Thailand to target ‘quality’ and first time visitors

[Jen65]

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Still looking for the real Millionaires and not the two week type it appears.

 

Alas still resting on past laurels.  Time to regroup and re-brand.  Lets call it Thailand 5.0 where we want folks who will buy up the empty condos, work for a pittance while paying taxes, and yet already be true millionaires and get those free visas.  Does someone see any issues......rhetorical question.

 

Thailand is stuck in the past while other countries around her move forward into the 22nd century.

In one study of SE Asian countries and which ones will be the most prolific and advanced in 20 years time ,  Thailand did not make the top 5 !     Even Myanmar was mooted as having huge potential once it gets over the present crisis .   

[Jen65]

6 hours ago, petermik said:

The go go,s are looking forward in anticipation.......

well that may well be after New Year now !! 

[Blumpie]

Quality tourists and India.  

It took some time to clean the beer I spit all over my computer before replying.  I was laughing so hard....

[Blumpie]

2 hours ago, eastendanto said:

Groundhog day meets Alzheimers from TAT

AT last!  A diagnosis!!!

[stigar]

Same the thaigirls like..first time visitors thar dont have a clue

[Jen65]

3 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

So, out go "lady boy" cabaret shows and in comes "Bollywood"??????

 

oh dear , out with som tam and in with the chipati sidewalk vendors !!! 

[KCPhuket]

Thai leaders are stupid. Try restoring what you know. Then maybe try your pipe dreams.

[alyx]

26 minutes ago, dsj said:

My sister and her family, who are fairly well and seasoned travellers, came to Thailand about 8 years ago for Christmas (3 Weeks) went to Chiang Mai, Phuket and diving, and they said, that they would never return.

Then they do not fit in the program anymore

Visa on arrival denied ???? 

[Mr Meeseeks]

3 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Have you attended or even invited for a Indian wedding? I was invited to attend the wedding of the daughter of the owner of a steel mill in Delhi held in a 5 stars Hotel in downtown Bangkok. It was typical Indian wedding that will spend money to ensure a wedding that will be remembered forever. The immediate family booked at least 20 rooms and close friends and business associates came along too and stayed for next 5 days. Talking to the father, I was told it's common for Indians to come to Bangkok and hold weddings because  of its proximity to India, unparallelled hospitality and value for money. 

Sounds ghastly.

[Oblomov]

Thailand has its place in the world - it is (was) fun, relatively affordable for the masses that liked good fun and some good beaches and islands. Good food. Some decent people assuming you're hanging out with the right crowd. Nice pools in most buildings. Great hub to get down to Bali or a city break to KL, Hanoi or Phnom Penh. A wild nightlife if you want it. 

 

Accept that and take the money and improve the the nation's infrastructure, education and health, roads even though we all know they will not/have not in better times etc.. Delusional and vague initiatives to attract these so called wealthy tourists ignores the fact that they're not coming to Thailand.

 

Thailand has a product that sells - it's called fun and relaxation - does it really matter who buys it? 

 

 

[Bobydog]

7 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Thailand to target ‘quality’ tourists and first timers.

So they expect that the tourists will only come one time to Thailand than?

After getting thorughly fleaced the first time why would they return.  Obviously these monied individuals can't read. 

[talahtnut]

48 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Sounds ghastly.

Spoken like a proper Pukka Sahib.

 

[Harry Fingerling]

I can’t wait.

[NanaSomchai]

 

 

Dear Prayuth, dear Anutin,

 

Here's some of your wealthy "quality" tourists in action... press PLAY. ????????????

 

More seriously though... it's good to see things are potentially going back to their "normal".

 

Note as stated in the video it appears there's a 11PM curfew no one seems to abide to and clearly not enough police forces to enforce any "rules" anyway (as you can see at around 5:53 in the video, 1 single BiB and 1 single tourist police guy).

 

I'm not going to drag this any further along and claim that "Thailand is back!" but I must admit these few early signs are... "encouraging" to say the least.

 

A picture is worth a thousands words so have a good watch as this was filmed last night and uploaded to YouTube just a few hours ago.

 

Meanwhile in Pattaya... ZZZ nothing.

