Thailand’s Tourism Authority aims to attract 10 million foreign tourists in 2022, with India as a leading focus

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By Nop Meechukhun

 

National – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) aims to attract 10 million foreign tourists, mostly from ASEAN countries, in 2022 to revive global and domestic tourism industries.

 

Tourists from ASEAN countries have now become the main target group in Thailand as Chinese tourists, who have always been a major potential group for Thai tourism, had drastically declined as the Chinese government still insists on its “Zero Covid” policy, closing international borders and prohibiting its people from traveling overseas in tour groups, a popular way to travel. Long quarantines are required to return to China.

 

Tanes Petsuwan, Deputy Governor for International Marketing Asia and South Pacific, said that TAT had set a goal for a number of tourists in the “short-term market” (mostly nearby countries who generally travel for short trips with short flight times) at around 5 million people. Of which, the biggest, at, 1.5 million, would be Indian tourists following the Cabinet’s approval of the ‘Thai-India Air Travel Bubble’.

 

About 12 airlines had agreed to participate in the government campaign. According to TAT, it was estimated that the passenger load factor would be at a 70 percent average.

 

The second group was Australian tourists which would be about 200,000 people. Currently, flights from Thai Airways and Qantas were available. Moreover, the  Australian authorities had adjusted their preventive measures, allowing arrivals to enter the country without mandatory quarantine. It had been reported that advance bookings for flights from Australia to Thailand during the Easter season in April this year had already reached 80 percent.

 

The third group was ASEAN tourists, accountable for 800,000 people, that TAT had already proposed cooperation with regional airlines. As of Wednesday, TAT and Thai Vietjet Airline had signed a letter of intent (LOI), effective for one year, to jointly plan marketing strategies and activities to promote tourism experiences in the ASEAN market in order to stimulate domestic travel in Thailand and increase potential tourists from Vietnam and Cambodia.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/03/04/thailands-tourism-authority-aims-to-attract-10-million-foreign-tourists-in-2022-with-india-as-a-leading-focus/

 

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[daveAustin]

Good luck with that. Might be an idea to drop the onerous entry requirements. 

[StayinThailand2much]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

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TAT had set a goal for a number of tourists in the “short-term market” (mostly nearby countries who generally travel for short trips with short flight times) at around 5 million people. Of which, the biggest, at, 1.5 million, would be Indian tourists (...)

 

The second group was Australian tourists which would be about 200,000 people (...)

The third group was ASEAN tourists, accountable for 800,000 people (...)

The notorious TAT calculators again?

 

1.5m + 200,000 + 800,000 = 5m ??

 

 

With ASEAN, India, and Australia taken care of, but China out of the equation, what are the other "short-term markets"? ('Short-term' as in 'Pattaya Soi 6 short-term'??)

 

Will the remaining 2.5m such tourists be billionaires from Bangladesh, or sunseekers from North Korea, or, perhaps, the entire populations of Bhutan and East Timor (together about 2.1m)? - Or will they just count each of the 2.5m tourists (yeah, right!) twice, on arrival and departure?

 

 

[Nigeone]

Dream on , as usually setting a goal without a clue as to what travellers are saying about travelling to Thailand . Also where I head to usually its mostly closed down. 

[SiamAndy]

Good grief!

 

TAT = SSDD (Same Sh*t, different day) ????

[cnx101]

Yawn

[madmitch]

Weekenders and overnighters jumping through all those hoops needed to enter Thailand? And a 300 baht entrance fee as well! Don't think so.

[Moonfire]

Put whatever the TAT says into a comedy section, should not be treated as real news!  

[Tarteso]

First, they take Pattaya

Then take Bangkok

 

[nakhon thai]

Aussies and indians????

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) aims to attract 10 million foreign tourists, mostly from ASEAN countries, in 2022 to revive global and domestic tourism industries.

The west have other issues to deal with now, stopping Putin from going over the top.

Thailand seem only concerned with themselves and their damned tourism.

[RichardColeman]

Going to be very interesting seeing what % turn up with covid and how many have fake covid paperwork !

[Dukeleto]

Kill all the restrictions (including the insurance) and watch them roll in.

[Caldera]

Aim you can, fail you will.

 

Unless the insane Thailand Pass and etc. go away promptly, of course. 

[FarFlungFalang]

26 minutes ago, nakhon thai said:

Aussies and indians????

And Aussie cricketers.Shane Warne has died on Koh Samui!

