Thailand No Longer Top Overseas Destination for Chinese Tourists

By Will Davies

 

 

Thailand has lost its spot as the most popular cross-border destination for tourists from mainland China, according to a survey by HSBC Holdings Plc, as neighboring Japan and South Korea moved up the list.

 

“Barring Hong Kong and Macau, Japan and Korea emerged as the top two preferred cross-border destinations,” analyst Parash Jain wrote in a report. “This reinforces our view that short-haul travel will recover earlier than long-haul international travel.”

 

The survey, conducted from Oct. 28 to Nov. 2, also found flight bookings are being made further in advance than they were pre-pandemic, which could reflect greater demand for leisure travel than business.

 

Full Story: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-23/thailand-no-longer-top-overseas-destination-for-chinese-tourists

Oh this will just crush the poor Thais when they read about this or hear about it.  So much for the all you can eat prawn buffets.  Looks like it will be a rough ride for tourism. 

I fear that when this is over it will no longer be an overseas destination for far more than the Chinese

do the Chinese need quarantine for 14 days if they travel to Japan or South Korea?

If not.  well that answers why their going there.  ????????

Whaat how can this be .. a counter flurry of TaT explanations including the word " misunderstanding " is expected any time shortly  

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Bit of a pointless story, the Chinese government is actively discouraging their citizens from travelling abroad.

 

Then again, the Thai government is actively discouraging tourist arrivals with all of the ridiculous loop holes people have to jump through to get here....

22 minutes ago, zzzzz said:

do the Chinese need quarantine for 14 days if they travel to Japan or South Korea?

If not.  well that answers why their going there.  ????????

They need to quarantine when they return to China.

 

That essentially ended Chinese foreign tourism to everywhere.

 

It's the same situation in Thailand, how many Thais are going away on foreign holidays right now?

No worries it's only Monday. New figures will appear tomorrow.

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand No Longer Top Overseas Destination for Chinese Tourists

Well cry me a river TAT!

Thai's have never stopped complaining about every nationality, now what they complaining about?

Well this is an interesting one.

 

As the Chinese have become more sophisticated, they demand a little bit more from their vacation destination.

 

They like to shop, but they aren't really the beach going Europeans

So the cost of shopping in Thailand is an issue.

 

It's like TAT knows exactly how to <deleted> off its target markets.

 

Shopping is expensive for the Chinese. Dirty beaches, sub standard hotels and customer service pisses off the Westerners

 

Go figure!

6 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

Well this is an interesting one.

 

As the Chinese have become more sophisticated, they demand a little bit more from their vacation destination.

 

They like to shop, but they aren't really the beach going Europeans

So the cost of shopping in Thailand is an issue.

 

It's like TAT knows exactly how to <deleted> off its target markets.

 

Shopping is expensive for the Chinese. Dirty beaches, sub standard hotels and customer service pisses off the Westerners

 

Go figure!

Wild rabid dogs on the beach the biggest complaint from the Chinese 

8 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Wild rabid dogs on the beach the biggest complaint from the Chinese 

They aren't too fussy when it comes to eating them though....

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

The survey, conducted from Oct. 28 to Nov. 2

An obvious in depth study.

 

By Bloomberg.

 

"Nuf said.

39 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Wild rabid dogs on the beach the biggest complaint from the Chinese 

Not enough sidewalks to sheite and spit on with all of the vendors.

Blimey all they need know is for the Indians to turn their backs and they will go into further meltdown. 

4 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Blimey all they need know is for the Indians to turn their backs and they will go into further meltdown. 

They will have to reach out to the antarctic penguins and then the North Pole with Santa Claus and his elves as well as inviting the Eskimos down.

Lots of angry and bitter posts, BUT,  when everything is back to normal (as in pre-covid days), i am certain that the Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Malays etc. whom these posters hate will all be back and welcomed. Maybe in lesser numbers, but even a tiny percentage from their billions of citizens are enough to relegate farangs to the bottom of the preferred list.

TAT had better understand that it is going to take a tremendous amount of time before numbers ever turn back to normal.  It will not be the year after next either.  

So 2.5 is years from now it's anyone's guess what the industry will even look like.  

How do the Thais market themselves in China?   Lived and visited all over China.  Never saw an advertisement.   Does Thailand expect others to do their advertising for them?  Kunming is a great city, only two hours from Bangkok.   No advertising in the airport.   No advertising anywhere in the city.  Thailand could be a million miles away by looks of the lack of influence.  It is probably the nationalistic, military government that just doesn't make people feel welcome.    

23 minutes ago, saakura said:

Lots of angry and bitter posts, BUT,  when everything is back to normal (as in pre-covid days), i am certain that the Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Malays etc. whom these posters hate will all be back and welcomed. Maybe in lesser numbers, but even a tiny percentage from their billions of citizens are enough to relegate farangs to the bottom of the preferred list.

I believe your a might confused. There is no anger or bitterness in the posts.  Why would you think there is.  It is a basic truth that the Bloomberg article has stated and the responses have been right on the money. Thailand has lost another group in which to fill their pockets 

Well, Thailand should be happy, no? No more dirty, pesky farangs and irritating and uncouth Chinese to complain about. But I sympathise with those who make an honest living dealing with tourists - you know, the scammers, unscrupulous touts, the brown clowns etc. What are they going to do???

25 minutes ago, outsider said:

Well, Thailand should be happy, no? No more dirty, pesky farangs and irritating and uncouth Chinese to complain about. But I sympathise with those who make an honest living dealing with tourists - you know, the scammers, unscrupulous touts, the brown clowns etc. What are they going to do???

What's a brown clown?

30 minutes ago, Traubert said:

What's a brown clown?

The BiB one would assume.

2 hours ago, Traubert said:

What's a brown clown?

 

The RTP. The boys in brown. Some say Thailand's finest... LOL

Suicide watch on the generals and last orders for coffin nails at the double ????

4 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Blimey all they need know is for the Indians to turn their backs and they will go into further meltdown. 

No they won't. Thais don't like Indians. I am sure they would be happy if Indians stop coming there. 

Bunch of drama queens on here numbers are down, mostly covid related, it's not a boycott!!

Not exactly rocket science to understand that short haul will be the most desired holidays for the next 12-24 months, purely for fear of new lockdowns, flights cancellations and new outbreaks. It might not be easy, but getting home from Spain to the UK is probably easier than from Thailand

8 hours ago, yellowboat said:

Kunming is a great city, only two hours from Bangkok.   No advertising in the airport.   No advertising anywhere in the city.  Thailand could be a million miles away by looks of the lack of influence.

I've seen fairs selling Thai products + quite a few Thai tourist t-shirts & met Thai students in Kunming, so I don't think it's quite that bad...