TAT still aiming for ONE MILLION foreign tourists this year

[mr_lob]

i ''plan'' to service 30 odd spinners by the end of the year, but i can't see me getting past pornhub

[the green light]

 world is now implementing the 3rd dosage of Pfizer and Moderna  booster. US has already started this booster shot already.   thailand-- where are we going to get our  2 dosage?????

 

Until the whole world drops the quarantine, international travel will not happened. For the few who have money who cares.

 

Thailand quarantine  is 15 days and cost about $3,000 or Baht 100,000

returning flight back to home country  quarantine is about 15-21day  at similar cost.

hong kong, China, Vietnam and many others are 21 days quarantine from Thailand.

 

So why a tourist wants to spend $6000 just to visit thailand for a month  and spend an additional 

$6,000 ($200x30)  and be inconvenienced locked in a hotel for 36 days  just to make TAT happy.

totally crazy in my mind. 

 

May be Phuket is an alternative for people working in Singapore or China.. Now Hongkong, and Mainland china has a 21 quarantine for returning resident. That will eliminate the sandbox profit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[3NUMBAS]

youngsters under 30 are all  likely to be unjabbed and anti vaxxers so discount those for the time being

[keysersoze276]

The government is always so worried about different incidents “damaging the image of Thailand”.  Yet we have the TAT, Antunin, and the PM constantly getting in the spotlight and making fools of themselves. It’s like comedy hour at a horror show. 

[Sydebolle]

Well, that is one way to get a name into the news - stoic trust in the impossibility ........ 

[geisha]

China alone has put an end to issuing documents for nonessential travel outside Chine, only can travel, students , business and emergencies. This morning on news.

[zxzx]

very conservative estimate. I think thailand will get at least 1 million swiss, female tourists!

[brucec64]

5 hours ago, CelticBhoy said:

The name "TAT" really is quite apt for this organisation  . . . . ????

maybe they should change their name to Tourism Worldwide Authority of Thailand ...

[Andycoops]

The man is clearly a buffoon of the greatest order and should be dragged off by persons in white coats to a suitable sanitarium for the rest of his natural.

[koele2]

At least he said the number was a target,  versus saying they were expecting that amount of tourists. I’ll give him credit for that.  Good luck reaching that number.

[bullseye66]

6 hours ago, SiamAndy said:

He has lost all touch with reality!

He never had a grasp on reality....ever

[TechnikaIII]

Until they embrace the concept of 'Respect', .... the future will remain grim.

[aussiexpat]

Maybe because he knew this news would be released

 

I'll be one of the million if so ????

[tingtong]

I am aiming to the lottery jackpot this year.

 

Recall my chances approx equal to the TAT getting the 1 million...

 

( Slim, very)

[Dont confuse me]

If they count the passengers in transit  multiply by 100,000 double it then add the passengers in aircraft flying in Thai air space multiply that by 200,000 then add those figures to the 1,000 holiday makers you might get near the magic million!

 

[malthebluff]

LolllllllllllllllOMGlollllllllllllll I'm falling over pain in my sides I'm laughing that much that was a good one lolllllll 1 million tourist  lollllll

[daejung]

7 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Drop the COE, PCR, Quarantine and it will be easy. Keep them all and you'll be lucky to see 5-10,000 a month. Thailand just shooting itself in its foot now, allowing migrants but not fully vaccinated tourists.

I would say Drop the COE, Insurance, Quarantine and it will be easy.
PCR is not really a problem! PCR is asked for by all countries.

[greeneking]

39 minutes ago, malthebluff said:

LolllllllllllllllOMGlollllllllllllll I'm falling over pain in my sides I'm laughing that much that was a good one lolllllll 1 million tourist  lollllll

Just because TAT want to make another press release does not mean aseannow should report it.  Don't give them publicity unless they show themselves to be a serious source of news. Please.

[Golden Triangle]

Just spent about 30 minutes composing a reply, now it's disappeared ????

