Thailand leads Asia tourism reopening

[webfact]

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Major tourism markets in Asia Pacific, including Thailand, are getting back on track as international visitors start to plan their trips again, according to data from Bookaway Group, a ground transportation aggregator.

 

Thailand announced the lifting of restrictions on international visitors from its key source markets in October.

 

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Bookaway Group noted a triple-digit (up 500 per cent) month-on-month increase in the volume of tickets sold by operators in Thailand between October and December, including domestic travellers. 

 

However, the global emergence of the Omicron variant saw ticket sales drop by 20 per cent between December and January before climbing again, by single digits, in February. 

 

Full story: https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/thailand-leads-asia-tourism-reopening/

 

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[ukrules]

Thailand follows, the other countries will reap the rewards due to less restrictions.

[ThailandRyan]

Others lead the tourism rebirth like Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines  while Thailand pushes folks away with tiresome regulations and registration requirements.  The OP is far off base.

[jacko45k]

Fanciful click-bait methinks.

October, isn't that like half a year away?

 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand announced the lifting of restrictions on international visitors from its key source markets in October.

October 2021 or 2022?

[zzzzz]

click bait,  and misleading, Thailand is not leading anyone
Cambodia is open for a month with no restrictions at all other than ur being double vaccinated

[RichardColeman]

5 minutes ago, zzzzz said:

click bait,  and misleading, Thailand is not leading anyone

Certainly leading the race to tax incoming tourists

[Thailand]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Fanciful click-bait methinks.

October, isn't that like half a year away?

 

I believe this "advertisement" refers to October - December last year?  Somewhat confusing.

[Sharp]

47 minutes ago, zzzzz said:

click bait,  and misleading, Thailand is not leading anyone
Cambodia is open for a month with no restrictions at all other than ur being double vaccinated

So restrictions !

[dinsdale]

Thailand leads Asia tourism reopening

If this is being pushed in the Thai media then plenty of Thais will believe this absolute bs propoganda.

[sandyf]

3 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Others lead the tourism rebirth like Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines  while Thailand pushes folks away with tiresome regulations and registration requirements.  The OP is far off base.

If you want off base, look in the mirror.

 

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[brianthainess]

''Thailand leads Asia tourism reopening'' Leally. Bet the General won't ban this as Fake News though. 

[spidermike007]

Totally fake news. Thailand leads in the regulation category, only. Massive cowardice and confusion, up until recently has caused the industry great harm. Scrap the pass system and maybe they will see 5 million tourists a year within 5 years. Maybe. It will never be like before. And that will be good for some, and hard on others. 

[actonion]

Thai's don't / can't lead,  they follow

[4MyEgo]

4 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Fanciful click-bait methinks.

October, isn't that like half a year away?

 

Not really.

 

I have booked our return tickets for October and yes it is 5 months away, but hey, when you have kids and school holidays, you got to take advantage of the break periods and book way ahead, besides got a great special with Thai Airways, lets hope they are still in business by then.....lol.

[Burma Bill]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Major tourism markets in Asia Pacific, including Thailand, are getting back on track

Yes indeed, as here in Cambodia (29/04/2022):-

 

"The number of international tourists has seen a sharp increase by 125 percent to 159,546 in the first three months of this year, a positive sign for the tourism sector recovery since Cambodia announced to fully reopen the country............"

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501066584/foreign-tourist-arrivals-increase-125-in-first-3-months-of-2022/

[Lingba]

Thailand leads with turning people away

[Photoguy21]

8 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Fanciful click-bait methinks.

October, isn't that like half a year away?

 

Maybe October 2023?

[Misterwhisper]

As of tomorrow, May 1, Malaysia will abolish its "Malaysia Pass" completely, i.e. no pre-registration and approval is required for any visitors to the country.

 

So... how exactly is Thailand "leading", since its own "Thailand Pass" is still in place?

[whereyougo]

1 hour ago, Burma Bill said:

Yes indeed, as here in Cambodia (29/04/2022):-

 

"The number of international tourists has seen a sharp increase by 125 percent to 159,546 in the first three months of this year, a positive sign for the tourism sector recovery since Cambodia announced to fully reopen the country............"

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501066584/foreign-tourist-arrivals-increase-125-in-first-3-months-of-2022/

Written by Cambodian tourism authority ????

[whereyougo]

As of May 1st there are no longer any tests required for fully vaxed and recently announced you DO NOT need to be vaccinated if you supply a negative test before departure to Thailand 

[Nsp64]

They harp on about how clear they were to never be colonised but can't feed themselves without the foreign dollar.

Meanwhile, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia are all up and running nicely.

Well done Thailand

[spidermike007]

5 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Yes indeed, as here in Cambodia (29/04/2022):-

 

"The number of international tourists has seen a sharp increase by 125 percent to 159,546 in the first three months of this year, a positive sign for the tourism sector recovery since Cambodia announced to fully reopen the country............"

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501066584/foreign-tourist-arrivals-increase-125-in-first-3-months-of-2022/

How do you measure a 125% increase of nearly nothing? Same applies to Thailand, when they are bragging about the increase in tourism, from last year. How is that significant? 

Edited April 30, 2022 by spidermike007

[zzaa09]

12 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Others lead the tourism rebirth like Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines  while Thailand pushes folks away with tiresome regulations and registration requirements.  The OP is far off base.

Which might be code for not knowing what they are talking about - all too common among the fuzzy stories/articles that are too casually promoted [and bought into] here. 

[StayinThailand2much]

Totally misleading. That platform sells tickets for ground transportation, not flight tickets. -

Is there international train and bus travel to Thailand again? If not, it can only be about domestic travel, so it has (almost) nothing to do with international arrivals and Thailand's 'reopening'.

Edited April 30, 2022 by StayinThailand2much