File photo: Hua Hin

 

The chief of the Thai Hoteliers' Association has said that there are good signs for hotel occupancy in Hua Hin and Pattaya at Songkran thanks to their proximity to Bangkok.

 

Occupancy rates at Songkran among Thai tourists will be 50-70% in the two coastal cities though beachfront locations will get the most visitors, said Marisa Sukosonnunphakdee. 

 

Regarding foreign tourists she refused to be drawn on making predictions to the Thai media saying that the demand for 7 and ten day quarantine packages for vaccinated and non-vaccinated tourists in the coming months will be a "wait and see" for the THA.

 

Much will depend on what the government does, she said, apearing to reference local vaccine rollouts. 

 

But one place that was of particular concern for the THA now was Chiang Mai where she said there were no positive signs at all. 

 

Bangkokians and other Thais did not want to go there as not only was it very hot and obviously not on the coast but the city was suffering from well publicized pollution after severe fires.

 

She said that future strategies about how to help Chiang Mai recover would be just that - dealt with in the future. 

 

For now Chiang Mai was suffering and there was no immediate end in sight. 

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-04-03

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Come to Chiang Mai, where the entire city is the smoking section. 

signs and will be..... so nothing is sure or confirmed... as usually we expect, but the truth may be much different

On 4/3/2021 at 6:27 AM, webfact said:

Occupancy rates at Songkran among Thai tourists will be 50-70%

Yeah, and Tonga 'will' win the next football world cup 

On 4/3/2021 at 12:27 PM, webfact said:

Occupancy rates at Songkran among Thai tourists will be 50-70% in the two coastal cities

 

They are damn lucky there are no foreign tourists, as there would be a massive shortage of hotels.

 

Maybe they mean 25-35% in one city and the same in the other one?

I don’t blame the tourism n other folks spruking that new opportunities will arise from this n that but I get the hopefulness thing but, without developing herd immunity through mass vaccinations then the variants of this nasty bug will continue to appear and travel

worldwide will suffer much like it has for over a year.

On 4/3/2021 at 12:27 PM, webfact said:

future strategies about how to help Chiang Mai recover would be just that - dealt with in the future. 

Tell us how to deal it..

On 4/3/2021 at 12:43 PM, Frank Abegnale said:

Come to Chiang Mai, where the entire city is the smoking section. 

.....And hotel prices are still through the roof.

14 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Yeah, and Tonga 'will' win the next football world cup 

They're favourites to win the next (Australian) NRL World Cup (believe it or not)!

On 4/3/2021 at 4:43 PM, Frank Abegnale said:

Come to Chiang Mai, where the entire city is the smoking section. 

At least their COVID face-masks won't be wasted!

On 4/3/2021 at 12:27 PM, webfact said:

She said that future strategies about how to help Chiang Mai recover would be just that - dealt with in the future.

Like stop the burning?

On 4/3/2021 at 12:27 PM, webfact said:

Thai media saying that the demand for 7 and ten day quarantine packages for vaccinated and non-vaccinated tourists in the coming months will be a "wait and see" for the THA

More like wait, and wait, and wait.

Headline made me think 70% SOLID / CONFIRMED BOOKING, but reading the article  I noticed these words ( will be, prediction on local tourists and it depend also WAIT & C )????????????