Damage Done: Phuket’s tourism industry will take years to recover, say experts

[rooster59]

Damage Done: Phuket’s tourism industry will take years to recover, say experts

By The Phuket News

 

Shops remain shuttered throughout Kata, one of the tourism areas on the island devastated by the economic crisis. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: The damage to Phuket’s tourism industry by the COVID-19 prevention measures has already been done, and will take years to recover from, Phuket Chamber of Commerce President Thanusak Phungdet told The Phuket News this week.

 

Worse, if a moratorium on loan repayments for tourism businesses is not extended beyond the end of this month, the damage will deepen, adding even more years to the expected time frame for the industry to recover, he said.

 

“We have shouted this and shown the extent of the damage done to the industry for months, and yet still nothing has been done,” Mr Thanusak said on Monday (Oct 12).

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/damage-done-phuket-tourism-industry-will-take-years-to-recover-say-experts-77645.php

 

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[4MyEgo]

Phuket wouldn't be the only place.

[mike787]

Who really cares, it is what it is...it's like debating why we have to die....

 

[fdsa]

9 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

Phuket wouldn't be the only place.

it will take some time for Bangkok corporations to realize why they get less profit from mobile network and internet usage;

for elder Isaan farmers to realize why they get less money support from their children working in Phuket/Patthaya/etc;

for Chiang Mai landlords to realize why less "mcdonalds-is-my-office" laptop guys rent their houses and bikes;

for Chanthaburi farmers to realize why less pickups come to resell their durians on koh Samui;

and in the end for Bangkok banks to realize why they get less loans paid on time.

and when they realize that they just needed to open borders several months ago it would be too late :D

[rumak]

You want experts ?  i got experts !    thaivisa is fullllll of them !

 

but, cmon.   this one is too easy.    you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

[Tarteso]

I think the only positive thing about this Crisis;  the recovery of the marine ecosystem.

[SomchaiCNX]

The damage was done more than 30 years ago. Anyone who recommend a person to visit Phuket needs a medical check-up ???? . I had the luck to stay at Rawai (preferred by the Thai) and Patong (01 hotel and 3 guesthouses, not a single bar, just one restaurant on the beach) ) about 40 years ago.

[Pottinger]

1 hour ago, mike787 said:

Who really cares, it is what it is...it's like debating why we have to die....

 

•  

What a supremely stupid remark.

[rumak]

6 minutes ago, SomchaiCNX said:

The damage was done more than 30 years ago. Anyone who recommend a person to visit Phuket needs a medical check-up ???? . I had the luck to stay at Rawai (preferred by the Thai) and Patong (01 hotel and 3 guesthouses, not a single bar, just one restaurant on the beach) ) about 40 years ago.

# Me Too 

[phantomfiddler]

Look on the bright side, the small group of people who created this disaster will be already planning for the next one to appear when this one has died down ????

[engamann]

Dont expect any help from the junta leader Cha Cha , him and his generals dont give a <deleted> 

about you people , the downafall of Thailand started already back in 2014.

[rumak]

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

“We have shouted this and shown the extent of the damage done to the industry for months, and yet still nothing has been done,” Mr Thanusak said on Monday (Oct 12).

 

I hope Mr T has some strong allies in the right places.....

or his shouting might cause something to be done alright

 

[connda]

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Phuket’s tourism industry will take years to recover, say experts

Paraphrasing other recent articles that showed up a few days ago.
"Phuket's and Thailand's tourism industry will be booming in 2021, say experts."

More accurate:
"Chickens flop around after their heads are chopped off, say experts."

[beechbum]

3 hours ago, mike787 said:

Who really cares, it is what it is...it's like debating why we have to die....

 

•  

What an amazingly stupid comment.

[connda]

28 minutes ago, engamann said:

Dont expect any help from the junta leader Cha Cha , him and his generals dont give a <deleted> 

about you people , the downafall of Thailand started already back in 2014.

