TAT Introduces Tourism Plan for 2021

 

 

BANGKOK, Oct 20 (TNA) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has introduced its 2021 tourism plan that will promote safety, natural beauty, food and Thai characteristics and target quality tourists with high purchasing power. 

 

TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said tourism next year would depend mainly on the situation of the coronavirus pandemic and TAT based its tourism plan for next year on the best-case scenario that Thai tourism would start to pick up early next year or in the second quarter. 

 

Under the scenario, Thai people would make 120 million domestic trips and spend about 800 billion baht next year.

 

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Optimism abounds, and they hope that Domestic tourism will pick up.  Are we sure this is a TAT story, sounds so offbeat from what they usually say.  Have they been told to post a hopeful and realistic projection instead of the normal pie in the Sky reports and numbers.  I will wait and see.

9 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

the best-case scenario that Thai tourism would start to pick up early next year or in the second quarter. 

 

Under the scenario, Thai people would make 120 million domestic trips and spend about 800 billion baht next year.

 

TAT Introduces Tourism Plan for 2021

Given past performances, getting the details in place, reversing course on some of them, introducing new bits, then flip flopping on those as well, means the plan should be finalised by around March 2022.

 

14 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

....."food and Thai characteristics"......

The last story I read featuring both of these involved pork balls and murder.

18 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

2021 tourism plan that will promote safety, natural beauty, food and Thai characteristics and target quality tourists with high purchasing power. 

target quality tourists with high purchasing power in other words they are targeting the rich Indians and Chinese  555, as for safety, if tourists stay away from driving  and married women with jealous husbands they should/could be ok ....

Best case scenario is it's just picking up one year from now, that's 365 days.  

And I and many aren't so sure that will happen.  

Dreamers...nothing but dreamers...

19 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

quality tourists

You'll get this tatoo on your a**. 

"Thai characteristics" South of the border they use to say: Don't Thai to me. Maybe better leave that one out in their master plan.

30 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

target quality tourists with high purchasing power. 

They keep trying to lure this type of tourists,but there are never any bites.

regards worgeordie

38 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

governor Yuthasak Supasorn said tourism next year would depend mainly on the situation of the coronavirus pandemic and TAT based its tourism plan for next year on the best-case scenario that Thai tourism would start to pick up early next year or in the second quarter. 

 

Under the scenario, Thai people would make 120 million domestic trips and spend about 800 billion baht next year

Another one who's been tooting some of Anutins herbal saviour .. 

Failing to recognize again that its not new money going into the pot with domestic tourism .. Its just sloshing about what's there already .. New dollars coming in from outside is what the industry needs .. this sort of stuff above is just pure distilled wishful thinking .. As for the safety bit Ssshh' don't mention the roads .. 

 

'Thai Characteristics'.....Ah yes; we already know all about them and would rather they changed dramatically !

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

and target quality tourists with high

Powered rifles .? 

turn the place into a giant safari park and have predator v alien death matches 'twixt the high spending well heeled'ers and TaT top echelons .. Spenders win they get everything gratis .. TaT win and we'll never hear the end of it .. an' if that sounds daft well they started it ..

Are we living in some sort of echo chamber. All the plans sound about the same. 

 

There are countless things the government could be doing, if they wanted to attract the high quality tourists. First they need to figure out a way to attract tourism, WITHOUT quarantine. That is fairly simple. A very reliable lab based test in the home nation, with test results before you board the plane. Then a simple antigen test at the airport. It takes 15 minutes for results. Sure, Thailand would have to invest in the test kits. Some general would have to be willing to part with a few million dollars. Each test itself, only cost $5 with the new Abbott test, which is available now.

 

Then they could get on to reform. Sacrifices need to be made. I do not hear ANY discussion about what sacrifices Thailand is willing to make, to get the tourists, and that multi trillion baht cash cow back.

 

The very first thing would be to repeal the anti farang wine bill, that was passed by a few very corrupt senators way back when, to protect an anemic local wine industry. They are losing billions of dollars a year in revenue, that would be had from a 100% wine duty, instead of 365%. The five star hotels would have major wine events, and the entire industry would flourish here.

 

Thailand keeps droning on and on and on, about how they want wealthy tourists. Again, what sacrifices are you willing to make? Rich tourists like to spend money when they travel. And they cannot do that here, as they do not like getting taken for a ride. Most wealthy people are smart with their money. Thailand could be making a fortune on a 25% luxury tax, instead of the 100% of more, which discourages most people from buying. How many people do you see in the luxury stores here? They are almost always completely empty. Inane. Beyond inane.

 

They will continue to get more Indian and Chinese tourists. But most will be lower income, and lower middle income tourists. Thailand just cannot attract higher income tourists anymore. Very few. The focus on quantity over quality will continue to erode the nation on countless levels.

 

More is rarely better. It just lowers the quality of life for nearly everyone, creates more congestion, more smog, more traffic, longer lines at immigration, and makes life difficult, especially in the big cities. There are countless things the government could be doing, if they wanted to attract the high quality tourists, and go for quality over quantity.

 

Quantity over quality is never a good thing, unless you are selling one dollar items at a swap meet. It just lowers the quality of the experience for all.

52 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Under the scenario, Thai people would make 120 million domestic trips and spend about 800 billion baht next year.

