Popular Post webfact Posted October 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 Picture: Brand Inside Asia A report on Brand Inside Asia on the state of foreign tourism in Thailand presented a stark contrast to TAT chief Yutthasak Suphasorn's latest prediction about a million visitors to Phuket in the high season. By the end of the year TTB Analytics said they expected only 100,000 foreign tourists to have visited Thailand in 2021. Krung Sri went for around 150,000. Yutthasak was predicting 5,000 a day in the high season. TTB said that tourism was 79% down on 2019 figures and 3.55 trillion baht had gone missing. Two out of every three baht is down to the lack of foreigners. This amounted to 2.38 trillion for foreigners and 1.17 trillion in the domestic market. The slow vaccine rollout, confusion among potential tourists and fears about the Covid numbers in Thailand all contributed to the bad forecasts. One area the media highlighted was the need for quality vaccine in Thailand. They took a snipe against Chinese vaccines noting how easy it had been for them to come in and get approval as opposed to other vaccines seen as better. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-10-01 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 12 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Geoffggi Posted October 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 It is usually out of the mouths of babes, but at last the truth come out 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post connda Posted October 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 hour ago, webfact said: By the end of the year TTB Analytics said they expected only 100,000 foreign tourists to have visited Thailand in 2021. Krung Sri went for around 150,000. I absolutely respect honesty. I loath lies. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petermik Posted October 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 No it must be wrong....the Government forecasts never lie..... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Emdog Posted October 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 Money (Banks) talk and BS (TAT) walks 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 A post with a vulgar comment has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pinot Posted October 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 Wait, wait, wait a second. Are you saying TAT lies? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RafPinto Posted October 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 Fake news. Soon, some banks will be sued. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pedrogaz Posted October 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 Most of the "tourists" are people who have ties here, like children or a wife and want o get back. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted October 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 4 hours ago, webfact said: A report on Brand Inside Asia on the state of foreign tourism in Thailand presented a stark contrast to TAT chief Yutthasak Suphasorn's latest prediction about a million visitors to Phuket in the high season. TAT chief is becoming a bit of a laughing stock with his predictions, problem is nothing is said to him to keep quiet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sydebolle Posted October 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 100K to 150K is realistic; take away all those returning home to families and/or work - go figure! All those visiting foreigners I usually see in winter half have chosen different destinations of Sri Lanka, Turkey, Caribbean etc. - all of them. Nobody spends a day in a overpriced quarantine with swabs, being welcomed by locals wrapped in transparent garbage bags after being vaccinated, COEs, Visa, insurance of far-above anything a local could cough up ....... go figure! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CartagenaWarlock Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 5 hours ago, webfact said: One area the media highlighted was the need for quality vaccine in Thailand. What is quality vaccines? USA, UK, and Israel are registering record numbers of average 7-day infection and death in contrast to Chile and Cambodia. Western media propaganda just amazes me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 All that could have been avoided if they ordered 200-300 million quality vaccines. Extras could be donated to there neighbors creating good will Now its costing them in lost revenue a lot more than those vaccines would have cost. Utterly irresponsible and Dinasor like government. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Scrotobike Posted October 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 hour ago, CartagenaWarlock said: What is quality vaccines? USA, UK, and Israel are registering record numbers of average 7-day infection and death in contrast to Chile and Cambodia. Western media propaganda just amazes me. A quality vaccine is defined as anything not from China Actually a quality (fill in the gap) is anything not from China - that didn't quite work but you get the idea 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 "and 3.55 trillion baht had gone missing." but did that have any connection with the slump in tourist numbers? or S.O.