When Prayut comes back from Glasgow he can bring a tartan army of high spenders to get the billions rolling in ????

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) expects no less than one million foreign visitors between November 2021 and March 2022

Great expectations...

I read that book already, you can find it in the "fiction section".

3 hours ago, NanaSomchai said:

I believe the keyword in that sentence is If.

Expects is another one.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

(TAT) expects no less than one million foreign visitors

All of them teetotal dog lovers.

1 hour ago, blazes said:

So, 3,000 intrepid  visitors per day.  Say 300 passengers per plane.  So, 10 planes per day?

 

The airport will not be exactly "swamped"....

110 international planes landed 01/11 making that an average number of 2.7 tourists per flight.

 

34 minutes ago, smedly said:

I think most people have now realised that TAT is a fake prediction propaganda machine proven over and over, they would be better saying nothing 

 

Can anyone quote one thing they have announced that was close to accurate or even 20% accurate

Led from the top by Phipat... master of predictions and fake news.

3 hours ago, Oblomov said:

Why don't they mandate it - order visitors to change up 60k-100k at the airport - track them ensuring the money is spent unwisely at the malls and chain restaurants - when the money is dwindling quickly whisk them back up to swampy - frisk them to make sure they're not trying to fly out with any baht tucked in their socks - grab the next batch and hustle them off to the Kasikorn kiosk and so it goes on

 

One problem - we come from free countries with transparent and accountable governments and we don't get led around by our own governments let alone by those of places we visit freely

 

: )

Which free countries with transparent, accountable governments? Didn't know they still existed.

 

I am expecting to win the lottery between November and March, according to me. 

i expect to win the lottery, doesnt mean it will happen

sorry Dogfish, didnt see your post, didnt mean to piggyback off yours

THAILAND EXPECTS......may be they should use that in their Tourist Campaigns.  

It really can go many ways and it's too early to tell. What kind of story will dominate? Travelers who have had a great time in Thailand, or Covid test related hospital lockup horror stories? Only time will tell!

 

I will say that I find it reckless that they're reopening this far short of their own vaccination goal, which was 70% of the population. With only 42% fully vaccinated now and rising numbers in a number of provinces, their lack of readiness could backfire.

Most people arriving now will be Thais and expats who have been waiting to get back into the country. This will last a couple of weeks, maybe a month until most of them are back in.

 

By that time, pictures of deserted entertainment areas, stories of being refused a beer because the restaurant isn't SHA approved etc. will have hit social media. If they're unlucky, someone will go to the press after being put into 2 weeks quarantine because they sat next to someone positive on the plane over.

 

Covid really is the perfect storm for Thai tourism. So many Westerners came here for the relaxed entertainment venues and the flesh trade. Both are impossible with social distancing. Take those things away and you're really just left with average beaches, soi dogs, dangerous roads, overpriced goods, silly laws and double pricing/scams. Then you've got the Chinese tourists who aren't even allowed to leave China.

 

At least immigration can stop having to quiz people "why you come Thailand too much?".

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TAT fit for local consumption only.

From the latest news yesterday on the 4000 tourists there were only 400 real tourists all the others had come either for work or partial residents with their own homes or or they have a family here in Thailand.

If this average is maintained, a maximum of 50,000 tourists will arrive over 4 months of high season.

 

TAT you should do the calculations again otherwise the teacher will give you a bad grade.

Nov 1-5, on October 31st they announced 9000 will be arriving from Thailand Pass when the website hadn't even started ( Nov 1st )  today it is projected Nov 1-5, 15,000 that math comes out to 6000 for 4 days =  1500 per day!  Whoopie! 

Now projected 1 million in a year did any of them pass their math class or did they make a mistake with their calculator????  You want to meet any of these dreams I highly suggest leaders open up completely with no restrictions just being vaccinated.  The real problem the leaders have never had to work this hard they normally sit in their chambers play with their phones and plan where they should drink, sing a song and who is going to sit on their lap now they actually got to think for a change it is just a mess!????

 

 

Sloppy reporting again … the other story reports 1,000,000 expected but less this 43 from Japan already here should mean only … err … let’s see … 999,957 now expected.

 

These numbers are important.

Hope their dreams come true. 

43 minutes ago, gim12 said:

i expect to win the lottery, doesnt mean it will happen

I am delighted to say it did yesterday. In consequence, the wife will be sent out at 10.59 am this morning to purchase a bottle of gin, a bottle of rum, a box of LEO and a packet of crisps.???? Last of the big spenders!

59 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Great expectations...

I read that book already, you can find it in the "fiction section".

If I remember that novel correctly, didn't Miss Have-a-Scam rent jet skis in Pattaya?

1 hour ago, tandor said:

...reminds me of The Beatles song...Yeah...yeah..yeah.

Or the Everly Bros, "Dream..dream dream dream...dreeeeaaam"

Even if the expectation is correct, it is still 15 times less within an industry accounting for 20% of GDP.

 

With rising numbers in even high-vaccinated countries the situation looks bad. But it makes sense for Thailand to try to get some tourists here, although the task to reach high numbers is basically impossible.
 

I wonder how long it will take to finally admit that the country is in recession and the THB to reflect the true situation of the economy?

 

 

 

 

The Thai government needs to put the bong down give it a rest.

will be interesting to see what happens for sure.. im coming in January, but only because im meeting my NON thai bride after two years of covid lol..... but but but she wants to see dancing girls, so the bars need to open lol

 

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

From Link : For 2022, TAT expects no less than 10 million foreign visitors and they are expected to generate an income of 1.5 trillion baht for the country, accounting for 50 per cent of the income before the Covid pandemic in 2019 when nearly 40 million visited the country.

 

 

OK, if we are led to believe by the TAT, 200,000 a month will come in the first 5 months (even though based on 1-5 november predictions it will be more like 80k at the most) , and then miraculously 500,000  to 1.5 million plus will arrive per month from April.  Now I'd like to know exactly what is going to change after March to increase the arrivals 400%-800% a month. 

 

Only way that any arrivals of 500-1,000,000 a month could happen would be the total removal on hoops to get in. And as we are mostly predicting China will not come next year, where will these 10 million come from,

 

Lastly why are 1o million going to spend the equivalent of 20 million pre pandemic ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Narnia????

3 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

The mandatory covid insurance, does that cover the hotel costs a forced quarantine if one tests positve on arrival ?

Or test negative on arrival but sat in the seat behind someone who tested positive.....

5 hours ago, JCP108 said:

If they can get the Thailand Pass to accept their documents, they can come.

Bit of a "Squid Game" process there, getting there/here is the battle, and having once arrived, was it worth the ordeal...

4 hours ago, Oblomov said:

 grab the next batch and hustle them off to the Kasikorn kiosk and so it goes on

 

Well yes thats what the jet ski scammers did and it worked fine

In other news some Immigration Officers continue to make things difficult for some retirees, who are already here, and are regularly spending considerable sums of cash, when applying for their extensions of the permission to remain.

Thailand has made it quite clear they only want well heels and wealthy tourists. If I may be so bold as to say most of the people complaining don't fall into that category including me lol. Oh but I did  have a butler who I've asked to do all this annoying Thai pass documentation for me  but he quite conveniently slammed the car door on his fingers.

So I'm <deleted> off and have decide to skip all the hoops with Thai Pass and when my flight arrives over Thailand I'm making a quick exit out the escape hatch and parachute my way to a happy landing.

Wish me luck and good luck to all of you in your efforts to get back to Thailand.