Popular Post webfact Posted May 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2022 Picture: INN Thai media INN said in their headline that the first day of the reopening of Thailand - May 1st - was bustling with foreign tourists at Khao San Road. Yet their picture seemed to suggest otherwise as a backpacker in an open shirt strolled by in a largely deserted street. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe INN said that traders and restaurant owners in the area reported an increasing number of tourists now that the country was more fully open again. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-30 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lemsta69 Posted May 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2022 the backpackers are probably still sleeping off the Chang and the laughing gas from their all-night session. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysboy Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 It never was that busy during daytime. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Yo, Dude on the right: better get bustling, or INN will sue you for tarnishing their reputation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottfrid Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 They just forgot to sign: This information is an ad, sponsored by TAT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, webfact said: Yet their picture seemed to suggest otherwise as a backpacker in an open shirt strolled by in a largely deserted street. INN's report clearly referred to evening visitors even though it used a photo taken in the middle of the day. Edited May 2, 2022 by Liverpool Lou 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 3 hours ago, webfact said: Yet their picture seemed to suggest otherwise as a backpacker in an open shirt strolled by in a largely deserted street. One of the "high-end" spenders on a bender? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pmbkk Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Has a look of a Blackpool side street about it - especially with that grey sky ???? I can send over a pic' of the sun in London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emdog Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 "INN said that traders and restaurant owners in the area reported an increasing number of tourists now that the country was more fully open again." Any number north of zero is an increasing number.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Metapod Posted May 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2022 7 hours ago, mommysboy said: It never was that busy during daytime. nonsense 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Flight numbers would be down 80%. So how could it be busy???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 The backpacker doubles the day before figures they mean hence being packed out right now???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CartagenaWarlock Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Hope never dies. Hope it will get busy by next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysboy Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 54 minutes ago, Metapod said: nonsense Yup, you rely on some stock photo. I'll rely on 20 years experience of my favorite city. During the day most of the action is to be found on the surrounding side streets, particularly Rambuttri Lek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 1 hour ago, sammieuk1 said: The backpacker doubles the day before figures they mean hence being packed out right now???? Half a backpacker yesterday? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 The thai media would never lie--so it must be true!!! Just wonder who they are trying to convince--fox viewers???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katipo Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Songkran is over. The photo is taken during the day, not a Friday night. Who did they expect to find there at that time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouatchee Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 On 5/2/2022 at 12:43 PM, mommysboy said: It never was that busy during daytime. It was bustling in 2003... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 16 hours ago, Katipo said: Songkran is over. The photo is taken during the day, not a Friday night. Who did they expect to find there at that time? Quality tourists? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Mickmanus Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 On 5/2/2022 at 5:36 AM, webfact said: INN said that traders and restaurant owners in the area reported an increasing number of tourists now that the country was more fully open again. Couldnt that have been worded better ? Thailand is either fully open or it isn't fully open and currently Thailand isn't fully opened . Maybe they could have said that entry restrictions have been eased 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2long Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Things will take time, and we couldn't even apply for a Thailand Pass under the new conditions until last Friday, so there's almost no real effect from that yet anyway. We need to give it a month at least, and then come June and July (even though it'll be low season) tourists will return in greater numbers. Khao Sarn used to be a lot of fun and very busy 24/7. Since Covid it has been like a ghost town during the day. In 2022 it has been very VERY loud and quite busy in the evenings, but I hope that not all of the establishments will rely on playing music at deafening volumes. I know I'm getting old never liked super loud music, but surely I can't be the only one who prefers to hear the person they're sharing a table and a beer with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancelot01 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 On 5/2/2022 at 1:40 PM, Emdog said: "INN said that traders and restaurant owners in the area reported an increasing number of tourists now that the country was more fully open again." Any number north of zero is an increasing number.... I'm not quite sure what 'more fully open again' is supposed to mean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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