[SomchaiCNX]

Stop paying them until they meet their own goals. Those in the tourist don't earn a penny as long as they keep on doing stupid things so it would only be fair if those at the TAT would not get a salary as well.

[Stargeezr]

This is ten million right? 10,000.  Maybe the TAT guy has a problem reading numbers like I do.

   I bet he just wants to keep the Thai PM happy, so he will still get paid his salary.

     The fantasy story from TAT continues.

Geezer

[garyk]

If there was a tourist olympic game, these guys would win every year.

Gold medal to TAT again. 

Of course they would have the Gold medal taken away for testing positive for drug use.

 

[AnotherFarang8]

3 hours ago, daejung said:

I would say Drop the COE, Insurance, Quarantine and it will be easy.
PCR is not really a problem! PCR is asked for by all countries.

Wrong. PCR test is a BIG problem. Other countries are happy with a PCR test done before departure. If a tourist is infected, they can stay home and easily reschedule tickets and bookings.

 

Thailand wants PCR test upon arrival. Big difference! Not one, but three tests!! This is too much risk: travel there and be locked up in a covid prison. No way to spin this positively. Million of vaccinated tourists will arrive if Thailand changes the requirement to take a test before departure only. PCR test upon arrival is a deal breaker. Three deal breakers.

[RichardColeman]

5 hours ago, daejung said:

I would say Drop the COE, Insurance, Quarantine and it will be easy.
PCR is not really a problem! PCR is asked for by all countries.

No , they need drop that too - Take a family of 5 on holiday and you're look at maybe £300 or more for the tests. The nearest test centre to me is 50 miles away ! It's another bar to travel and a needless one.

 

What's the point anyway ? Your getting on a plane with vaccinated people who cannot get an illnesses you maybe have as they have all been vaccinated against it anyway and who are about to mix in another country with people that you have no idea that have either been tested, vaccinated or infected !

 

Unless you PCR the entire nation you fly too, the flight is probably safer than the holiday

[boogiewoogie]

24 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

No , they need drop that too - Take a family of 5 on holiday and you're look at maybe £300 or more for the tests. The nearest test centre to me is 50 miles away ! It's another bar to travel and a needless one.

 

What's the point anyway ? Your getting on a plane with vaccinated people who cannot get an illnesses you maybe have as they have all been vaccinated against it anyway and who are about to mix in another country with people that you have no idea that have either been tested, vaccinated or infected !

 

Unless you PCR the entire nation you fly too, the flight is probably safer than the holiday

One pcr in home country. One on arrival at Suvarnabhumi. 1 day in quarantine at a designated hotel. If its negative do the <deleted> u want. No bs about positive person in ur row and other bs.

Positive. Get in ASQ if no symptoms, hospital if Symptoms. All payed by insurance. Easy peasy!

 

Russians goin nonstop to Turkey now. Prolly 50 planes a day. PCR or sputnik before flight.

No pcr on arrival.

Everyone is back home. No deathfields, no nothing. The <deleted> is wrong with u, Thailand?

[bangon04]

15 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

He must've been very restrained not to claim 10 million. 

the battery on his calculator is running low...........

[nkg]

13 hours ago, it is what it is said:

 

they have these requirements in place becasue the reality is, despite what the TAT say, they dont want large numbers of people visiting thailand. if you follow the news the hospitals and health service are already struggling to deal with those infected, if they open the borders without widespread vaccination of the local population the health service will crash.

 

underneath all this bluster and over expectation thay actually do know what they are doing.

 

2 months ago, you might have been correct. Now Thailand's "covid deaths per million people" figure is higher than most Western countries.

 

"Opening the borders" now would make zero difference. The local population are more likely to catch covid from their next-door neighbour than from a vaccinated foreigner.

 

[cjinchiangrai]

TAT needs to shut up. The more they keep making crazy announcements, the more foolish they look.

 

[Bohemianfish]

They are paid to say something. Anything. There you go.

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, nkg said:

2 months ago, you might have been correct. Now Thailand's "covid deaths per million people" figure is higher than most Western countries.

I saw it as position 139 in such a list and below pretty much all European countries.....