Foreign arrivals in July: 146,000 and ten times more by December, says transport minister

[overherebc]

2 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

“Short and medium term hope”, or false hope?

 

if it is false hope, it will be disappointing for those businesses that actually plan based on these numbers.

 

if I were a business owner, I’d want to structure my business plan based on real current data and realistic future data expectations. Planning based on la la land figures is a recipe for business disaster.

You mean Bob Hope and No Hope???

[AquaThai]

I think the old saying,"Dont count your chickens before they hatch, fits so perfectly!

[tjo o tjim]

The rest of the world is facing the challenges of how slow ramping back up capacity for everything. Amazing Thailand has already figured it out, I guess…

 

I wonder how many staff the hotels have trained back up to handle this huge surge…

[RichardColeman]

probably includes 140,000 people leaving

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He anticipated that in July there will be 146,000 foreign visitors arriving by air. Most of these will be flying into Phuket.

I thought fake news was being dealt with?

 

[Thomas J]

The government is using a very sophisticate algorithmic automated system to calculate the tourist estimates by month

Edited June 22, 2021 by Thomas J

[Puccini]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

...Saksayam said that in July to the end of October Phuket airport will be running at about 28% of capacity with up to 134 flights per day mostly from Asia, Africa and Europe...

134 flights arriving plus 134 flights departing, that is on average a flight movement roughly every five minutes, working around the clock 24 hours. That should work out fine, shouldn't it?

[Boedog]

2 weeks ago they stated 29,900 people had cancelled which was 60% of bookings, now they stating 146,000 are coming in July,  so all the restaurants and businesses that are closed are magically going to be open and ready for business with the false hope of they will be coming, Amazing Thailand 

[bangon04]

12 hours ago, colinneil said:

Expect all you want Saksayam, it aint gonna happen.

Why do these silly sods keep coming up with fantastic numbers, when they and everybody else knows its just B.S.?

It is a concept known as "face". Maybe you come across it before occasionally.........lol

[Kadilo]

12 hours ago, club said:

If true the sad part about this is Phuket with only 30 % fully vaccinated will not be open. Should start telling Foreign visitors now to cancel or risk your life coming here

Stop being a drama queen. 

[Golden Triangle]

Only 9 days to go before the biggest laugh of this century ????

 

Anyone out there think that they'll achieve those figures ?? 

[Uroller]

Going to be lots of finger pointing when nobody shows up????

[Soikhaonoiken]

????????????  That's made my day.... 

[Rampant Rabbit]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Thaivisa notes that the minister seems to be basing these assessments on

An idiot's  viewpoint?

[Rampant Rabbit]

13 hours ago, connda said:

finest hopium

BUT...........you  forgot their secret new  weapon  Thammanat Prompao, an expert in his  field.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57001674

Edited June 22, 2021 by Rampant Rabbit

[Fex Bluse]

15 hours ago, poohy said:

Africa !! Doubt it old pal... They are probably worse vaccinted than here

Seems many African countries are going better than Thailand. 

[scunner]

Given the way TAT works things out, no doubt we'll have 4 plane loads of tourists flown in, herded through immigration taken round the back and promptly put back on the planes, which will take off again and the whole process repeated.

 

Rinse and repeat until desired number of entries are achieved.

[Lingba]

put a sock in it!

 

[kynikoi]

As asked earlier...Why would anyone come here on holiday when there is a chance of being forcibly imprisoned at your own expense due to a false pos PCR test???

 

Why would anyone book a holiday in Phuket in July-Nov??!

[kynikoi]

8 hours ago, Boedog said:

2 weeks ago they stated 29,900 people had cancelled which was 60% of bookings, now they stating 146,000 are coming in July,  so all the restaurants and businesses that are closed are magically going to be open and ready for business with the false hope of they will be coming, Amazing Thailand 

 

And that 30k cancelled and then did a rethink and all rebooked OR 150k new bookings appeared like magic on their pronouncement.

 

The magic kingdom

[JCP108]

Here's some math: The PCR tests have a reported false positive rate of 0.5% or 1/200. If they keep the required 3 tests per sandboxer, each traveler has a 1.5% chance of winning a mandatory 14-day hospital stay. If they really did have 146k visitors come to Phuket in July, then roughly 2,100 of them would end up in the hospital. Can the Phuket hospitals handle those extra patients on top of the legit tasks?

[herfiehandbag]

21 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

While sane people anticipate 146 foreign visitors.. 

I might plump for the ,000 bit as being nearer myself!☺️

[kynikoi]

4 hours ago, JCP108 said:

Here's some math: The PCR tests have a reported false positive rate of 0.5% or 1/200. If they keep the required 3 tests per sandboxer, each traveler has a 1.5% chance of winning a mandatory 14-day hospital stay. If they really did have 146k visitors come to Phuket in July, then roughly 2,100 of them would end up in the hospital. Can the Phuket hospitals handle those extra patients on top of the legit tasks?

 

Great post

 

AND they all had double vaccination. Still will be $ent to ho$pital jail.

 

Will be great PR when return home and report to media.

[Tich]

I'll have some of what he's been smoking