rooster59 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 100 hotels on Koh Samui forced to sell up due to COVID-19 crisis Image: The Bangkok Insight The head of a tourism business association on the once popular holiday island of Koh Samui has painted a grim picture of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. Worasit Pongkhamphan said that since the beginning of April 100 hotels have advertised that they are for sale. Banks won't extend loans and the situation has been further exacerbated by agents not paying for rooms for months. Tourism has been decimated on the island for the last two months, reported The Bangkok Insight, as the country was locked down and international flights - the lifeblood of Samui, ceased. Now Worasit has called for government bailouts to help the industry on Samui where there are 600 registered hotels and 30,000 rooms that employ 70,000 people. Source: The Bangkok Insight -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-06-06 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 Any one with cash at hand can make a killing now buying properties at rock bottom price and when things will look up, and they will, will at least double their money... 15 2 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petermik Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 Just the tip of the iceberg...many more to follow...time will prove the idiocy of the governments handling of the Covid situation 28 3 5 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CNXexpat Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 14 minutes ago, rooster59 said: where there are 600 registered hotels 600 only. Plus 600 unregistered plus thousands of Airbnbs. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jonny1959 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 Back to the 90's. Take the hotels away and plant palms. Samui was a very beautiful island in the 80's and 90's. Now it is only expensive and overpriced. 49 1 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trainman34014 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 When you have hundreds of Hotels too many there are going to be casualties; as usual nothing is regulated properly with Common Sense, everything is geared to Greed. 30 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post apophyss Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 Chineese will come buy all... 24 7 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 I wonder who is buying them up on the cheap 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mr_lob Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 40 minutes ago, apophyss said: Chineese will come buy all... Sadly yes, and in many struggling parts of the World. China to the rescue! China is asshoe! 19 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiman123 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 10% unemployed Thailand said hehehehe 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quickmill Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, ezzra said: Any one with cash at hand can make a killing now buying properties at rock bottom price and when things will look up, and they will, will at least double their money... I hope it will be as you said, at least for the people in need to sale their hotel, because i suspect it will be very hard to sale an hotel, with the expectation of lack of tourists, unless their own even the land...with proper chanod..just my point of view 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phantomfiddler Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 46 minutes ago, apophyss said: Chineese will come buy all... In Pattaya it,s the Indians, buying up everything and just letting them sit there unused. All I can think of is money laundering. I went into one restaurant 4 times over 6 months and was told that the cook was not in ! 8 1 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Trentham Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Jonny1959 said: Back to the 90's. Take the hotels away and plant palms. Samui was a very beautiful island in the 80's and 90's. Now it is only expensive and overpriced. I first went to Koh Samui in 1984. Stayed at Lamai Beach in a bungalow with a palm frond roof. 50 baht per night for 2 people and another 50 baht each for 3 meals a day. It was magic. All the food was fresh caught in the sea or grown in their own garden. If I ordered a pina colada they would scramble up a palm tree to get a fresh coconut. Beautiful beyond words. 63 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chelseafan Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, miamiman123 said: 10% unemployed Thailand said hehehehe Sorry, but how is that funny? 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mickymouse1 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 2 hours ago, ezzra said: Any one with cash at hand can make a killing now buying properties at rock bottom price and when things will look up, and they will, will at least double their money... Give me an example of 1 resort/ hotel that is going cheap!!! I know few but not cheap as you might think. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crazykopite Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) I think there is a lot of exaggeration going on here the only so called hotels up for sale would be flea pits that should have been knocked down years ago Samui is full of well known international hotels Who might well have to reduce staff levels but will survive . Edited June 6, 2020 by crazykopite 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CNXexpat Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Jonny1959 said: Back to the 90's. Take the hotels away and plant palms. Samui was a very beautiful island in the 80's and 90's. Now it is only expensive and overpriced. LOL. Take all the cars away from the streets everywhere in the world and live in the past. Who cares about jobs in the tourism industry. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 is this the same as a fire sale .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 3 hours ago, ezzra said: Any one with cash at hand can make a killing now buying properties at rock bottom price and when things will look up, and they will, will at least double their money... What if borders never open again? What if tourists can no longer easily travel? How much money will they make then? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cheapcanuck Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 I'm in Lamai now. One in eight business have gone under. For rent signs are everywhere. Be it bars, restaurants, message parlour, stores including 7/11's. Hotels are no different. Many have closed down never to reopen. Some hotel owners are taking advantage of the downturn by completely renovating their properties. It will very interesting to see this Ban in a year from now. To see who survived the 2020 year. 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nice Boyd Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 3 hours ago, ezzra said: Any one with cash at hand can make a killing now buying properties at rock bottom price and when things will look up, and they will, will at least double their money... Thais never go rock bottom 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nice Boyd Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 2 hours ago, apophyss said: Chineese will come buy all... Just like they did in Sinoukville, Now they r gone Ghost Town 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chilli42 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 I guess they are fully leveraged or they would not be selling. The size of the mortgage will determine the bottom end price .... at least until the bank takes over and auctions the property. I would tend to agree with another poster. There may be a few properties for sale but doubt they are going for fire sale prices yet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jenkins9039 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 3 hours ago, ezzra said: Any one with cash at hand can make a killing now buying properties at rock bottom price and when things will look up, and they will, will at least double their money... You could 'put the same money' into other investments (equities, crypto, etc) and make the same money in less time due to the volatility, and without the risk associated with not actually owning it (risk outside of reasonable control). Best thing Thailand needs, is a hard, harsh, down-to-earth reset. Baht will continue to appreciate due to their offshore holdings, but domestically it will collapse, then the baht will follow (eventually), also its better to invest in South America where you can own, and will see growing demand over the next decade for tourism, I know i am currently looking at a beachside residence there, stability in Panama, Brazil for much of the living requirements, a home away from home perhaps, but the return on investment has a better outlook due to its proximity to the US and retiree's. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gearbox Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, smedly said: I wonder who is buying them up on the cheap Nobody...unless they like catching falling knifes. I think many shops have closed permanently as well. AFAIK the 3 months government handout money finish this month. Uncharted waters for Samui. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bender Rodriguez Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 imagine, you have a few billions of "illegal" obtained money and you want to invest... you want to pay full price or you want to create a fake pandemic that many businesses will have to close & sell and you can buy everything at an enormous PANIC discount ... there are always people that will profit of the misery of others, they are at the top of the ivory tower... when they did their bidding, the plandemic will be over and the profits can start 2 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 3 hours ago, ezzra said: Any one with cash at hand can make a killing now buying properties at rock bottom price and when things will look up, and they will, will at least double their money... Watch the Chinese money flooding in ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samuiwonder Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 The hotels will not sell well, to anyone, as most are on a land lease anyway. With no income, eventually the landlords will just take them back over. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ExpatOne Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 Curious how many Chinese are buying businesses as they are being forced to sell. They should be banned from foreign investments for the next 5 to 10 years. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 If you wanna buy cheap wait until the bank has reprocessed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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