TAT predicts 18 million foreign tourists in 2022, spending 1 trillion baht

[brucegoniners]

I’ll bet the under.

[soi3eddie]

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Be interested to know if the single guys are getting better crumpet due to lack of customers !

Ask the Thai guys in the villages. Could be possible that Somchai is busting nut more often. Would not be surprised.

[hansnl]

Unbelievable.

[Jimbo53]

I see they still have the flying pigs, Crystal Ball and the PM's Fortune Teller in their office,culminating in another TAT Farce! You couldn't script it !!

[thaiowl]

Better tell Thai AirAsia who are letting go some of their First Officers next week.

 

Edited November 19, 2021 by thaiowl

[thailand49]

What a dreamer!  Why don't he make a bigger ass of himself by going broke!  1 billion will be knocking on its doors, 10 Trillion will be made, they will raise us up and make us all immortal statue of all of us at the airport celebrations yearly of saving the Thai economy! Think about resigning and try making it in the real world with a real job!????

[DaiHard]

Thank the heavens for TAT; if it wasn't for them the place will be crawling with foreigners.

[connda]

Nope.  Not even close.

[peter zwart]

"That's 500 tourists on each flight," enthused Yutthasak. A week????

[peter zwart]

8 hours ago, Karma80 said:

The sadness for me is seeing people reopen their businesses on the strength of this guys hopeful speculation. In Phuket, I've noticed more restaurants open at night. Mostly empty still.

 

I get it, build it and they will come, but at least be realistic so people can plan their livelihoods and not the bet the farm with the scraps they have left.

Yeah but they most be completely braindeath if they still listen to this

[alphonse]

2 hours ago, PEE TEE said:

And the the band played believe it if you like

You mean, like the band that carried on playing as the Titanic sunk.

 

Continuing the Titanic theme, there are few deck-chairs moving on Pattaya beach. 

 

 

[lolalol]

They've already lost this high season and they are assuming that more people will come to Thailand this upcoming low season.

 

Very interesting.

[RafPinto]

Cathay Pacific sacks three pilots for catching Covid on layover

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/19/cathay-pacific-sacks-three-pilots-for-getting-infected-with-covid-on-layover

[Forza2002]

Thailand has had its day, its other Asian neighbors offer better value. The Bell Curve will play out now. Govt were in dreamland if they thought the 39M Tourists from 2019 were exponential. They should cancel the extra terminal/runway at swampy as it wont be needed... Would be great to see tourism go back to ~5M when I came for the first time in the late 80's. Thais were happy, no rip-off taxi drivers, jet ski operators etc..., bring back the good old days...

[biggles45]

Really , does TAT have any credability left? I cant believe these people still have jobs, or is making ridiculous forecasts there actual job

[spidermike007]

If they muster up the courage to allow antigen testing at the airport, with no overnight quarantine, and if they do not threaten to quarantine incoming tourists who are exposed to Covid positive people sitting within two rows of them on the plane, they might see 1.5 million tourists in 2022. Maybe. Then as many as 2.5 million in 2023. I predict up to 5 million by 2026, and no more than than that annually for decades. 

 

1. None of the issues existing before Covid were ever addressed. Typical Thai style. These goons in charge won't take responsibility for anything. 

 

2. Many economies have been devastated, and Thailand's tourist base of primarily lower income Indians, Chinese and Malaysians were hardest hit. 

 

3. Thailand cannot and will not attract wealthy or even affluent tourists, for a dozen good reasons. No sacrifices are being made, to make Thailand more appealing to them. 

 

4. Thailand is a nation in reverse. It is moving backwards, and represents the polar opposite of progress on countless levels. It is simply NOT becoming a better version of itself. The environment, traffic and public safety, horrific law enforcement, corruption, air quality, etc. Add to that heinous luxury and wine taxes, and you have an environment wealthy tourists avoid like the plague. 

 

5. You cannot shut down the entire tourism industry for nearly 2 years, decimate the nightlife, hotels, restaurants and countless related businesses, engage in a very poorly planned vaccination program, create a climate of fear and panic, and then just expect because you open your doors again, millions will flood in. The world does not work like that. 

 

6. Thailand is NOT the center of the known universe. It is becoming less relevant by the minute. Tourists are forgetting Thailand. Thailand needs foreigners 100x more than they need Thailand. 