[DUNROAMIN]

Wont happen under current restrictions and Thailand pass.

[Clarkey611]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

10 million foreign tourists

55555555555555!

[BayArea]

Viet Nam says hold my beer

[Bundooman]

I assume that when this latest fantasy fails dismally, TAT will review its tourist targets.

The next initiative will be:

 

"Thailand targets 20 million Myanmar nationals, with free visa and work permit opportunities"!

 

Yay!

[steven100]

yada .... yada ...... bla .. bla ... bla ...  10 million ????     i think everyone's tied of your predictions ...

[BayArea]

30 minutes ago, Dukeleto said:

Kill all the restrictions (including the insurance) and watch them roll in.

Even then I don't think Thailand will get the desired numbers they desperately craved for.

 As mentioned before,  Thailand's tourism was taking a hit before covid.  It isn't a cheap destination as it once was. Perhaps the 2 week millionaires will continue??

[jacko45k]

3 minutes ago, steven100 said:

yada .... yada ...... bla .. bla ... bla ...  10 million ????     i think everyone's tied of your predictions ...

In this case, more horrified!

[TKDfella]

TAT giving more false hopes to those in/were in the tourism industry.

[Henryford]

Welcome to Thailand. You are welcome to wear a mask all day. Welcome to take many expensive, painful tests. Welcome to stay at our luxurious isolation hospitels at only 5000 baht a day.

[newnative]

21 minutes ago, BayArea said:

Even then I don't think Thailand will get the desired numbers they desperately craved for.

 As mentioned before,  Thailand's tourism was taking a hit before covid.  It isn't a cheap destination as it once was. Perhaps the 2 week millionaires will continue??

Nearly 40 million tourists in 2019, pre-covid.  'As mentioned before', of the countries tracked, only Singapore and Australia had slightly fewer tourist numbers, pre-covid.  All the other countries were up--some slightly and some, such as China and India, up a lot.  The only down year for tourist numbers, tracking since 2010, was 2014, the year of the coup. 

[Laughing Gravy]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) aims to attract 10 million foreign tourists, mostly from ASEAN countries, in 2022 to revive global and domestic tourism industries.

Why not make it 100 million. ???? You have no chance of coming close to either. My daily stomach exercise provided by the TAT.

[mjakob007]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Of which, the biggest, at, 1.5 million, would be Indian tourists following the Cabinet’s approval of the ‘Thai-India Air Travel Bubble’.

 

About 12 airlines had agreed to participate in the government campaign. According to TAT, it was estimated that the passenger load factor would be at a 70 percent average.

 

The second group was Australian tourists which would be about 200,000 people. Currently, flights from Thai Airways and Qantas were available. Moreover, the  Australian authorities had adjusted their preventive measures, allowing arrivals to enter the country without mandatory quarantine. It had been reported that advance bookings for flights from Australia to Thailand during the Easter season in April this year had already reached 80 percent.

 

The third group was ASEAN tourists, accountable for 800,000 people, that TAT had already proposed cooperation with regional airlines. As of Wednesday, TAT and Thai Vietjet Airline had signed a letter of intent (LOI), effective for one year, to jointly plan marketing strategies and activities to promote tourism experiences in the ASEAN market in order to stimulate domestic travel in Thailand and increase potential tourists from Vietnam and Cambodia

It appears TAT has forgotten 1 million Arabs announced last week, incl 200,000 Saudis!

 

Plans, Schemes, Bubbles, Goals: All good, TAT seems to have lost count with almost 25% of the year behind us, the load factor for the 9 months ahead of us is glaring!

10mill in next 9 months, equates to 35000 international arrivals / day, in comparison to some 4000 intl arrivals /day per current  stats Thats a steep ask.

 

Removing 5th day quarrantine was one step in the right direction. but will need more help in the 'Hub of schemes and plans'

[Sydebolle]

Well, if the semi-divine Khon Thai learns to be nice and neutral to darker skinned people, learn some English and shaking heads from left to right does not mean NO all over the planet - then it's a go. 

But I am afraid, that it will fail on the first criteria already ..... the second criteria takes another 1 ½ to 2 generations to overcome and the third criteria is education above the Somtam horizon ......... 

[geisha]

All the 7/11s are closed so they won’t come.

[garyk]

If I were a country Thailand targeted for tourism it would scare me to death. Every time they target a country there is a catastrophe.