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I believe the banks. TAT is still in fantasy land with their big predictions. One would think that by now TAT would be more realistic. Geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Zweistein Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 9 hours ago, Sydebolle said: 100K to 150K is realistic; take away all those returning home to families and/or work - go figure! All those visiting foreigners I usually see in winter half have chosen different destinations of Sri Lanka, Turkey, Caribbean etc. - all of them. Nobody spends a day in a overpriced quarantine with swabs, being welcomed by locals wrapped in transparent garbage bags after being vaccinated, COEs, Visa, insurance of far-above anything a local could cough up ....... go figure! Turkey in the winter ? You mean for a ski holiday ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojo Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Albert Zweistein said: Turkey in the winter ? You mean for a ski holiday ? Quite possibly a reactionary typo.....................unless there's something we should know........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 12 hours ago, Pinot said: Wait, wait, wait a second. Are you saying TAT lies? Thais refer to these as "misunderstandings".....Why dont they just do a poll here on this site about who is ready to return to LOS.. Often wonder if any thais read (translate) this site to see what we are all gossiping about them.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Zweistein Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 2 hours ago, bojo said: Quite possibly a reactionary typo.....................unless there's something we should know........... About the climate perhaps ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said: I believe the banks. TAT is still in fantasy land with their big predictions. One would think that by now TAT would be more realistic. Geezer I believe both are covering their backsides for the obvious reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaZa9 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 13 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said: What is quality vaccines? USA, UK, and Israel are registering record numbers of average 7-day infection and death in contrast to Chile and Cambodia. Western media propaganda just amazes me. Anything not Chinese if you care to look into it. Here in Phuket , my Thai wife said yesterday that she has been contacted and she is to receive a 3rd vax next month. And she stated loudly that it wont be Chinese ! Its all good and well for the CCP to convince itself that its the first kid on the block , and that everything Chinese is bigger , better and cheaper. But they have done a great deal of subtle damage to the reputation of Chinese produce over Sinovac and Sinopharm amongst everyday people here in Thailand. To the point that Im observing a lot more sarcasm from Thais about , "Made in China" - even open ridicule. This is because they have had no choice but to consume Chinese in the form of a vax , and they cannot avoid the fact that the product is clearly lacking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, zaZa9 said: Anything not Chinese if you care to look into it. Here in Phuket , my Thai wife said yesterday that she has been contacted and she is to receive a 3rd vax next month. And she stated loudly that it wont be Chinese ! Its all good and well for the CCP to convince itself that its the first kid on the block , and that everything Chinese is bigger , better and cheaper. But they have done a great deal of subtle damage to the reputation of Chinese produce over Sinovac and Sinopharm amongst everyday people here in Thailand. To the point that Im observing a lot more sarcasm from Thais about , "Made in China" - even open ridicule. This is because they have had no choice but to consume Chinese in the form of a vax , and they cannot avoid the fact that the product is clearly lacking. The UK has just recognized Sinovac as a vaccine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 11 hours ago, Scrotobike said: A quality vaccine is defined as anything not from China Actually a quality (fill in the gap) is anything not from China - that didn't quite work but you get the idea Considering everything you know has it's origins in China [and other Asian locales]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 3.55 trillion gone missing just ask Joe to fess up ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 17 hours ago, Pinot said: Wait, wait, wait a second. Are you saying TAT lies? Afterall, it is an arm of government. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 7 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said: Turkey in the winter ? You mean for a ski holiday ? What's wrong with beautiful Turkey? Fact is that you enter without any avalanche of bureaucracy and enjoy skying or beach leisure - depending on the time of the year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertson468 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Failure to order recognized vaccines, failed to order sufficient, too late ordering TAT coming out with outrageous projections of Tourist arrivals, making them a laughing stock, plus it would seem the Thais themselves no longer trust Sinovac or Sinopharm. Life is certainaly interesting in LOS. Oh just had my third vac yesterday which was Astro Zenica. Had a fever for 24 hours, but now find and dandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 21 hours ago, webfact said: tourism was 79% down on 2019 figures and 3.55 trillion baht had gone missing. Two out of every three baht is down to the lack of foreigners. Now imagine these figures without the mobile ex-pats who have been trapped here & can soon take their 800K to a country where they are valued; with no bent cops; no wild dogs; no litter; no carcinogenic air yet with safe roads where you can own your own house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gsxrnz Posted October 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2021 I have recorded below the comprehensive list of accurate forecasts ever made by TAT: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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