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Tourist arrivals to Thailand surge in 2022 but still just a fraction of pre-COVID levels


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3 hours ago, webfact said:

According to official data from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the kingdom welcomed 444,039 foreign tourists during the first quarter of 2022.

They have official data?

 

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2 hours ago, Spilornis said:

No Chinese tourism, reduced Russian travel and a natural reluctance by many to avoid long distance air travel due to masks, higher fares, lack of flights etc means they have a way to go.

Need to pick a market and go for it.

The obvious one is young backpackers taking a year off studies. They're making decisions right now

    Young backpackers would be one of the last markets I would pick.  Maybe 15 years ago but not today, not with today's tourist infrastructure.   I would open the country with no requirements other than vaccination and target Asian countries.  That's where the big tourist numbers were in 2019--14 million tourists from Asian countries other than China.  They were coming then, they'll continue to come if it's made easy--especially after 2 years of no travel.

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It’s very simple put a stop to all these money making restrictions then and only then will you see an increase in foreign visitors and allow the the so called restaurants return as bars come midnight the shutters come down but we end up with a lock in so we can enjoy ourselves for a few hours more and the police turning a blind eye as no doubt brown envelopes are a plenty .

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4 hours ago, law ling said:

1. It's not clear how TAT defines "tourist" (as distinct from work visas, informal workers, digital nomads, retirees, family reunions, transit passengers, overnighting airline crew, etc.)

 

2. so many were forced out by the restrictions placed on repeat-ed visas.before covid,  

 "so many were forced out by the restrictions placed on repeat-ed visas. before covid,"  That's the soldiers for you. no brains, little education, very low intelligence, and as the average Thai IQ says, also very low.

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4 hours ago, Spilornis said:

No Chinese tourism, reduced Russian travel and a natural reluctance by many to avoid long distance air travel due to masks, higher fares, lack of flights etc means they have a way to go.

Need to pick a market and go for it.

The obvious one is young backpackers taking a year off studies. They're making decisions right now

nearby rich Indians are the best option....  but they already did and none came  555

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GREECE is grateful as tourists flock back. Hotels are full, archaeological sites are heaving, shopkeepers are smiling and good luck if you want a table at a decent restaurant. 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/24/all-omens-look-positive-greece-grateful-tourists-flock-back

 

ATHENS IS ALIVE TO THE SOUND OF TOURISTS. "These past few weeks have been something else!" 

 

When asked, tourists say they want 'risk averse' travel. They check things out at a desired destination, make last minute decisions and GO. Choose, book, pay, fly and arrive free of bureaucracy and rules. Everybody is ready and wants to travel! 

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We, who have lived through this, see the restrictions as lifting.  Potential tourists however, see "Thailand Pass", "Tests", "Quarantine", and just think "Heck No!".

 

Easing is good, but won't bring back tourists in the numbers needed, only complete removal will do that.

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1 hour ago, superal said:

It is the western tourists who spend much more money that all of your Asian countries put together . Even the Chinese come on pre-arranged all inclusive holidays / tours and stay at Chinese owned hotels and go touring on Chinese owned fleets of coaches .

     Any hard statistics to back up your claim?  I can't find any.  What I found was statistics showing that a typical western tourist spent more money than a typical Asian tourist.  For example, a Chinese tourist spent on average around 49,000 baht vs. around 71,000 baht for a North American tourist.  European tourists, around 69,000 baht.  

    Each western tourist is spending more, but their numbers are far fewer.  So, I don't think you can make the claim that '...western tourists spend much more money that (sic) all of your Asian countries put together.'.   Fun fact.  Middle Eastern tourists spend the most, around 81,000 baht each, but their numbers are so few that they rank next to last in their collective impact, just above Africa.

    The graph below shows it clearly.  As you can see, China tourists, alone, collectively spent more than the tourists of all of Europe.  ASEAN country tourists collectively spent over twice as much as the collective amount of tourists from the Americas.  South Asia tourists collectively spent more than Oceania tourists.  And, we haven't even added in 'Rest East Asia', another sizeable figure that is also more than double that of the 'Americas'.

 

Foreign Tourists in Thailand. Expenditure per Person by Nationality,  Region. Latest complete Year Data for 2019 and 2020, published 2021.

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