Proposals on rebooting tourism sector to be considered

[snoop1130]

Proposals on rebooting tourism sector to be considered

By THE NATION

 

 

The Fiscal Policy Office will hold a meeting with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) on Thursday (June 4) on plans to boost the tourism sector.

 

The office’s director-general Lavron Sangsnit said the Finance Ministry is ready to consider TAT’s proposed measures, which he hopes will be launched next month, in time for the Songkran holidays. The Cabinet is expected to reinstate Songkran holidays in early July.

 

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[pixelaoffy]

Laughable! Isn't it prayuts brother in charge of this! He who knows f*** all about tourism 

[PingRoundTheWorld]

Well, allowing tourists in would be a good start....

[Captain Monday]

How about tours where travelers are transported on Quarantine buses

directly to sealed beach or mountain resorts. Up to 14 days combined with health and wellness programs, 

Massages under plastic sheets. Silent dining.  Selected sports you know, Taichi, singles badminton with marked shuttles.

Advanced "social distancing" practiced like some new form of mindfulness training?

 

[redwood1]

A line I am borrowing from another poster....

 

The New Normal in Thailand... is tourism with out the tourist.... 

[redwood1]

Songkran is July is just dumb...How about Halloween in April....

[BigBadGeordie]

Pokemon; Durian KitKat; end the sex tourism; Indian weddings; medical tourists; island quarantine fortnights; free visa on arrival; free fruit baskets; free 1kg bags of rice; et al.

 

PS. Tour de France, Bangkok F1.

[Guderian]

Thailand seems to have declined to take part in Britain's "air bridges" initiative. Highly sensible, I'd say, given the huge mess going on back there.

[anchadian]

And so it continues.......when will they ever learn?

[tribalfusion001]

14 minutes ago, Guderian said:

Thailand seems to have declined to take part in Britain's "air bridges" initiative. Highly sensible, I'd say, given the huge mess going on back there.

You seem to have a problem with the UK, or it is that you are French!?

[scorecard]

8 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Songkran is July is just dumb...How about Halloween in April....

Or tomorrow yesterday.

[Grumpy John]

Oh boy!  I read another thread and start to think "Maybe the powers that be are starting to figure everything out....then I come to this thread and the talk is Songkran in July....WHAT!  

 

So a thousand years of history, the relevance to the movements of the sun and it's bearing on the Thai calendar don't mean zip!  

 

I know the old Siam is fading to be eventually swallowed by the newer Thailand....but really?  Are the brains trust that stupid???

[yellowboat]

Considering tourism help spread the disease, you would think they would focus on something else for a while.  The trouble is Thailand wan't an attractive place to set up shop, and that was before the virus.  Hope Thaksin makes a speech soon.   Would be interested in hearing what he has to say rather than a bunch a buffoons in green.  As bad as he was he was better for Thailand.

[ChipButty]

Im thinking a lot of hotels cant afford to re open at the moment would not be financially viable 

[PingRoundTheWorld]

12 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

How about tours where travelers are transported on Quarantine buses

directly to sealed beach or mountain resorts. Up to 14 days combined with health and wellness programs, 

Massages under plastic sheets. Silent dining.  Selected sports you know, Taichi, singles badminton with marked shuttles.

Advanced "social distancing" practiced like some new form of mindfulness training?

Just to clarify, you ARE joking, right?? No one in their right mind would spend lots of money to go on vacation where they are imprisoned in a single city/island, despite any mental gymnastics and wishful thinking applied by great minds.

 

1 hour ago, Grumpy John said:

Are the brains trust that stupid???

I'm surprised that you're surprised.

 

20 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

Considering tourism help spread the disease, you would think they would focus on something else for a while.

Yes Marie-Antoinette. Considering half the country is heading towards starvation, sure, why not let them eat cake, I mean, focus on something else. Tourism lifted a big chunk of the population from poverty, and lack of it is plunging them back in. Needed ASAP.

