Welcome to Thailand! 15,000 arrivals from 26 countries this week, say CAAT

[webfact]

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai media Sanook went with the transliteration of "Welcome to Thailand" in their upbeat headline for the reopening of the country yesterday.

 

Citing figures for passenger arrivals from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) from October 29th they said that 21,316 passengers would be using Thai airports on international flights in and out from November 1st to 5th.

 

Coming in were 15,037, leaving were 6,279.

 

Yesterday the number was 5,745, and today it would be 5,331. Wednesday to Friday the numbers were 3,893, 5,154 and 5,137.

 

The numbers didn't add up at all but Sanook didn't worry about that. Passengers from 26 countries were set to arrive mostly at Suvarnabhumi, Phuket and Chiang Mai. 

 

(A report on ASEAN NOW yesterday suggested that only one Jeju flight would be arriving in Chiang Mai on Friday).

 

Here are the countries from whence the tourists would be arriving (that appeared in no particular order):

 

Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Britain, Germany France, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Qatar, the UAE, Netherlands, India, Israel, Austria, Russia, China, Laos and Kazakhstan.

 

27 airlines would be bringing the tourists.

 

These were Thai Airways, Korean Air, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, Emirates, All Nippon, Singapore, KLM, Royal Dutch, Air India, Eidelweiss Air, Lufthansa, Air France, Zip Air Tokyo, Scoot Tiger, Aseana, Garuda, Ethihad, Cathay Pacific, El Al, Jeju, Austrian, Japan Airlines, EVA, Aeroflot, China Airlines, Laos Airlines and Astana. 

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Wait a minute there is another OP saying expect 13k for the week.  Whose guess is correct?  Why can they just not shut their flap traps and wait until the week passes and then tell us how many arrived.  Stories like these just show the ineptitude of those in charge.  Wishful thinking done aloud it seems.

[Bkk Brian]

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Yesterday the number was 5,745, and today it would be 5,331. Wednesday to Friday the numbers were 3,893, 5,154 and 5,137.

 

The numbers didn't add up at all but Sanook didn't worry about that. Passengers from 26 countries were set to arrive mostly at Suvarnabhumi, Phuket and Chiang Mai.

????The official numbers never add up, they don't care thats what makes this such as farce

[Guderian]

26 minutes ago, webfact said:

The numbers didn't add up at all but Sanook didn't worry about that. Passengers from 26 countries were set to arrive mostly at Suvarnabhumi, Phuket and Chiang Mai. 

And that's after yesterday's story about how not a single foreign visitor had booked to go to Chiang Mai. :shakeshead:

[ezzra]

So now they sucked us in to play the number's games of the coming and going and to where and whether it is all true of cheap publicity...

[khunPer]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Yesterday the number was 5,745, and today it would be 5,331. Wednesday to Friday the numbers were 3,893, 5,154 and 5,137.

 

The numbers didn't add up at all but Sanook didn't worry about that. Passengers from 26 countries were set to arrive mostly at Suvarnabhumi, Phuket and Chiang Mai. 

The numbers don't fit at all with other news stories today in ASEAN NOW...????

[dsj]

If you average for the 5 days 5,000 passengers a day and each flight has 100 passengers then they would need 50 flights a day. If 200 passengers per flight then only 25 Flights a day, realistically I would say 50 passengers per flight, so they would need 100 flights landing in Thailand, I can't see that happening.

[TheFishman1]

The numbers never add up in Thailand TIT

[newnative]

     A thousand here, a thousand there.  It doesn't matter what the exact numbers are or whether they add up correctly.  The key point is the numbers are terribly low.  Back to the drawing board.  

[Wuvu2]

Hmmm just a few days ago the headline read; Suvarnabhumi to welcome 30k passengers on Monday 

 

BANGKOK: The Airports of Thailand (AoT) says its six international airports are ready to welcome passengers as it expects 30,000 passengers to arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport on Monday (Nov 1), the day of the country’s reopening to foreign tourists.

 

 

 

[Jimbo2014]

So 2.2% of the tourists pre-pandemic.  A start I suppose.  

[Joules]

Ha, ha, ha.  Meanwhile, another post says there is not one single international hotel booking in Chiangmai.  Not one!  Not one!

[10baht]

I fear I am repeating myself, but BBBBS.

WWYS

What would Yogi say? 

No one is coming because too many are arriving?*

 

*According to the Government 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The numbers didn't add up at all but

But why let that stop the hype.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

So now they sucked us in to play the number's games of the coming and going and to where and whether it is all true of cheap publicity...

We're going to get served up the in's-& out's of a dogs dinner everyday now...

why do we have to be fed these statistics on a second by second basis?

Or is tourism a tad more important then they're letting on, and every head counts.

 

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

The numbers never add up in Thailand TIT

They add up to what they want, that's all that counts.

[geisha]

Why are you all getting steamed up about the figures ? Does it make a difference? It’s a wait and see game.

[raccos21]

Are they tourists or locals returning home? 

[Pravda]

I really want a job at TAT. I promise to promise 1 million arrivals a month until I die. I'll work for Big C vouchers.

[Bangkok Barry]

From the two lead reports on Asean Now today:

 

1 - Citing figures for passenger arrivals from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).....Yesterday the number was 5,745

 

2 - A total of 2,424 travellers arrived in Thailand yesterday (Monday).... said Permanent Secretary at the Public Health Ministry Kiattibhoom Vongrachit.

 

Says it all really, doesn't it. Lek the noodle seller on Suk 35 also reported that 7,945 arrived yesterday, and Nok sitting outside a market closed because of Covid said she was told the arrivals were quite high but she doesn't understand numbers.

[Parsve]

Wait, they mention China. As far as I know China have blocked all tourist from leaving the country.

[Cake Monster]

2 hours ago, newnative said:

     A thousand here, a thousand there.  It doesn't matter what the exact numbers are or whether they add up correctly.  The key point is the numbers are terribly low.  Back to the drawing board.  

And if these figures remain as low as this for the entire " High Season ", Thailand can expect somewhere between 300 -500 K Tourists between now and the end of march.

Not just back to the Drawing Board, but a whole new Team of Spin Doctors needed.

[ThailandRyan]

37 minutes ago, geisha said:

Why are you all getting steamed up about the figures ? Does it make a difference? It’s a wait and see game.

Of course, we see they are waiting for their projections to be correct. 7k arriving but no less than 3k arrived  then 13k by the end of the week but CAAT says 15k.  It is a shame they can not be all on the same page. It makes comparing the OPS pretty hilarious based on their inability to be above board.

[sapson]

This site seems to be a permanent receptacle for the ministry of utter boll@cks daily releases.

[eastendanto]

"The numbers didn't add up at all but Sanook didn't worry about that" - about sums it all up.... except the sums don't add up ???????????????? 

[morrobay]

There is some serious denial going on here : screenshot 

 And reality.     https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/bangkok-welcomes-first-tourists-quarantine-free-holiday-2021-11-01/. 

[ThailandRyan]

8 minutes ago, morrobay said:

Middle paragraph says 440 landed flights. While paper that cannot be named reports 61 commercial flight landings for Monday at Suvarnabhumi

Confusion reigns supreme it appears. No one on the same page with this government group. All fighting to upstage the others and far from reality.

[metisdead]

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[dinsdale]

Can't be bothered reading but how many were Thais coming home, expats and how many were actual tourists

[morrobay]

See middle paragraph saying 440 landings. While a newspaper reports 61 commercial flights landed on Mondayhttps://www.kaohoon.com/news/489779