 

[ChrisP24]

Personally, I'm tired of being targeted, and I hereby resolve to lower my quality in an attempt to avoid it. 

[tomacht8]

Really amateur thinking. A stable business in tourism is built primarily with repeat customers.

It is 7 to 10 times more expensive to acquire a new customer than to keep an existing one. You learn something like that at the university in the course: Tourism, already in the first semester.

 

Also the demonization of the young backpackers. What does TAT think who has bought all the condos and holiday homes in Phuket, Samui, etc. so far? These are almost all former backpackers who fell in love with Thailand 20-30 years ago and now belong to the established, well-deserved class of the 40-50 year olds.

 

It is the same with retirees. 99% are not in Thailand for the first time and know the country and people very well. And all those who have already spent a lot of time in Thailand are often visited by friends and acquaintances from their home countries.

 

The whole thing is called in marketing: Customer Lifecycle Value. Developing a first-time customer into a returning existing customer and then using him as a recommendation customer to acquire new customers.

 

Conceptually, I find it very poor how Thailand is developing its tourism. So far, Thailand had just been lucky because of its geographical location and its natural wealth.

The current Corvit crisis has relentlessly revealed how short-term the previous tourism was organized. From 40 million down to 2.3.4 million. The majority of the foreigners who are in Thailand now, are foreigners with Thai families and pensioners with a regular foreign income.

 

And now those responsible are chasing castles in the air like

VIP Indians getting married, rich retirees, rich investors, etc.

At the moment I don't see any sustainable tourism development planning, just as usuall: a short-term patchwork, where nothing really fits together. (Visa, infrastructure, target groups, market development, service, product, price).

[JCauto]

As one of the billions of potential tourists who have been deemed "low quality", may I ask if that was the Thai Government's "inside voice" speaking again?

[asiasurfer]

10 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Thailand to target ‘quality’ tourists and first timers.

So they expect that the tourists will only come one time to Thailand than?

Of course. Once and never again!! 

[Albert Zweistein]

11 hours ago, Pravda said:

I'm at chaengwatthana doing my extension right now and just saw a Thai woman fighting with indian over money 

Who won ?

[Time Traveller]

Just as long as those "Quality" tourists are not expecting to meet any "first timers" in Thailand

[spidermike007]

While they may have a target, the real question is, will their target have any interest in Thailand? Very few people of wealth have any interest in the stunning degree of nonsense and ignorance present within Thailand. 

[visarunner]

13 hours ago, Pravda said:

I'm at chaengwatthana doing my extension right now and just saw a Thai woman fighting with indian over money 

I guess it never crossed your mind that the Indian national (may be an agent) might have a case against the Thai woman. 

[Willy Wombat]

Delusional Thailand is in no position to pick and choose who that want to visit their kingdom.

 

Give it a month or two and they will be begging the penguins from Antarctica to come.

[Andycoops]

And as seen in the adjacent article, you do indeed need to be wealthy upon arrival in Thailand because if you test positive you get whopped with a 350,000 baht bill and there is no mention of that fact in the process of meeting the entry requirements.

[bangon04]

15 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Thailand to target ‘quality’ tourists and first timers.

So they expect that the tourists will only come one time to Thailand than?

no - the first-timers will not usually be forewarned about the Land of Scams, so theoretically easier to fleece. However this logic does not really apply to Indians, does it......?

[bbbbooboo]

Hmmm…. I suggest that having lots of money in no way assures quality. I suspect the thai authorities have yet to work this out

[cyril sneer]

15 hours ago, Chad3000 said:

Where did this news come from? Looks like more TV pot stirring.

possibly made up, misquoted or other information excluded

 

it's these stories that help keep aseannow running with more clicks

[jacko45k]

Oh do stop it... we heard this nonsense before and didn't believe it then, never mind the fact they do not have the capacity to selectively attract discerning and wealthy tourists. 

It's number, numbers and more numbers..... why else would they target the two most populated countries on Earth, whose peoples in the main hardly have a pot to pxss in!

 

[fulhamster]

18 hours ago, petermik said:

The go go,s are looking forward in anticipation.......

To being allowed to open ??

[brianthainess]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand target ‘quality’ tourists and first timers.

First timers targeted as they can be fleeced a lot easier.