11 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Is that a ghost chasing her in the top pic' .. and Dobbin looks like he's stopped for a pony & trap .. probably what he thinks of the article .. 

He's thinking, "This is a right dump."

Thai cops: "Let's lock em up!"

12 hours ago, mr mr said:

that white girl in the picture is not coming to thailand. fake news. 

Nor is the girl "jumping" 3 meters in the air.....aka virtual tourists

Better double up the IOs at Swampy to stamps all those passports....so lets see..3+3=6 total officers needed...

 

but 4 are on break checking thier Fb posts

3 minutes ago, ChakaKhan said:

Nor is the girl "jumping" 3 meters in the air.....aka virtual tourists

She's probably heard about the dog attack on the beach at Ao Nang and is practising her avoidance technique.

21 hours ago, webfact said:

An upbeat governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand

They are always upbeat and their figures are always of the scale. Still a couple of hundred is cause for celebration.

1 hour ago, Albert Zweistein said:

The guy on the horse is the Thai owner, not a tourist. The beach is at Hua Hin.

 Yeah i am well aware ????. Only my point is that TAT and all data correct should not be together in the same sentence !

Troll posts and the replies have been removed. 

The question was, is and remains "is Special Tourist Visa (STV) program" a real taker or not. 

Well, the figure is self-explanatory ........ The Caribbean is overflowing of tourists; half Europe seems to head to that part of the world this winter ....... 

23 hours ago, AlfHuy said:

What is strange.

They make very clear that they prioritise CHI..... tourists but in every picture, you see westerners.

Is it, because we are better looking or the idea that Westerners are coming sounds more attractive.

The unwashed non showering Westerners coming sounds more attractive?????????????????

15 hours ago, ianezy0 said:

Zzzzzzz.....

Meanwhile, in other breaking news, 2 cars joined the traffic on highway 7 today....

What time was that at? Just as a matter of interest.

14 hours ago, brianthainess said:

681 this months winning ticket YAY

there ARE NO MORE LOTTERY draws for THIS MONTH !!!!!!

what about the 33 or was it 39 chinese that arrived earlier....I wonder just HOW much they spent ????

All farang should be treated as Special Tourist, all the time

 STV = Stupid Thai Visa

On 11/20/2020 at 10:05 AM, ChipButty said:

He's getting all excited over 681 tourist, 

681?     555 thats worst then a needle in a haystack. ok lets see 30 change their minds the last min. 150 get their vacation cut in half due to having to go to quarantine having to pay half now broke, 20 get jailed for shop lifting or other crimes, leaving 481 wow thats alot still here but they are cheap charlies not spending the money on the economy but in high class hotels and restuarants and high class hookers with $5,000 tips 

19 hours ago, lovethai123 said:

Why the pics of white people? Why didn't they put pics of their beloved chinese? 

 

even the chinese don't want to go where there's loads of other chinese ????

Wow, 681 tourist and a long weekend. I can not wait to see the photos next week of the activities these tourist visited. 
 

Did they meet the 4,405 baht spending to get the country back on line? ????????????????

I fear that some of those arrivals will have to stay in tents, as the 757. 000 hotel rooms within Thailand will be hopelessly overcrowded shortly after that plane hits the Tarmac. Quick, quick! Anyone would like to invest with me in a Thai hotel, resort, or... minivan transport business, anyone??? C'm on... lifetime opportunity, folks!!!

Math 201:

If you spend X million baht on a campaign and being in 3000000 - 861 tourist less in November, what outcome has the highest probability?

A: getting a promotion

B: getting a bonus

C : getting a promotion + bonus

 

 

 

_{A New Zealand-bound traveller tested negative for Covid-19 before a flight. He had the virus and infected 4 passengers}

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/300165124/a-new-zealandbound-traveller-tested-negative-for-covid19-before-a-flight-he-had-the-virus-and-infected-4-passengers?cid=app-android

 

I ain't getting on plane for 25 hours with such a risk.

So how many tourists can we expect in December? More than 1000? 

1 hour ago, balo said:

So how many tourists can we expect in December? More than 1000? 

 

TAT said recently 10,000 ish, in total for now through the end of Dec. They said "tourists" so STV + TR60?

 

Seems like a stretch, unless that includes all ferners with other visa types on a CoE?

 

681 hardly seems worth the effort but baby-steps I guess.