 

I could go on and on and on. The goons just do not get it. At all. 

 

 

[bobandyson]

I predict more predictions from these predictable Nostradumasses called TAT.

 

[Black Angus]

Spoke to TUI Travel agent plus two others yesterday and they said that nobody has even rung up to ask were Thailand is, never mind about a booking enquiry. 

[soalbundy]

10 hours ago, pitufikken said:

Why is it so important for TAT to come with all these predictions? It makes no sense!

he's got to show that he is still relevant, he isn't, he's just pathetic and he isn't convincing anybody, maybe he hasn't heard about the covid flair up and inflation in the West, they have their own problems just staying where they are. 

[ThailandRyan]

3 hours ago, moe666 said:

Going out this afternoon, here in Chiang Mai. I saw about 10 tourist scattered about the old city. They are here but not great numbers of them. Lots of Thai tourist in town and a over abundance of Bangkok plates.

Happy loy krathong from Icon Siam in Bangkok.  Packed house.  

 

3 hours ago, RafPinto said:

Nobody will travel unless it's absolutely necessary.

 

https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/18/covid-19-spike-felt-across-europe-as-vaccination-remains-stagnant

Except in Bangkok. Packed Roadways tonight. Took 1 hour and 30 minutes to get from Lumpini to Icon Siam a distance if 5.5 km.

Edited November 19, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[Sydebolle]

I predict that this country is run by selfish crooks, completely off reality and heading full steam into an economic desaster - all selfmade by the gifted goons down in the parliament house.

My predictions might be even more realistic than those daydreamers whose minds are completely off scale; I sometimes wonder what kind of excellent weed is smoked in some of those officers work places ...

[Damrongsak]

11 hours ago, Pravda said:

I'm buying 6 condos 

That ought to earn you a free ride from the airport and a fruit basket. 

[steven100]

I'm sure they do ......

and I predict next weeks lotto numbers .

[BusyB]

13 hours ago, pitufikken said:

Why is it so important for TAT to come with all these predictions? It makes no sense!

I would call it a desperate attempt to save face after Thanet's comments the day before.

It doesn't have to be realistic - it has nothing to do with tourism or revenues. The only aim is to save face and therefore the bigger the numbers, the better the face.

[thaibook]

8 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

funfact singapore air now makes u do facial recog to get onboard--like it or not--so masks down

 

wasnt happy about it--or not even given an option---never again on Sing air.....air nazis....almost didnt let me board in LAX over my PCR dates.....guy had me ready to be in meltdown mode...

I flew JAX to DC on UA then DC to Narita and on to BKK on ANA just after teh Olympics.  The ANA flights were 777-300ER with 200+ seats but there were 34 passengers on the first flight and 14 on the next.  When I said I like sake, the stewardess brought me the various sakes from business class to sample and select.  Before landing she brought me a card with the labels of each bottle pasted and my comments on each.  Poor girl was probably bored with nothing else to do.  I find SIA girls have pretty masks but are too mechanical. 

[cheapcanuck]

TAT's numbers are way off. Based on current restrictions to enter Thailand and the competition from other countries (regionally and globally), TAT numbers are what fairy tails are made of.

[PETERTHEEATER]

14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Roadside Moo Ping is 5bht a stick.

Four of those and 5bht of sticky rice and I'm stuffed full!

You're  supposed to eat them........????

[aussiexpat]

9 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

That out pricing of the West happened years before 2019. 

I don't eat McDonald's in Thailand since about 2016, so you're probably right. Burger King had the 99 baht whoppers in 2019 though ????

[Sticky Rice Balls]

2 hours ago, thaibook said:

I flew JAX to DC on UA then DC to Narita and on to BKK on ANA just after teh Olympics.  The ANA flights were 777-300ER with 200+ seats but there were 34 passengers on the first flight and 14 on the next.  When I said I like sake, the stewardess brought me the various sakes from business class to sample and select.  Before landing she brought me a card with the labels of each bottle pasted and my comments on each.  Poor girl was probably bored with nothing else to do.  I find SIA girls have pretty masks but are too mechanical. 

The Singapore gals did surprise me with Cake and champagne for my birthday

[joecoolfrog]

Translation ; TAT actually expect 3-5 million visitors next year if they are extremely lucky.