[DrTuner]

Just throw it in the same pile of bodies as Thai airways already.

 

Mass tourism is so pre-covid.

[JusticeGB]

I certainly wouldn't stay anywhere on holiday where I couldn't have a decent meal without a bottle of wine. Maybe provide space suits for holidaymakers to help stop spread of the covid19 virus!

[phantomfiddler]

17 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Well, allowing tourists in would be a good start....

And allowing them to sit down, enjoy a beer, and watch the sun setting over The Septic Sea would be the obvious follower ????

[Cake Monster]

7 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Just to clarify, you ARE joking, right?? No one in their right mind would spend lots of money to go on vacation where they are imprisoned in a single city/island, despite any mental gymnastics and wishful thinking applied by great minds.

 

I'm surprised that you're surprised.

 

Yes Marie-Antoinette. Considering half the country is heading towards starvation, sure, why not let them eat cake, I mean, focus on something else. Tourism lifted a big chunk of the population from poverty, and lack of it is plunging them back in. Needed ASAP.

Tourism did indeed lift a large section of the population from poverty.

However, greed, arrogance, corruption and a virus plunged them right back into it.

[Mac98]

The point is Thais missed out on official days off. It only makes sense to mandate multiple days off for people who haven't had an income for three months or more.

[Mac98]

As any business knows, it's the repeat customer that provides the base income, and then you spread out from there. Now what does Thailand have that brings repeat business? Shopping for shoes in a mall? Pad Thai? Must be Wat Po. The 20th time IS the charm. It certainly couldn't be anything that happens after dark. 

[Captain Monday]

9 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Just to clarify, you ARE joking, right?? No one in their right mind would spend lots of money to go on vacation where they are imprisoned in a single city/island, despite any mental gymnastics and wishful thinking applied by great minds.

 

 

I was joking. No plastic sheets the massage ladies will be ones with PPE and rubber gloves.

 

No but really people have been paying to seclude themselves at all inclusive resorts for ages

Like Club Med, spiritual retreats, fat farms, drug rehab even. Cheaper than doing it at home country even including airfares.

It is not a completely absurd proposal by the Thai Tourism agencies. Medical Tourism also.

[tomauasia]

Just a big joke. Airport should be open now. Just a COVID test before boarding. Self quarantine and obey protocols. Or impose fines.

There is absolutely nothing to discuss. They are joke of a government 

[GinBoy2]

10 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Im thinking a lot of hotels cant afford to re open at the moment would not be financially viable 

And thats the crux of the problem.

 

Without customers, business' close.

 

In the US the CARE act the bailout for the airlines was under the condition that they continued to provide a basic level of service, whether or not the passenger loads made any financial sense.

 

So without that kind of support what hotel in their right mind would re open, hire staff, for what might be 10% occupancy?

[MR1888]

There’s a new Covid test with specificity and accuracy that was announced a couple of weeks ago in U.K. that has results back in 20 minutes 

 

Surely this is a viable option to get things moving again without a 14 day quarantine that will stop most travelling 

 

Testing before boarding a flight or/and a test on arrival 

[sezze]

46 minutes ago, MR1888 said:

There’s a new Covid test with specificity and accuracy that was announced a couple of weeks ago in U.K. that has results back in 20 minutes 

 

Surely this is a viable option to get things moving again without a 14 day quarantine that will stop most travelling 

 

Testing before boarding a flight or/and a test on arrival 

It is imho to get tourism back on track in any near future . There is no way people would go 2 week quarantine on holiday and 2 week quarantine when back home . To get airplanes full and going , mass testing is the only way . Vaccines are not available in any near future , even when everything goes more then good in the development department . Only other thing to hope for is that the virus dies out because of mutation , which might happen pretty fast also .

[ChouDoufu]

On 6/3/2020 at 9:44 PM, redwood1 said:

Songkran is July is just dumb...How about Halloween in April....

 

why not?

 

rename it chinese songkran!  instead of water, throw buckets of peeled shrimp on passers-by.