Pandemic costs Prachuap Khiri Khan near ฿30 billion loss in tourism revenue

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A photo from April 2021 showing a deserted Soi Bintabaht.

 

By Online Reporter

 

Provincial officials have begun outlining plans aimed at revitalising the tourism industry throughout Prachuap Khiri Khan in the wake of COVID-19.

 

On Tuesday (Mar 15), governor Sathian Charoenrian held a meeting with the Prachuap Khiri Khan Provincial Tourism Development Committee, which includes representatives from the public and private sectors to discuss ways of attracting international tourists to the province.

 

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Data released at the meeting revealed the stark reality of the province’s tourism industry as a result of the impact of COVID-19.

 

In 2019, Prachuap Khiri Khan welcomed 7.1 million tourists, with approximately 5.9 million domestic tourists, and 1.2 million foreign tourists, which generated 28.8 billion baht in revenue.

 

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[realfunster]

In 2019, Prachuap Khiri Khan welcomed 7.1 million tourists, with approximately 5.9 million domestic tourists, and 1.2 million foreign tourists, which generated 28.8 billion baht in revenue.

In 2020, this dropped to 4.1 million tourists, generating 16.1 billion baht in revenue.

However, in 2021 both tourist arrivals and income plummeted dramatically, with the province welcoming 2.6 million tourists, of which just 3,597 were foreign tourists, while the income generated totalled a mere 36 million baht.

 

As usual, none of these numbers make much sense.

2019 and 2020 income covers Thai & foreign.

2021 income covers only foreign ?

If you pro-rate 2020 pax figures for 2021 that would be around income of 10.2bn.

I make that a drop of 18.6 billion from 2019 (28.8-10.2).

So where is the headline of 30bn coming from ?

Does someone seriously believe that 2.6 million tourists in 2021 contributed income of only 36 million ??

 

 

Edited March 17, 2022 by realfunster
Typo

[Marvest]

7 hours ago, realfunster said:

In 2019, Prachuap Khiri Khan welcomed 7.1 million tourists, with approximately 5.9 million domestic tourists, and 1.2 million foreign tourists, which generated 28.8 billion baht in revenue.

In 2020, this dropped to 4.1 million tourists, generating 16.1 billion baht in revenue.

However, in 2021 both tourist arrivals and income plummeted dramatically, with the province welcoming 2.6 million tourists, of which just 3,597 were foreign tourists, while the income generated totalled a mere 36 million baht.

 

As usual, none of these numbers make much sense.

2019 and 2020 income covers Thai & foreign.

2021 income covers only foreign ?

If you pro-rate 2020 pax figures for 2021 that would be around income of 10.2bn.

I make that a drop of 18.6 billion from 2019 (28.8-10.2).

So where is the headline of 30bn coming from ?

Does someone seriously believe that 2.6 million tourists in 2021 contributed income of only 36 million ??

 

 

It seems the BHT36m is from foreign tourists only.  The article is not straight forward, but it implies that a total of THB12.7b was lost in 2020 and THB17.3b was lost in 2021.

[Marvest]

My problem with the article is using a one-year-old picture of Soi Bintabaht.   It's not what is used to be, but it's not as dead now as the picture depicts.  Also, I heard Soi 94 is more robust than pre-COVID-19 and that a lot of bars have moved or opened there.

[PETERTHEEATER]

Never mind. The Bints will be getting their Baht when the Saudis hit town......