Thailand recovery back on track after Omicron blip

[webfact]

European outbound travellers drive recovery.

 

AUTHOR: TATIANA ROKOU

 

Major tourism markets in APAC, including Thailand, are getting back on track as international visitors start to plan their trips again, according to data from Bookaway Group, the world’s leading ground transportation aggregator. Thailand announced the lifting of restrictions on international visitors from its key source markets in October.

 

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

 

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

 

Full story: https://www.traveldailynews.asia/thailand-recovery-back-on-track-after-omicron-blip

 

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[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Major tourism markets in APAC, including Thailand, are getting back on track as international visitors start to plan their trips again, according to data from Bookaway Group, the world’s leading ground transportation aggregator.

I'm sure as transportation gets organised again and people start to think about a vacation, visiting relatives and family will be on the priority list rather than pure holidays.

[bkk6060]

Thailand is certainly not "dead forever."  Just wait until China opens up with all the suppression they have endeared, I bet many try to move here permanently. This time next year I bet Intl tourists are over 2 million a month.

 

[ikke1959]

I am planning a trip to Europe, but I don't know when.. So many tourists apparently are planning a holiday now because the summer holidays are coming....again nothing concrete....planning, expect, estimate,  believed, etc words that are used in Thailand a lot but don't reflect the reality

[RandiRona]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Bookaway Group noted a triple-digit (500%+) month-on-month increase in the volume of tickets sold by operators

1000% increase in dumbness...This is like me saying that I spent 500% more on burger than last month, 50baht vs 250 baht...A recent topic of contention between fellow members. %only means something when numbers are significant otherwise it is a rounding error most of the time.

Edited May 4, 2022 by RandiRona

[brucegoniners]

What a bunch of <deleted>. Been to Pattaya Beach lately.

[spidermike007]

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

 

What is this supposed to mean? Little to nothing. Of course planning is up. Of course travel is up. When you come up from nothing to something, you are going to see an increase. It means nothing. Now, if you want to get real, and be truthful, you will compare numbers to pre-covid levels. However, it always seems to be about the art of deception. 

[RmcaIssan]

3 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Thailand is certainly not "dead forever."  Just wait until China opens up with all the suppression they have endeared, I bet many try to move here permanently. This time next year I bet Intl tourists are over 2 million a month.

 

It's been so wonderful without the zero spend tourists !!

[In Full Agreement]

Tourism is up?    

 

Tell that to the countless business owners whose business is boarded up.

[chilli42]

If it’s a blip, can we get rid of the masks now please?

[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, chilli42 said:

If it’s a blip, can we get rid of the masks now please?

All in good time..... what is the rush? I would like to see schools open, no quarantine, no insurance requirement or Thai pass, longer opening hours for shops and bars and the restaurant scam for bars no longer necessary. (Perhaps there the mask requirement needs to be eliminated first). I am of the opinion if Thais around me are still concerned and wearing masks, I will do the same.

Edited May 5, 2022 by jacko45k

[chalawaan]

On 5/4/2022 at 11:56 AM, bkk6060 said:

Thailand is certainly not "dead forever."  Just wait until China opens up with all the suppression they have endeared, I bet many try to move here permanently. This time next year I bet Intl tourists are over 2 million a month.

 

China vaccine is rubbish, Omicron is not that bad, but it's bad enough to seriously impact their population, and they are brainwashed that Covid is the very devil incarnate, sent from America! 

It's going to take some mental gymnastics on their part to rush forth, even when the borders there ever open. 

And did I say their vaccine is ineffective against Omicron?

So triple vax 1.4 billion people with mRNA clone vaccine, or weld their doors shut. 

I wish the CCP best of luck with that. 

They're about to either implode, or start a distracting foreign war. Either way, Goodbye CCP. It's the beginning of the end for them, unless they wake up and seriously alter course, which is impossible.  

Edited May 5, 2022 by chalawaan

[chalawaan]

45 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

All in good time..... what is the rush? I would like to see schools open, no quarantine, no insurance requirement or Thai pass, longer opening hours for shops and bars and the restaurant scam for bars no longer necessary. (Perhaps there the mask requirement needs to be eliminated first). I am of the opinion if Thais around me are still concerned and wearing masks, I will do the same.

I don't deny the Science, but the science also says Covid is here forever, and we already have vaccines and now pills, to at least get on top of it in developed nations. 

Let's assume tho it kills off the very poorest, who re-use masks till they fall apart, share rooms, don't practice fastidious hand washing, are not even vaccinated. What happens when this pool of labour dies off over the next five years? Our only hope is that Covid breeds itself into a less lethal common strain in order to perpetuate its own existence. 

If it doesn't, it will do to humanity what the meteor did to dinosaurs. Also, what happens when the next as yet unknown bug arrives on the scene? 

What happens if smallpox escapes from cold storage? 

But I digress.

At what point, if ever, do we ditch the masks?

The global rules now are ridiculous to say the least! We either wear them everywhere, and shut down all restaurants forever, and ban eating and drinking on planes, or we don't!

I believe the best way forward is to socialise humanity to wear a mask when knowingly unwell with ANY respiratory illness, and make mask dispensers cheap and ubiquitous worldwide. 

The biggest hurdle though is getting humans to comply with this etiquette, and dramatically lift their hand-hygiene game in general.

So back to the original dilemma then; when is it ever gonna end?

Edited May 5, 2022 by chalawaan

[jacko45k]

1 minute ago, chalawaan said:

At what point, if ever, do we ditch the masks?

The day before the Go-Go bars reopen in their old format!

But I think a few local people will keep wearing them when out for a time after that... personal choice it is fine.