowing tourists to enter the country?

 

 

 

 

You are right there,  we've just got 4 plane loads of out own back in OZ from all points around the globe and they're expecting an increase from zero cases last three days. Maybe international travel out of OZ end of year to Kiwi land only, that will give you an idea of their thinking, looks like Asia and the Northern hemisphere will be no go .

[ThailandRyan]

22 minutes ago, Gene1960 said:

I have just booked my November 2920 flight back to Phuket with Emirates. Let’s see how the situation is going to develop. 

900 years from now, I think your being a little over optimistic there ...

[Baerboxer]

3 hours ago, ozz1 said:

Where the he'll are they going to come from the whole world is decimated by this virus maybe China!  the fortune teller may help  but if it is the same one I used who said I'd win the lottery I wouldn't hold much hope

 

India. Not had too many cases and deaths according to their government reports. And all those high spending rich Indian families and billionaire playboys are just itching to travel.

[fondue zoo]

2 hours ago, otherstuff1957 said:

Domestic is the first target, but China is in their sights for next year - or even 4th quarter.

 

China is the logical choice - both countries have very low infection rates and China is going back to work now, so they will have money to spend.

The Russians too is my guess, friends in the south have been fielding enquiries weekly about their guesthouses from mother Russia.

[KhaoNiaw]

Just now, fondue zoo said:

The Russians too is my guess, friends in the south have been fielding enquiries weekly about their guesthouses from mother Russia.

Surely not. They're only just gathering up a full head of steam with infections.

[BEngBKK]

I doubt that cheap plane tickets to Thailand will be awailable in Q4...

 

And social distency is really not what hungry quality tourrists want to experrience in Thailand...

[holy cow cm]

Oh please keep the Chinese from coming to CM!

[Cake Monster]

3 hours ago, Mavideol said:

did you read the post? that's what they said .....  """agreed that domestic tourism should be targeted first""

Domestic Tourism, or International Tourism. It matters not one jot.

Thai people who have money do not Holiday in Thailand, and International Travelers will be busy working overtime to catch up on the Mortgage repayments for their Homes.

Of course  there are the Chinese, but who would be stupid and greedy enough to court them, with the real issue of Covid returning if you do so.

This load of Bafoons need to wake up and smell the Coffee.

[ParkerN]

Well, I suppose it's never too early to get your warmup shots in. I do think this is a bit premature though. Q4 of the calendar year begins in October, now is still April so we are trying six months ahead of time to predict what's going to happen in October when what is going to happen as soon as next week is by no means certain.

 

In any event, this piece suggests that Thailand's "wonderful" performance in respect of COVID-19 is going to be the defining factor in looking ahead to the next several years of anticipated tourism. On the contrary, it seems to me that the defining factor is going to be the performance of the countries from which the tourists are expected to come.

 

But then I'm not a Thai, so the world is much less clear than it would be if I already knew everything.

 

 

Edited April 28, 2020 by ParkerN

[paulikens]

3 hours ago, BobbyL said:

Just where does he think tourists will be coming from in around November? Also, has he perhaps engaged his brain and thought about the risks of allowing tourists to enter the country?

 

 

 

 

so never let tourists back in again is that ya solution? 

[Silencer]

Everything that I've read has said watch out for next Fall....when COVID-19 is expected to make its deadly return at the same time as the annual Flu in the northern hemisphere. Of course no one knows how strong of a return it will be (the Spanish Flu was at least 10 times stronger the second year) but if it returns in full force, no one will be travelling again then.

[ParkerN]

1 hour ago, Cake Monster said:

Domestic Tourism, or International Tourism. It matters not one jot.

Thai people who have money do not Holiday in Thailand, and International Travelers will be busy working overtime to catch up on the Mortgage repayments for their Homes.

Of course  there are the Chinese, but who would be stupid and greedy enough to court them, with the real issue of Covid returning if you do so.

This load of Bafoons need to wake up and smell the Coffee.

 

Respectfully, sir. I think you're missing the whole point of the exercise, which was not to inform, nor even to speculate, but simply to get himself in the paper, hopefully with the name spelt correctly. The nine-day rule applies here; in nine days most Thais won’t even remember the article by which time, this genius would have thought up another way of getting  himself in the paper again.

 

No such thing as bad publicity.

 

 

[GinBoy2]

The real indicator for this are the airlines.

 

Now I'm excluding TG, since thats not a real airline, but they are giving guidance that passenger numbers won't rebound until well into 2021.

 

So how these tourists are going to get to Thailand, Swim?

[ben2talk]

Yes, I was especially impressed by the way the Government took money from the health sector to bolster their own Covid measures.

 

So now those lazy hospitals won't have too much money to spend on other sick people.

[ChouDoufu]

18 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

The real indicator for this are the airlines.

 

Now I'm excluding TG, since thats not a real airline, but they are giving guidance that passenger numbers won't rebound until well into 2021.

 

So how these tourists are going to get to Thailand, Swim?

hong kong airlines

china eastern

china southern

air china

hainan airlines

shanghai airlines

shenzhen airlines

xiamen air

spring airline

 

high speed rail from china to vientiane opens december '21.

[ukrules]

Lol, nobodys booking their winter holidays right now. I think most will just stay at home this winter.

 

[4737 Carlin]

Dream on. This regime had already destroyed the tourist industry before the Chinese virus. It's as if they all sit around a table trying to come up with further ways to drive nails in the coffin - 'Let's ban alcohol indefinitely !' Yeah, great place for a vacation.

[ThailandRyan]

Straight from CNBC:  So maybe they will also be amongst the first to return to Tourism, but who knows

 

As Australia, New Zealand and South Korea gradually re-open their economies and lift lockdown measures, their currencies have also jumped significantly compared to earlier this year, when the outbreak ravaged the Asia Pacific region.  Countries like Austrailia, New Zealand, and South Korea are among the few which managed to buck the trend and put a lid on the coronavirus outbreak, at least for now. Their success has boosted investor confidence and it's showing in the strength of their currencies.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/these-countries-effectively-contained-the-coronavirus-and-their-currencies-are-surging-in-response/ar-BB13iu2i?ocid=msedgdhp

Edited April 28, 2020 by ThailandRyan