TAT's 2022 tourism assessments: The numbers are dizzying as Thailand aims for World Top 5

[StayinThailand2much]

1 hour ago, Thailand said:

Funny, but I am still waiting for the one to beat the "sex with masks etc" . As TIT must becoming soon.

LOL. This one was actually big news in the yellow press back home, confirming Thailand's inofficial status as the 'sex-trade-capital'...

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, Thailand said:

Funny, but I am still waiting for the one to beat the "sex with masks etc" . As TIT must becoming soon.

Should attract the sadomasochism and bondage tourists. 

[Artisi]

Must be 24/7 comedy hour at TAT, the plots thought up certainly beat the pathetic TV soapies. 

Plus it's hard to believe an organisation as such could produce so much nonsense most days of the week. 

[topt]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Amazing Thailand's three pronged strategy entails stimulating travel by QUALITY TOURISTS

Since it seems to be one of the "prongs" I would really like to see how they define a "Quality Tourist" - which they must have done at some point as it seems to underpin so many of their statements.

Not something the Thai press would ever query with them I guess......

[d2b2]

…and yet these TAT officials continue to receive paychecks, despite being tragically optimistic in their projections, year after year, after year, after year after year…

[Fairynuff]

Whatever it is they’re taking... I want some.

[Benmart]

TAT is redundant and nothing more than dreamers at this stage.

[Sydebolle]

Well, start by getting those old geezer pr1cks out of the government offices, clean up the mess, streamline a product worthwhile to visit and revamp the entire tourism promotion circus. 

But until then, keep on dreaming of quadrillions, sixtillions and septillions of ways on how to rip off the alien, dirty farang, jek, kaek and the rest of the non-Thai world! 

[Joeb]

I kind of like the Vaccine Tourism idea. Come to amazing Thailand. You pay for your airfare. You pay for your 14 days in a quarantine hotel and you will receive 2 free doses of Sinovac. How could it possible miss.

[Fairynuff]

By the time this fantasy is proven to be just that, they’ll have come up with a hundred more wild predictions 

[MrMo]

Which planet are their script writers inhabiting ?

[Caldera]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

All this will be achieved under the strategy umbreallas of Muang Thai Amazing for domestic tourism and Amazing Thailand for foreign tourism.

Amazing, they're recycling their slogans, no more Safe and Trusted Thailand.

 

I think their worst case scenario is much too optimistic. They do know what a worst case scenario is? But what do I know!

 

For a realistic worst case scenario, I'd take this year's numbers. To be clear, I hope that next year will be much better for all of us (including Thailand's tourism operators), but there are no guarantees what with new variants.

[dave moir]

Do these people live in the real world!????

[khunpa]

Great news!!
 

I knew they could turn it around. Finally no more worries!

[zhounan]

I trust The Expert

 

Thailand could do it!

 

Com'on!

[madmitch]

The only way they could get anywhere near even the worst case figures is by opening to fully vaccinated tourists with perhaps a pre-departure covid test and no other requirements. Even then other countries may have rules in place that are off- putting for returning travellers.

 

Can anyone see Thailand doing this? I can't. 

[PETERTHEEATER]

Tit for TAT.....????

[retsdon]

1.9 trillion was supposedly the tourism revenue for 2019, so their best case scenario is a return to the revenues of 2 years ago. Worst case scenario is 60+% of that.

 

A bit optimistic IMHO. This covid thing doesn't look like it's going to be finished any time soon.

 

 

[Zikomat]

That ‘worst case scenario’ is something TAT can only dream of. The real worst case is 18.000.000 Covid cases in Thailand.

 

 

[newnative]

Meanwhile, how are they doing with their 2021 scenarios?

[maddox41]

What planet ???? is TAT on... 

19000 aha lie

top 5 lie 

???????? is in recovery lie 

21000 +  a day sure tourists will flock in 

 

[DUNROAMIN]

TAT properganda at its finest.

[Isaan sailor]

“Whenever I want you, all I have to do

Is dre—ee—ee—ee—eam,

dream, dream, dream, dream.

Only trouble is—gee whiz,

I‘m dreaming my life away…”

Everly Brothers

[terryofcrete]

But wait.... Only a month or so  to go for The grand opening of Thailand ....remember the promise of the main man who took over the reins of sole responsibility for the handling of all things Covid ! 

