Wellness Sandbox tourists to spend more than double the amount of other tourists: TAT

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Hua Hin Beach. File photo

 

By Online Reporter

 

Tourists who visit Hua Hin and Cha Am under the planned ‘Wellness Sandbox’ will spend on average more than double the amount of money than other tourists, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has estimated.

 

According to TAT, Wellness Sandbox tourists will spend an average of $3,276 USD or approximately 109,400 THB per person, per trip.

 

By comparison, in 2019, the average spend of tourists to Thailand was 48,580 THB per person, per trip, according to data from the Ministry of Tourism & Sports.

 

The Thailand Wellness Sandbox was announced in January, with Hua Hin and Cha Am selected as pilot destinations for the project.

 

Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/thailand-news/wellness-sandbox-tourists-to-spend-more-than-double-the-amount-of-other-tourists-tat/

 

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[Chelseafan]

That'll be on hospital quarantine then....

 

[animalmagic]

Probably because they will be charged double the price!

[ChaiyaTH]

11 minutes ago, animalmagic said:

Probably because they will be charged double the price!

Yeah and the small minority of tourists who do spend much more always go there in the first place. Aside the fact that are also about all the tourists in the entire country, it is death everywhere. 

Maybe one day they understand that it is better to have 10 million tourists spending 1.5K USD than 500K spending 3K.

[FalangKino]

I've been reading innacurate and downright stupid predictions from this lot for a few years now.

 

They are never right about anything, ever.

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

By Online Reporter

Fact the source appears to be anonymous speaks volumes to me about this pile  !

[ezzra]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

According to TAT,

As soon as i see the header "according to TAT, i know its either going to be some kind of a joke or another one of those weird figures they pull out of their derrieres...

[asiasurfer]

TAT figures and statistics: Your daily source of trust. BS

[Geoffggi]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Tourists who visit Hua Hin and Cha Am under the planned ‘Wellness Sandbox’ will spend on average more than double the amount of money than other tourists, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has estimated.

Tourists who visit Hua Hin and Cha Am under the planned ‘Wellness Sandbox’ will be ripped off on average more than double the amount of money than other tourists, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has estimated. - There you go now it reads correctly ...............!!!

[steven100]

109,000  baht,  sounds about right   !!   

 

 I have to agree ......

 

PCR test #1     3,500

Ambulance    12,000

Quarantine    75,000

Admin             8,000

Medicines       4,000

PCR test#2     3,500

Hospital van   3,000 

[Karma80]

Just off the top of my head, but I imagine the average unhealthy sex tourist would spend more. On booze, company and sick buffalo, compared to someone more virtuous drinking smoothies and doing yoga.

[Caldera]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

According to TAT, Wellness Sandbox tourists will spend an average of $3,276 USD or approximately 109,400 THB per person, per trip.

Okay, but looking at the big picture, what good is that when you can attract just a few thousand of them?

 

That's always a problem with TAT projections. They look at a well-heeled sample group and just multiply whatever they spend on average with an outlandish number of similar visitors they hope to attract. When in reality, the number of equally well-heeled visitors falls way short of their grand plan.

 

Rich people have many options.

[GeorgeCross]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Tourists who visit Hua Hin and Cha Am under the planned ‘Wellness Sandbox’ will spend on average more than double the amount of money than other tourists

 

and there you have it folks wellness tourists really are as stupid as they sound.

 

 

[khunPer]

So Wellness Sandbox Tourists are more like Quality Tourists...

[steven100]

2 hours ago, khunPer said:

So Wellness Sandbox Tourists are more like Quality Tourists...

so can they be called  Wellness quality sandbox value tourists  then  ?