Uncle Ned is working on that in BKK as we speak. 

[ChipButty]

It was going downhill before Covid19 I dont care what the experts say

[sammieuk1]

Who does he think will be listening certainly not the rich already ????

[khunPer]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Phuket’s tourism industry will take years to recover, say experts

I don't need an expert to realize that the whole World's tourism industry will take years to recover.

[Flying Saucage]

Chinese loans to buy submarines, Chinese loans to build high-speed train lines, Chinese loans to build a new government house, soon Chinese loans to build a bridge over the gulf of Thailand, and maybe one day eventually Chinese loans to build the Kra channel.

 

"More Chinese loans please! Pleeeeeeze!! And, don't forget to supply some more nice swiss watches together with the contracts", shout the generals to their Chinese friends. Can you hear the generals sing, Xi?

 

But now, no Chinese loans to help the tourism businesses....? Not in Phuket, not in Samui, not in Pattaya? Oh!!! How come???

 

Aaaah, I see, because the Chinese prefer the direct investments into the Thai tourism businesses. Let's take over the hotels for a few Yuan in the coming public auctions. A paradise for Chinese investors, isn't it? 

 

Thank you khun P!

Regards Xi

 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

“We have shouted this and shown the extent of the damage done to the industry for months, and yet still nothing has been done,” Mr Thanusak said on Monday (Oct 12)

The elite in the ivory towers are not interested.

[Thomas J]

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

It was going downhill before Covid19 I dont care what the experts say

Only those who are blind cannot see it, the problem goes far deeper than covid and started a long time before it came along.

[Patong2021]

11 hours ago, Tarteso said:

I think the only positive thing about this Crisis;  the recovery of the marine ecosystem.

The sewage still goes into ocean. As you know  the rains are very big this year. Overflow runoff has been going into the ocean. No treatment and it takes all the contamination with it.  So much diesel, petrol runoff from roads. The damaged and sun bleached coral is dead, and cannot heal in 6 months. It is gone forever. If only they planted vegetation or even use small stones and not concrete over anything to allow water to be absorbed on land. Thank you

[Nout]

Thai tourism is finished   will never " recover" and will never be the same again.

[mike787]

15 hours ago, Pottinger said:

What a supremely stupid remark.

Think man.  What's the point.  Ok, Phuket tourism has tanked; and now what.  Let's do something other than talk.  Start a GOFUND, save it somehow.  I love Thailand, but talk is cheap because it exceeds the demand....

[mike787]

13 hours ago, beechbum said:

What an amazingly stupid comment.

intelligent like your response...

[ding]

Thaiger News did a good report on this too.

I bet the Chinese will fill the vacuum left after all the prime sites are closed and empty.

[joecoolfrog]

17 hours ago, SomchaiCNX said:

The damage was done more than 30 years ago. Anyone who recommend a person to visit Phuket needs a medical check-up ???? . I had the luck to stay at Rawai (preferred by the Thai) and Patong (01 hotel and 3 guesthouses, not a single bar, just one restaurant on the beach) ) about 40 years ago.

And I had the beaches of the Sinai peninsula to myself 40 years ago , the world has changed !

The point is , and Phuket is just a part of it , is that international tourism has collapsed in Thailand and may not recover for some time.

And what has the Thai government done to support the individuals and businesses affected , next to nothing !

[joecoolfrog]

1 hour ago, ding said:

Thaiger News did a good report on this too.

I bet the Chinese will fill the vacuum left after all the prime sites are closed and empty.

Not just the Chinese , plenty of wealthy Thais will swoop as well , remember the aftermath of the Tsunami.

[joecoolfrog]

1 hour ago, mike787 said:

Think man.  What's the point.  Ok, Phuket tourism has tanked; and now what.  Let's do something other than talk.  Start a GOFUND, save it somehow.  I love Thailand, but talk is cheap because it exceeds the demand....

Well the government might help , no ? I keep hearing how well they have managed covid , infections are just one side of the story.