[Skeptic7]

2 hours ago, jaltsc said:

Where is the realistic scenario?

 

We're screwed.

I'm not...????

...but yes, they sure are ????

[peter48]

There is only one way Thailand will recover and join the modern world and bring back millions and millions of tourists, business and trade- vacinate, vacinate, and vacinate. Otherwise from Australia/NZ to China, Malasia  to Europe including Germany, Holland, Sweden. Denmark, United Kingdom  to America/Canada  they will not be able to restart tourism as said governments will discourage visits as rates of infections and deaths in tourist Thailand  will remain far too high.

[spidermike007]

More nonsense, and drivel from the insane, out of touch, Thailand is the center of the known universe brigade. 

 

Take the worst case, cut the international numbers in half, and you might have a semblance of reality, three to five years post Covid. Maybe, if they are lucky.

 

Sacrifices need to be made. I do not hear ANY discussion about what sacrifices Thailand is willing to make, to get the tourists, and that multi trillion baht cash cow back. A good place to start would be the submarines. Give them up. you going to do with them anyway? Who will pilot them? No subs for 60 years, and all of a sudden you have the expertise to pilot and maintain them? Hello. Show the people you care.  22 billion is the official number. But, since the first one is already up to 13 billion, the numbers simply do not add up. As usual. What about experience? Thailand has not had a sub for over 60 years. Who will pilot this sub? Who will maintain it? How much is the projected annual bill for repairs, and upkeep? Do you army clowns care one iota about the people? Just be honest, for once, and admit that you don't. 

 

So, I have one simple question for Phiphat and Prayuth. You say you want wealthy tourists. You keep droning on and on and on about that. OK. That is a reasonable desire. So, what are you willing to offer in exchange? And what sacrifices is your nation willing to make to attract them? Will you lower your luxury taxes, so they can shop? Will you lower your wine taxes, so they can enjoy a good bottle, without feeling like they were abused? Will you work hard to increase English proficiency? Have you even considered any of these notions, or do you still think Thailand is the most important country in the world, and one that tourists cannot resist? We have news for you. 60 plus nations are already open for tourism. Your extreme timidity, and the spectacularly ridiculous restrictions you currently have on tourism are an atomic bomb under the entire industry. 

If a tourist 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. These issues and problems were becoming apparent long before Covid. And none were being addressed. That is part of my point. Tourism had been declining for years already. The numbers were up. But the quality of tourist was way down. And according to everyone I spoke to last year, the year before and the year before that, income was way, way down. So, "this blame it all on Covid scenario" is somewhat disengenuous. Sure, Covid is huge. And the drop now is stunning. But, my point is there were plenty of issues prior to Covid. And are any of them being addressed?

 

Prayuth and Phiphat where the two worst things to even happen to the once vital and important tourism industry. The sabateurs in chief. And the same can be said about Thailand in general. They are very dark clouds on the nation's future, and likely to cause a decline of Angolan proportions.

 

 

 

 

[grandpa]

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Worse Case:

Shouldn't that read "Worst Case"

[AnotherFarang8]

You may be watching just Thailand but i am watching several nations where GDP depended on tourism a lot. There is one thing in common among them: the ruling class is not interested in seeing foreigners in their country because a) having no foreigners unties their hands to exert unrestrained power and b) their income does not depend much on tourism. Some of these elites beg the World Bank for donations which they later distribute among their buddies and only some crumbs go to populations. They have no incentive to grow the economy, their own livelihoods are fine, and their poor populations are easier to control when people are dirt poor. Just throw them crumbs from donations from time to time.

 

What has changed in 2020-21 is in the past these governments had to be involved in a sort of competition to keep economies growing. Now they will be pointing fingers at covid to blame for everything. Reality is grim: lack of compassion for misery of their own compatriots, their own stable finances and hunger for power and control have created a situation which can only be overturned by extreme pressure from their respective populations. There is no good will in the governments to change the status quo. They are busy creating a new feodalism. This isn’t just Thailand as I watch a few of them.

[raccos21]

Wait, TAT is not so fast because the lambda variant is more infectious and resistant to vaccines than original version of the virus.

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/delta-infections-among-vaccinated-likely-contagious-lambda-variant-shows-vaccine-2021-08-02/