Thailand’s domestic travel bounces back

[rooster59]

Thailand’s domestic travel bounces back

By TTG Asia

 

Airbnb bookings show a surge in domestic bookings across Asia-Pacific, including Thailand; tourists visiting Wat Saket temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand pictured

 

Airbnb has observed a surge in domestic bookings in Thailand, with the number of reservations rebounding to pre-Covid levels, up 13 per cent from last year.

 

With travel slowly resuming in Thailand, domestic travel is trending to nearby destinations. Top domestic destinations from May 12 to June 10 in Thailand include Bangkok, Hua Hin, Pattaya, Chiang Mai and Phetchaburi, with travel to non-urban destinations comprising 45 per cent of bookings, based on recent booking data.

 

Across other markets in Asia-Pacific, domestic travel is also on the rise, with Airbnb seeing a surge in bookings in the last month in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan. In May 2020, over 60 per cent of all bookings on Airbnb were for listings in non-urban destinations.

 

Between May 18-24, there were more nights booked for domestic travel on Airbnb globally compared to the same period in 2019. From June 5-7, for the first time since February, year-over-year growth in gross booking value (not including cancellations or alterations) has increased for all Airbnb reservations made around the globe.

 

Full story: https://www.ttgasia.com/2020/06/12/thailands-domestic-travel-bounces-back/

 

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[petermik]

Of course it will...inter provincial travel is now allowed...top domestic destinations from May 12 to June 10th included Pattaya where I live...sorry but I must have missed them all on my daily wanderings

[spidermike007]

Likely due to alot of hotels not being open for business yet. Many hotels I look up on Agoda show as being sold out. Likely due to them being closed. When I do show up at a hotel I am one of very few guests. Domestic travel is definitely not up from last year. AirBNB might be up. But we are talking about something entirely different and the conclusions drawn are inane and false. 

[mr mr]

so tourism up a bazillion percent then ? 

[madmitch]

It may be up 13% with domestic bookings but it means little without actual numbers. 13% on <deleted> all is still <deleted> all!

[heybuz]

Thai air new schedule.           

THAI AIRWAYS
New schedule, set to begin August 1,  Fingers crossed. 

Bangkok-Auckland: Three weekly from 03-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Beijing Capital: Twice weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Brisbane: Three weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Delhi: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Denpasar: Three weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Dhaka: Five weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Guangzhou: Twice weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Hanoi: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Ho Chi Minh City: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Hong Kong: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Islamabad: Four weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Jakarta: Three weekly from 03-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Karachi: Four weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur: Five weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Lahore: Four weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Manila: Four weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Melbourne: Five weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Nagoya: Three weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Osaka Kansai: Three weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Perth: Three weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Phnom Penh: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Seoul Incheon: Six weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Shanghai Pudong: Twice weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Singapore: Four weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Sydney: Five weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Taipei Taoyuan: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Tokyo Haneda: Four weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Tokyo Narita: Four weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Vientiane: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Yangon: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok – London Heathrow service will be reintroduced 1 August with a daily 777-300ER. 
Bangkok-Paris: The airline has now postponed the launch from 17 July to 1 August offering three weekly flights using a 777-300ER.

[connda]

Happy Days Are Here Again!!!  Whoo-hoo Break out the champagne and celebrate!!!

"You can't do that.  It's illegal.  You'll be fined and thrown in jail.  And Btw, get a mask on!"

Nevermind. 


 

Edited June 13, 2020 by connda

[connda]

1 hour ago, madmitch said:

It may be up 13% with domestic bookings but it means little without actual numbers. 13% on <deleted> all is still <deleted> all!

Yeah the various ministries will be issuing rosy pronouncements that are amplified by Thai media saying that everything in the Thai economy is now better than before Covid.

Then you'll walk down the street, look around for yourself, and shrug.  Lipstick on a pig.

[Deli]

7 hours ago, heybuz said:

Thai air new schedule.           

THAI AIRWAYS
New schedule, set to begin August 1,  Fingers crossed. 

Bangkok-Auckland: Three weekly from 03-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Beijing Capital: Twice weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Brisbane: Three weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Delhi: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Denpasar: Three weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Dhaka: Five weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Guangzhou: Twice weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Hanoi: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Ho Chi Minh City: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Hong Kong: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Islamabad: Four weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Jakarta: Three weekly from 03-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Karachi: Four weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur: Five weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Lahore: Four weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Manila: Four weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Melbourne: Five weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Nagoya: Three weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Osaka Kansai: Three weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Perth: Three weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Phnom Penh: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Seoul Incheon: Six weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Shanghai Pudong: Twice weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Singapore: Four weekly from 02-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Sydney: Five weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Taipei Taoyuan: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Tokyo Haneda: Four weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Tokyo Narita: Four weekly from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Vientiane: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok-Yangon: Daily from 01-Aug-2020
Bangkok – London Heathrow service will be reintroduced 1 August with a daily 777-300ER. 
Bangkok-Paris: The airline has now postponed the launch from 17 July to 1 August offering three weekly flights using a 777-300ER.

5 times a week to Bangladesh ? How the hell shall this become profitable ?

Surprisingly no flight to Germany. Maybe this has been given to Lufthansa ?

[Pedrogaz]

THAI airways? who would fly on them and risk getting stuck if they go bankrupt?

[GreasyFingers]

9 hours ago, madmitch said:

It may be up 13% with domestic bookings but it means little without actual numbers. 13% on <deleted> all is still <deleted> all!

Unfortunately for us up here it is supposed to be low, low season but there are people everywhere. The people are okay but the traffic. The little resort alongside us is full tonight where as normally it would be lucky to have one customer.

[SamJohn]

Here we go again!! and they say people don't have money to spend.. OR they are just going back home again!!!

[hotchilli]

23 hours ago, mr mr said:

so tourism up a bazillion percent then ? 

Not hard when you start from zero.... 

[HaleySabai]

The wife took a bus from ChiangMai to khon Kaen for a business meeting last week and it was really tough securing a ticket.The buses run at 50% capacity and the daily schedules are reduced. No flights other than to BKK first then onward, but at a price she wasn't willing to pay. She eventually got there,3-days late and back in a roundabout way.

Went into ChiangMai city last night craving some Turkish food but the market I expected to be open by now was still black,oops, I mean closed.The odd massage shop opened but the general atmosphere is grim,hardly any people in the tourist center of town.It will take a good while before a pulse is felt around there even after all the re-opening stages have been completed.

[BritManToo]

On 6/13/2020 at 8:31 AM, rooster59 said:

Airbnb has observed a surge in domestic bookings in Thailand, with the number of reservations rebounding to pre-Covid levels, up 13 per cent from last year.

Seems unlikely if not impossible.

[Peterphuket]

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Seems unlikely if not impossible.

Deception also brings money to AIRBNB.