70% of all Phuket tourism businesses remain closed: Governor

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70% of all Phuket tourism businesses remain closed: Governor

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew speaking at event in Srisoonthorn yesterday (Sept 23). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has revealed the nearly 70% all tourism businesses across Phuket remain closed due to the economic impact of COVID-19.

 

According to data collected by the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), 30.4% of businesses in Phuket are now open as normal, he told a meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall on Tuesday held to discuss strategies to accelerate economic recovery and tourism to expedite aid to people affected by COVID 19.

 

Citing the data, Governor Narong explained that 66.8% of all tourism business are still “closed temporarily”, and 2.8% had closed permanently. 

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/70-of-all-phuket-tourism-businesses-remain-closed-governor-77427.php

 

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[Sharp]

2.8% by that I think you mean 28% and growing !

[ezzra]

Not to worry there sir, the fake/forced holidays in the next 2 months will fill your hotels up....

[JusticeGB]

3 planes with 300 tourists on board every week, at most, will soon, maybe in November, be flying into Thailand to rescue all the tourist resorts from this destruction of the tourism industry. They only have to go through a 22 step process to qualify to come to Thailand. 

[Deli]

Open the borders for tourists as other countries did and it will change to the better.

Edited September 24, 2020 by Deli

[BritManToo]

22 minutes ago, Deli said:

Open the borders for tourists as other countries did and it will change to the better.

What countries opened their borders?

[madmitch]

The DEPA report also marked that 50% of staff working in the Phuket tourism industry were Phuket natives, while 34.3% of staff came from other provinces in Southern Thailand. The rest, 15.7%, were from other parts of Thailand, Governor Narong explained.

 

Anyone believe this?

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

What countries opened their borders?

Sweden, you are welcomed here, gets little bit cold next month but you don't need to wear a facemask. Lots of Thai girls around.

[4evermaat]

9 minutes ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Sweden, you are welcomed here, gets little bit cold next month but you don't need to wear a facemask. Lots of Thai girls around.

How many flights in-out?

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

10 minutes ago, 4evermaat said:

How many flights in-out?

KLM every day, many other airlines also flies now. Lots of Thai restaurants and Thai "massage" places around if you are looking for that.

Edited September 24, 2020 by HiSoLowSoNoSo

[4evermaat]

27 minutes ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

KLM every day, many other airlines also flies now. Lots of Thai restaurants and Thai "massage" places around if you are looking for that.

 

maybe the better question would be how many international arrivals are there?  And where are they coming from?

Edited September 24, 2020 by 4evermaat

[Albert Zweistein]

37 minutes ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

KLM every day, many other airlines also flies now. Lots of Thai restaurants and Thai "massage" places around if you are looking for that.

For sale you mean ?

[beechbum]

17 hours ago, Deli said:

Open the borders for tourists as other countries did and it will change to the better.

Yeah that's worked really well, especially in places like the UK 

[steven100]

don't worry  ... TAT has all the slogan's to get the hotels full again.

[beechbum]

17 hours ago, Deli said:

Open the borders for tourists as other countries did and it will change to the better.

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/health-safety/bali-coronavirus-indonesia-sees-biggest-covid-spike-in-months/news-story/e76aa01d004da7a105cdf5c2685c2d0d

 

The holiday island – along with other parts of Indonesia – has seen a significant spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases since attempting to resurrect some form of tourism traffic on the island by welcome Indonesian locals to holiday in popular spots like Kuta, Ubud and Uluwatu.

Edited September 25, 2020 by beechbum