7 hours ago, webfact said:

Packages would be advance payments for later visits.

Who ? with an Ounce of common sense, would part with Money for a visit to Thailand in this way under the current Global Conditions

Another Brain Fart 

38 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

Hi hansume! BJ just 500 for you!

 

I hope there is no barfine required. 

Total nonsense. Probably closer to 11,000 in 2021.

 

If any of these millions of tourists wanted to venture to an island destination, they are all devastated by this shutdown. Was recently in Samui. 85% of the hotels were closed. Most restaurants, alot of bars, shops and other businesses were closed many permanently. Granted, there are some great hotel bargains right now. But, that environment is fairly depressing, seeing so much hardship. 
 
So, the lame authorities here need to wrap their minds around that. Tourists would be coming to a hugely diminished destination. Free quarantine? Might be a good place to start. Make some sacrifices, you incompetents.
 

If Thailand had a qualified health minister, and a slightly intelligent tourism minister, they would stop this nonsense, and realize no tourism program requiring quarantine will ever work. Period. 
 
The Thai army. Moving Thailand backwards, and inflicting untold pain on it's people. Time to go, guys. The people need competency, and they are speaking loudly now. 

My sides are hurting I can’t stop ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

1 hour ago, Guderian said:

TAT can predict all that it likes, but if China keeps its ban on overseas tourism then no-one will be coming.

On tour groups only. Tour groups, when a group of people get together and travel as one body, a tour group.

Singles Day - wow - thats 11 million bar girls about to buy new iphones then at the prospect of all those "singles" ????

 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Of this group he predicted 7.45 million Chinese,

 

Hard to believe. But the Eisenhower administration and Thai government were so concerned about the Chinese pouring down into Thailand through Laos in the 1950s that an emergency air evacuation was put on ready standby for a certain important Thai family.

Until vaccinations and immunity passports are widespread all the talk about tourism recovery is a bowl full of flaming hopium.  <pffftttt>

And then even with vaccinations, with half the world's dictators leaders signalling to the unwashed Covid-infected masses through the main-stream media that autocratic "new normal" controls meant to repress all public assembly as well at to limit public movement - in the name of "keeping you safe" - may be in place for years to come.

Tourism in the "new normal" will be a rather limp and pathetic caricature of the past.  The new normal will be "stay at home", "keep your masks on", "don't socialize", "don't travel", "Do the right thing obey conform submit", yada, yada, yada.

Tourism is "old normal" and old normal is oh so passe as well as in the past.  Kiss it goodbye and look for other industries to generate replacement revenue.

This will be the "New Normal Thai Sexy" as bargirls and others in the tourism sector find different professions. 

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Packages would be advance payments for later visits.

 

The unofficial Chinese holiday is the largest shopping day both in physical and online retail in the world, notes Wikipedia. 

 

Packages would be sold to people that could be used at Chinese New Year and if this is not possible they could be changed for free to another date in the future.

 

Anutin (Analtwat) just loves to appease his Chinese masters 

Someone's been misreading the tea leaves again.

Top Financial experts say ONLY 8 million foreign tourists likely to visit Thailand next year

 

Just now, PEE TEE said:

Top Financial experts say ONLY 8 million foreign tourists likely to visit Thailand next year

 

plus 11 million equals 19 million yeeepie  

Lies, big lies and sTATistics.....

Obsessed much !! How are you ? China ! What’s your name ? China ! Where you from ? China ! ????????

8 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

I don't know which saying is funnier on TV, "TAT predicts" or "Anutin says" ? ????????????

 

Cheers  to that!  Very difficult choice, but I think I would have to go with "TAT predicts" because they've been doing it for longer, and "Anutin says" a lot of things that don't make me laugh - they just make me angry!

Whoever puts these messages out should consider doing Stand Up Comedy.... Hilarious.

8 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

I don't know which saying is funnier on TV, "TAT predicts" or "Anutin says" ? ????????????

 

If any... I believe the financial experts a LOT more

 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

They have predicted more than 11 million visitors from the region for 2021.

This month they had trouble stating when the first arrivals from Shanghai were going to come, now they seem to know whats happening next year?

..and here comes another 'spike' and another 'lockdown'..and..and...I hope they all are vaccinated and blood tested.

4 hours ago, Muzzique said:

 

Now I know what TAT stands for

 

'Total Ass Talk'

 

What a waste of Government money.

 

Keeping themselves busy in a job that is not there anymore. COVID has wiped tourism of the face of the map for now and well into 2021-2.

 

As for someone paying for a trip on 11.11 that they don't know when they will take it? You may a well sign up for a trip to the moon.

 

Still seats left I'm told. Possible Discount on 11.11 too.

 

 

https://spaceadventures.com/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can get that weightless feeling in the local swimming pool for 80 baht.

I read this and wonder which planet these people live on...

 

This surely cannot be thought of as headline News.

 

Just possible it is News but certainly not NEW

 

 

So tired of reading the daily bull...t from the TAT. 
Hard to beat so much incompetence.

 

In my opinion, it is statements like this that are holding people back from changing life style. The people believe TAT and say 'only a few months and tourists will come back. Let's hold on.' I saw some friends in Nongbualamphu earlier this week and apparently the province is considering building a new large hotel somewhere, ready for tourists arriving next year. Even if there are more Chinese I don't think it will be that province they will head for. Sad.

The rhetoric is changing.  

It appears that they are finally downgrading their forecasts (although still hilariously implausible) and have placed in there "if China allows Chinese to travel".  

Does anyone see how they are slowly bringing the Thai into the realization that 2021 will most likely be  a repeat of 2020?  

13 minutes ago, FarangJon said:

So tired of reading the daily bull...t from the TAT. 
Hard to beat so much incompetence.

 

I actually find it fascinating.  The dissonance is astounding.  

2 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

Hi hansume! BJ just 500 for you!

 

What actually does BJ means?

I saw it on a t-shirt .

I asked Google and they told me:

 

TAT made set up a committee to vote if  Thailand should be renamed  / Chiland.

2 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

TAT made set up a committee to vote if  Thailand should be renamed  / Chiland.

Such originality..........