Another decimal point required on TAT's calculator what comes after trillions for the high season ???? 

12 hours ago, webfact said:

18% of national GDP.

Strange then that we only saw around a 6% decrease in published national GDP for 2020, with something of a rebound in 2021, when there were essentially no tourists.

 

What has miraculously re-filled most of this lost 18% of national gross product ?

 

Who is telling the porkie pies in the Thai bureaucratic universe….? 

6 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

Do the TAT ever explain how they come up with these numbers? What is the basis for their calculation?

They heard it from a bloke down at the temple...

not with their onslaught of Indians

13 hours ago, James105 said:

Why is the word "could" always immediately followed by a preposterous and impossible number nowadays?   

'Could' is a favourite word for nonesense potential  results. I notice  it all the time in the UK press.

Why do people on this forum care so much about these announcements? How does it affect  their lives? Or is it just  fodder for the permanently outraged at at Thailand and all things Thai?

Why is a minor comment regarding  a potential income of any importance to people on this forum? The projection might be right or it might be wrong. The emphasis is on the word  'could'.

It's a speculative figure and really is nothing for forum members to get upset  about. One would think  by now,  having expressed outrage and dismay repeatedly about such pronouncments it ceases to be worth mentioning. Or am I missing something?

 

14 hours ago, ezzra said:

3 trillions, 7 trillions 10 trillions.. those are just numbers dream up by some pencil pushers at the ministry of tourism... no one yet has bought to task of lost a job punting out those wild numbers did they?...

The reality is governed by the value of the £ & $ against the Baht. It's not 75 Baht to a £ anymore. So there must be some truth in their figures.

On 6/6/2022 at 8:00 AM, mikeymike100 said:

Do the TAT ever explain how they come up with these numbers? What is the basis for their calculation?

1. Think of number

2 Add many zeroes

3 Publish figure

20 hours ago, realfunster said:

Strange then that we only saw around a 6% decrease in published national GDP for 2020, with something of a rebound in 2021, when there were essentially no tourists.

 

What has miraculously re-filled most of this lost 18% of national gross product ?

 

Who is telling the porkie pies in the Thai bureaucratic universe….? 

More astounding is who buys into it.......when falsely repeated over and again. 

Could is the key word here. But, it will not. Because of masks, because of the dumb Thailand pass, because the morons in power just absolutely refuse to let covid go, even though we saw the cases drop yet again yesterday. 

 

They might as well use the new motto. "Come visit the land of cowards, where there are masks as far as the eye can see". Even outdoors. Even on motorbikes! Masks, and more masks everywhere. A recipe for a great vacation. Masks and reduced nightlife. Come and have some fun! Thailand is unique. We are one of the few nations left that asks you to wear a mask everywhere you go. And though we already said masks would be scrapped in two weeks, we had a one day spike, and since we are neither courageous nor do we practice common sense, we will keep wearing them for a year or more. Even outdoors. Even on the beach. I for one, will not be wearing a mask for much longer. This is getting ridiculous. Defy stupidity and oppression! Embrace science and common sense.

Thailand is likely one of the last remaining countries in the world to require this. It is juvenile. It is oppressive. It is sheer denial of science. Especially mask use outdoors. It is likely a way to keep the people afraid, paranoid and prevent them from taking to the streets and expressing their extreme disappointment with the leadership here, who have failed them on nearly every level and are despised.

Masks disappear and so does the emergency decree, and possibly Prayuth and his band of retrograde goons. 
 

That's right bring back the Indians and Chinese and perhaps some fine revenue can be generated. 

Just read that airfares are going up drastically and with super high inflation everywhere, forget about high numbers of tourists.

And then I look at all the requirements to secure a visa and/or Thailand pass, and then I just thinking, you might do it next week.....and that goes on since the so promoted "re-opening"

It´s easier nowadays to get a Thai into Schengen or elsewhere in the west than vice-versa.

15 hours ago, jethro69 said:

And then I look at all the requirements to secure a visa and/or Thailand pass, and then I just thinking, you might do it next week.....and that goes on since the so promoted "re-opening"

It´s easier nowadays to get a Thai into Schengen or elsewhere in the west than vice-versa.

Utter nonsense, a Thai Pass is quickly and easily obtained..... most countries do not need a visa. The Thai Pass will likely soon be cancelled too. 

As I see it, just a government department talking-up the economy: struggling businesses may decide to stay open on the strength of such a marvelous projection, in the hope of good times being here very soon.

Don't they ever get tired of their ridiculous predictions ....