 

The Thai population is about 60 million. So they are projecting that every man, woman, child and ladyboy in Thailand will make two domestic tourism trips next year, spending 6667 baht during each one. How many Pampers will 6667 baht buy? Wow, that's a lot of disposable diapers to fill with <deleted>. Oh, wait, T.A.T. is involved: never mind, no problem.

You need a subcommittee to plan this elaborate groundbreaking plan first????

So the plan is to generate 800billion from 120 million trips ??

You probably needed to work hard on such a great plan .

II got a plan for next year also , i gonna generate 500 million from working . Idk how to do it , but making a plan does not mean to have to know how to do it .

46 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

The last story I read featuring both of these involved pork balls and murder.

i read that too.  Good read, black humor and all.   " The luk chin murders on the Dark Side"    by Stephen Pleather ,  featuring

Inspector Yourasap .. 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

target quality tourists with high purchasing power

 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Thai people would make 120 million domestic trips

 

umm......who wants to tell him?

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Thai people would make 120 million domestic trips and spend about 800 billion baht next year.

oh .... ok got it  !     so everythings fine then.    800 BILLION +  1.5 TRILLION =  2.3 TRILLION   ...    Wow , looking at those numbers TAT,  there doesn't seem to be any problem at all.   It's amazing .....  

 

TAT is just fantastic with a calculator       !!!     

 

 

25 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Are we living in some sort of echo chamber. All the plans sound about the same. 

 

There are countless things the government could be doing, if they wanted to attract the high quality tourists. First they need to figure out a way to attract tourism, WITHOUT quarantine. That is fairly simple. A very reliable lab based test in the home nation, with test results before you board the plane. Then a simple antigen test at the airport. It takes 15 minutes for results. Sure, Thailand would have to invest in the test kits. Some general would have to be willing to part with a few million dollars. Each test itself, only cost $5 with the new Abbott test, which is available now.

 

Then they could get on to reform. Sacrifices need to be made. I do not hear ANY discussion about what sacrifices Thailand is willing to make, to get the tourists, and that multi trillion baht cash cow back.

 

The very first thing would be to repeal the anti farang wine bill, that was passed by a few very corrupt senators way back when, to protect an anemic local wine industry. They are losing billions of dollars a year in revenue, that would be had from a 100% wine duty, instead of 365%. The five star hotels would have major wine events, and the entire industry would flourish here.

 

Thailand keeps droning on and on and on, about how they want wealthy tourists. Again, what sacrifices are you willing to make? Rich tourists like to spend money when they travel. And they cannot do that here, as they do not like getting taken for a ride. Most wealthy people are smart with their money. Thailand could be making a fortune on a 25% luxury tax, instead of the 100% of more, which discourages most people from buying. How many people do you see in the luxury stores here? They are almost always completely empty. Inane. Beyond inane.

 

They will continue to get more Indian and Chinese tourists. But most will be lower income, and lower middle income tourists. Thailand just cannot attract higher income tourists anymore. Very few. The focus on quantity over quality will continue to erode the nation on countless levels.

 

More is rarely better. It just lowers the quality of life for nearly everyone, creates more congestion, more smog, more traffic, longer lines at immigration, and makes life difficult, especially in the big cities. There are countless things the government could be doing, if they wanted to attract the high quality tourists, and go for quality over quantity.

 

Quantity over quality is never a good thing, unless you are selling one dollar items at a swap meet. It just lowers the quality of the experience for all.

And maybe do some cleaning all over the country....................

The announcement of a tourism plan that will promote safety, natural beauty, food and Thai characteristics and target quality tourists with high purchasing power is accompanied by a picture of speedboats moored in the cesspool which is that part of Pattaya Bay adjacent to Walking Street?

 

Someone needs to check their irony filters!

31 minutes ago, steven100 said:

oh .... ok got it  !     so everythings fine then.    800 BILLION +  1.5 TRILLION =  2.3 TRILLION   ...    Wow , looking at those numbers TAT,  there doesn't seem to be any problem at all.   It's amazing .....  

 

TAT is just fantastic with a calculator       !!!     

 

 

I think the zero button keeps sticking on that calculator,must have got some sticky rice stuck in there sometime.

Whenever I see the headlines " TAT Introduces Tourism Plan " 

I immediately think of " Once upon a time "

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

The announcement of a tourism plan that will promote safety, natural beauty, food and Thai characteristics and target quality tourists with high purchasing power is accompanied by a picture of speedboats moored in the cesspool which is that part of Pattaya Bay adjacent to Walking Street?

 

Someone needs to check their irony filters!

What you see is what you get....

Kinda like my friend "making savings" from toilet(tissue)paper, that's 30% cheaper but you use "only double" more with every roll  

The problem is that domestic travel does not add money to the system. They can rent a hotel room but they are not going to buy that new chair. International tourism adds 20% more cash to the economy, so they sell the room and the chair. It also provides much needed international currency credits to import more commodities, raw stock and products without having to leverage the baht. 

 

Domestic tourism sounds like something but it is just smoke.

7 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

You'll get this tatoo on your a**. 

It'll actually be a brand, tattooing takes way too long with the numbers they're touting. 

 

You'll get it after you clear passport control and before baggage claim.

"Best case scenario" ????????

They are even don't know what they want. And the chaos visa and entry regulation. Watch, it will crack with many bankrupt.

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Under the scenario, Thai people would make 120 million domestic trips and spend about 800 billion baht next year.

That's approximately 2 trips per person for every person in Thailand. I did'nt think the unemployed could generate that sort of money! WOW! ????