Chiang Mai: More doom and gloom tourism assessments from the Chamber of Commerce

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

The president of the Chiang Mai Chamber of Commerce said that all sectors of the economy were suffering greatly, not just tourism.

 

Figures suggested that a staggering 100 billion baht had gone missing from the Chiang Mai economy in the first three quarters. 

 

Warodom Pitkanon indicated that government stimulus measures had proved thoroughly inadequate. 

 

People were not spending, investors had disappeared and what little money there was in the economy was not trickling down to an increasingly desperate population. 

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

As regards the tourism sector, domestic tourism was merely a stop gap. 

 

It might mean that some businesses would be saved from going to the wall. 

 

It was a return to foreign tourist revenue that was needed but he acknowledged that was fraught with difficulty.

 

More and more of the economy is simply shutting down in Chiang Mai and the government needs to do more to help with the dire situation especially promoting holiday times and festivals, he said. 

 

Source: Chiang Mai News

 

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Wait until the burning returns, that increases in severity every year~even Thai people won't go there.

We were going to set up a little guesthouse situation on our land in the mountains, but the increased burning put an end to that.

And what is the government doing? Getting all hot and bothered about people demonstrating for democracy, censoring tv coverage about it, passing a law regulating kratom, & setting huge budgets for building  facilities for themselves. It is like watching inmates taking over an asylum. Chiang Mai will not recover from this disaster because there will be so little tourism infrastructure left by year end. And so there will be no accommodation for visitors, no restaurants for them to eat in, no attractions to visit during the day and no bars to relax in at night. My favourite bar is staggering along on turnover equal to 5% of this time last year, employs 2 staff instead of 18 and still the police are asking for their tea money! It will probably close before New Year. Can there be a much worse set of scenarios?

6 hours ago, webfact said:

More and more of the economy is simply shutting down in Chiang Mai and the government needs to do more to help with the dire situation especially promoting holiday times and festivals, he said. 

Shutting down because it is now out of balance, all the tourism supply chain has had to pack-up along with the front line businesses.

Time to find a new business, one that is truly sustainable.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Figures suggested that a staggering 100 billion baht had gone missing from the Chiang Mai economy in the first three quarters. 

Is that more than usual?

3 hours ago, Redline said:

Wait until the burning returns, that increases in severity every year~even Thai people won't go there.

We were going to set up a little guesthouse situation on our land in the mountains, but the increased burning put an end to that.

our are joking right, burning doesn't hold a candle to what is happening at present

13 hours ago, Redline said:

Wait until the burning returns, that increases in severity every year~even Thai people won't go there.

We were going to set up a little guesthouse situation on our land in the mountains, but the increased burning put an end to that.

maybe a meat smoker?   turn lemons into lemonade? ????  jk

10 hours ago, moe666 said:

our are joking right, burning doesn't hold a candle to what is happening at present

seems they are maybe burning the candle at both ends!?

They have lost thousands from me alone being locked out for 8 months and the winners are Asda and Sainsburys especially the wine departments you fools ????

12 hours ago, moe666 said:

our are joking right, burning doesn't hold a candle to what is happening at present

Just another nail in the coffin. Next year will again be the worst year on record, regardless, making Thailand hub of most polluted city on the planet.????

11 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

maybe a meat smoker?   turn lemons into lemonade? ????  jk

Just tell people it's fog I suppose?

On 10/14/2020 at 2:41 PM, Redline said:

Wait until the burning returns, that increases in severity every year~even Thai people won't go there.

We were going to set up a little guesthouse situation on our land in the mountains, but the increased burning put an end to that.

Lol what a big BS. That idea has nothing to do with the burning at all, high season isn't even during the burning season. Real reason an end was put to it, is because it was a foolish idea from starters, with so many hotels around already.

13 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Lol what a big BS. That idea has nothing to do with the burning at all, high season isn't even during the burning season. Real reason an end was put to it, is because it was a foolish idea from starters, with so many hotels around already.

Totally wrong, yes the burning season is during high season. It lasts for several months now.

10 hours ago, Redline said:

Just tell people it's fog I suppose?

flavored fog...beefy!

19 hours ago, Venom said:

Just another nail in the coffin. Next year will again be the worst year on record, regardless, making Thailand hub of most polluted city on the planet.????

LOS --come for the massage, stay for the smoke!

30 minutes ago, Ron jeremy said:

Totally wrong, yes the burning season is during high season. It lasts for several months now.

"High season" is November through January. The burning and smoke pollution used to start in March, now it has moved back to mid-February.

Similar story in Chiang Rai. The woman that caddied for me yesterday was 30 yo, 7 yo son, no husband. She moved 60 km down from Mae Sai to try to find work. People are desperate.

The military golf course in Chiang Rai ended its promotion on October 1. Was doing OK in terms of golfers, Westerners, Koreans and Japanese most days. Many have gone to other courses who have yet to embrace the Thai philosophy of putting up green fees during high season.

Helloooo. There will be no high season, there are no tourists.

 

its all downhill from now on

18 hours ago, Lacessit said:

The woman that caddied for me yesterday was 30 yo, 7 yo son, no husband.

Did you sink the 19th?

Some people in CM have money as the Bangkok Airways promotion to Samui and other destinations, which was to be offered until September next year, sold out on the first day it was published.