Phuket opens but who will visit?

By TTR WEEKLY

 

  

PHUKET, 4 June 2020: Phuket announced 31 May the reopening of hotels, but authorities forgot to give hotels any advance notice to ensure they could plan their return to business in an orderly fashion.

 

One hotelier told TTR Weekly he was in a department heads meeting when he received a mobile text message saying the province had announced all the island’s hotels could reopen.

 

“They gave no one any warning, but within 30 minutes of the text message on hotels reopening, the social security department sent out messages ending the monthly compensation payments for June,” the hotelier told TTR Weekly.

 

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

Phuket opens but who will visit?

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NO foreign tourists will come.

Hotels that were closed during the pandemic now have no staff.  All Thai staff went home.

The Phuket Airport is currently closed scheduled to reopen June 15 for domestic flights only. No date set for incoming International flights.

Even when foreign tourists come, they will need medical clearance, show they have health insurance and finally they will be subject to a 14 day quarantine.

Majority of foreign tourists have a 2 or 3 week vacation.

They don't want to spend 2/3 of their holiday under quara

ntine.

So the only people that can come to Phuket and spend money are wealthy Thais and Retirees living in Thailand.

 

Come visit Phuket! But oh, yes not the Beaches though because sea is contaminated with Corona.

Typical!

It has been said that its going to bilateral in the meaning that certain countries will not have to quarantine. Most of europe , australia.. etc.. BUT.. problem is that they might have to quarantine when they travel home again.. And nobody knows yet IF phuket airport opens for International flights from 1. July anyway....Clear as mud still...

Not allowed on the beach not allowed in the ocean hardly any shops or other businesses open. Unless you go to nice expensive resort n sit by the pool all day what are you gunna do?

International tourism had already dropped by maybe as much as 60% in the last five years.  The number was probably around 40-50% after the huge volume of Chinese were counted.

Thailand had become an unfriendly destination so most of the Western tourists went elsewhere.

Covid-19 was just the final straw.

It will be very difficult to attract Westerners now because the competition for their money will be intense from all countries.  And, that's for the few that still have disposable income to spend on holidays, after so many business' were close for 2+ months.

Thailand was a tourist bonanza due to the baht exchange, deals, welcoming attitudes, and adventure.

It offers none of those now.

Actually it would prob be much more appealing again. My first time there was 2000. It was fab. Last time about 4 years ago. It SUCKED. ????

I will never visit Patong again. Misleading advertising for hotel. Grot holes calling themselves beach front. That nightmare of a Bangla Road. And 10 million tourists. Yuk.

22 hours ago, hugolars said:

But oh, yes not the Beaches though because sea is contaminated with Corona.

Yeah never did much like that drink!!

Phuket is cr@p- STAY AWAY (brought to you by us selfish people who love the current tranquility but feel sorry for all those who have lost their livelyhood- except for taxis, minibus drivers and tuk tuk drivers of course). ????

So the jobless lose their social security and it seems they will remain out of work for some time to come.

On 6/5/2020 at 5:58 AM, xylophone said:

Yeah never did much like that drink!!

When I were a wee lad in the 70’s, every Saturday morning the Corona truck would deliver orders of said fizzy pop to our road. My favourite was limeade and I would dispute the cherryade contained anything derived from cherries. You could also get 2 bob on return of the glass bottles which help subsidise our predilection for the fayre served up by the local chippie and a crafty smoke behind the bike sheds. Some of you young-at-heart gentlemen who were spawned in the UK may remember such a brew. Aye, when crisps tasted like crisps in packets that contained a possible lethal dose of salt, a perfect complement to the sugary fizzy drink.

https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/corona-soft-drinks?page=11

 

53 minutes ago, billythehat said:

When I were a wee lad in the 70’s, every Saturday morning the Corona truck would deliver orders of said fizzy pop to our road. My favourite was limeade and I would dispute the cherryade contained anything derived from cherries. You could also get 2 bob on return of the glass bottles which help subsidise our predilection for the fayre served up by the local chippie and a crafty smoke behind the bike sheds. Some of you young-at-heart gentlemen who were spawned in the UK may remember such a brew. Aye, when crisps tasted like crisps in packets that contained a possible lethal dose of salt, a perfect complement to the sugary fizzy drink.

https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/corona-soft-drinks?page=11

 

We had the R.White's van, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hro4AdTYiTA

 

1 hour ago, billythehat said:

When I were a wee lad in the 70’s, every Saturday morning the Corona truck would deliver orders of said fizzy pop to our road. My favourite was limeade and I would dispute the cherryade contained anything derived from cherries. You could also get 2 bob on return of the glass bottles which help subsidise our predilection for the fayre served up by the local chippie and a crafty smoke behind the bike sheds. Some of you young-at-heart gentlemen who were spawned in the UK may remember such a brew. Aye, when crisps tasted like crisps in packets that contained a possible lethal dose of salt, a perfect complement to the sugary fizzy drink.

https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/corona-soft-drinks?page=11

 

Fascinating.

 

How one word can elicit a flurry of old geezer reminiscences completely off the topic at hand.

wo will visit??...well lets see..with the airports closed...hmmm

Rich Thai people in Bangkok will visit or farang retirees.

 

Either Phuket or Pattaya.

Patong beach full of tourists yesterday????

On 6/8/2020 at 3:08 PM, billythehat said:

When I were a wee lad in the 70’s, every Saturday morning the Corona truck would deliver orders of said fizzy pop to our road. My favourite was limeade and I would dispute the cherryade contained anything derived from cherries. You could also get 2 bob on return of the glass bottles which help subsidise our predilection for the fayre served up by the local chippie and a crafty smoke behind the bike sheds. Some of you young-at-heart gentlemen who were spawned in the UK may remember such a brew. Aye, when crisps tasted like crisps in packets that contained a possible lethal dose of salt, a perfect complement to the sugary fizzy drink.

https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/corona-soft-drinks?page=11

 

My favourite Dandelion and Burdock it was Smiths crisp with the little bag of salt

What is your point?

 

What does this have to do with "Phuket opens, who will visit?"

 

The hotels are allowed to open but their are no tourist and almost no staff.

I have many fiends who owns hotels and non of them are opening as it would cost more many to open then to stay closed until at least the tourist are allowed back into the country.

Patong was yesterday evening a ghost town.

People want to believe that tourism will get back to what it was in 1-2 years citing how wonderful Thailand is and all the efforts that TAT and the tourism will be making.  Not very likely, though.

 

All other countries will be making efforts, also.  And, they have actual experts who know the industry. 

Thailand was doing it's best to drive away western tourism and complained about the Chinese.  Why would they return now?

Thailand is not the inexpensive spot it once was.

 

Most likely that half of the hotels and condos will close over the next 3 years.  Thailand will become even less desirable with all the vacant structures.

 

Bangkok may gain back much of its tourists, but, there's many better choices that Phuket and Pattaya.