BANGKOK, Nov 23 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was happy to find out that over 5 billion baht was circulated in the economy in the first month of the third phase of the We Travel Together tourism promotion program, according to the government spokesman.

 

Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, the spokesman, said Gen Prayut was satisfied with the report that over the past month 909,937people registered for travel subsidies under the third phase of the program and reserved 1,296,872 rooms at 4,113 hotels.

 

As of Nov 20, hotel reservation costs amounted to 4.75 billion baht and the registered tourists also spent 435 million baht including discount coupons they received from the tourism promotion program, at eateries, massage and spa parlors and other tourism-related premises.

 

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Really?

12 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

Really?

Yes, it is the money of expatriates who have returned to Thailand.

What a simpleton.

1 hour ago, BE88 said:

Yes, it is the money of expatriates who have returned to Thailand.

Sounds like domestic tourism to me if travel subsidies are in use.

Idiot !

If I lived in Thailand I"d be happy too.  Particularly without tens of thousands of chinese swarming all you can eat restaurants.  

If I was Thai I wouldn't be too happy about it but hey, that's just an opinion.  I'm white as a ghost here and all signs so far state that's the way I'll stay all winter.  

Edited November 23, 20214 yr by Blumpie

Yea, the We Travel Together program is domestic tourism plan for Thais only....it's basically a travel discount/subsidy  program.  It's not international tourist related.

https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG210922225248174

 

ooh, that's alright then...

 

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At least one is happy then!

 

6 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Idiot !

I manage a large hotel in the far north, over 200 rooms. I can tell you beyond any doubt the recovery is a myth conjured by TaT. We've not had a foreigner check in since April last year. We have actually fully reopened, but it's domestic Thais desperate for a break, and offices of the civil service using our meeting facilities and having a company jolly at the tax payer's expense...

 

The irony of all this is that there has never been a better time to holiday in Thailand. My family and I have had 2 wonderful luxury beach holidays during the pandemic that we'll remember forever. Empty beaches, deserted coasts. It's like I imagine Thailand would have been in the 50's before mass air travel. In a way I have the pandemic to thank for that.

 

We never really had many foreigners here anyway, excepting bus loads of Chinese churn and burn groups at bottom Dollar, and lord knows I could live without them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 23, 20214 yr by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly

Such great recovery, those still open are into their necks in debt and one additinal wave (as occured everywhere after mass vaxx) blows them. Keep dreaming of a 18M (50% recovery) during next year.

Edited November 23, 20214 yr by ChaiyaTH

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, the spokesman, said Gen Prayut was satisfied with the report that over the past month 909,937people registered for travel subsidies under the third phase of the program and reserved 1,296,872 rooms at 4,113 hotels.

So let me get this right, 909k people booked 1,296k room using subsidies ? he congratulating tourism figures based on people booking basically ONE room for ONE night after subsidies ? The guy is more bat crazy than i thought !

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, the spokesman, said Gen Prayut was satisfied with the report that over the past month 909,937people registered for travel subsidies under the third phase of the program and reserved 1,296,872 rooms at 4,113 hotels.

They can come up with all these figures at the drop of a hat it's truly amazing, just like the number of Krathongs collected and inspected in less than 24 hours after the event the can give you an exact figure.

How long did it take to count the election votes though?

Hmmm...

 

12 hours ago, Blumpie said:

If I lived in Thailand I"d be happy too.  Particularly without tens of thousands of chinese swarming all you can eat restaurants.  

If I was Thai I wouldn't be too happy about it but hey, that's just an opinion.  I'm white as a ghost here and all signs so far state that's the way I'll stay all winter.  

What Chinese... Xi won't let them come.

The PM is right. I already spend 12.000 bt. On background maintenance of my home in Si Sa Ket. All spend in the hardware shop and handyman ????

When I tried to book my hotel in Hua Hin by phone they asked me if I had a travel voucher.  I asked them Does the Centara Grand participate in the scheme. The answer was if course up to a certain amount.  So the folks using subsidies are now able to stay at a 5 star accommodation instead if a lower class 3 star resort. Amazing Thailand.

Edited November 24, 20214 yr by ThailandRyan

' If yer happy and you know it clap your hands '.

I had a couple of weeks in Bangkok, stayed at a hotel, ate out, even managed a sneaky beer or two. 

 Though it should be regarded it as an 'internal transfer' so to speak. Instead of spending my money for that fortnight in Pak Chong I was spending it in Bangkok. 

 I wonder if a few other people were distorting the figures like me?

12 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

' If yer happy and you know it clap your hands '.

I'm so happy I could slap someone.  

This money is cash that is just circulating around the Economy. It therefore adds nothing to the actual GDP

Any money spent by the 60,000 ? Tourists since the start of November, will do very little to add to the GDP of the Nation in terms of actual new money

I just dont get why Prayut is happy, its just the same money going round on the spin cycle.

I wonder if the VAT take on the internal cash turnover exceeds the cost of this Domestic Tourism scheme?

   It apparently takes very little to make this PM happy.   Unfortunately for the country.

19 minutes ago, newnative said:

   It apparently takes very little to make this PM happy.   Unfortunately for the country.

Not little as his pockets are being filled by the graft from the we travel program...

Chinese are not coming;

 

Below, picture how Germany looks today. 66684 new infections. Daily record.

 

9 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

So let me get this right, 909k people booked 1,296k room using subsidies ? he congratulating tourism figures based on people booking basically ONE room for ONE night after subsidies ? The guy is more bat crazy than i thought !

Multi destination holiday; one person books a room in (say) Pattaya for 3 nights, Bangkok for 3 nights, Phuket for 3 nights.  The figures do work.  Whether I believe them is a different question.

PM Happy with Tourism Recovery.

Of course he is, his personal income stream has probably increased, while the bar owners, restaurants, and all the other businesses have had their incomes decreased or lost altogether.

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

They can come up with all these figures at the drop of a hat it's truly amazing, just like the number of Krathongs collected and inspected in less than 24 hours after the event the can give you an exact figure.

How long did it take to count the election votes though?

Hmmm...

 

"Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana," Is that one of the deputy DPM's?  

1 hour ago, newnative said:

   It apparently takes very little to make this PM happy.   Unfortunately for the country.

If you had a personal fortune put away in an Offshore banking account courtesy of the Thai people, would you not be happy?