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Malaysian tourists toppled Indians in terms of the number of foreign tourism arrivals in Thailand, while 4-5 million tourists visited Thailand in total from Q1 to Q3, the director of the Pattaya Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said.

 

The meeting led by Mr. Prawan Saekoo, president of the Eastern Thai Hotels Association, and Ms. Anoma Wongyai, director of the Pattaya TAT, was arranged yesterday, August 30th, at Amari Pattaya Hotel to assess the tourism situation in Pattaya and Thailand.

 

According to Ms. Anoma, the overall tourism situation was improving greatly since the Covid-19 pandemic as seen by over 4-5 million tourists who arrived in Thailand from the start of 2022 to August 27th.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/08/31/malaysian-tourists-topple-indians-in-terms-of-foreign-tourists-arriving-in-pattaya-tat-director-says/

 

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neither are of economical/recovery interest to Thailand, they don't drink, don't visit the bars, don't visit massage parlors because these are the places helping Thai tourism booming 555

Edited August 31, 20223 yr by Mavideol

Great news!

That's not surprising. For the past few years before the pandemic, the top three countries are

 

1. China

2. Malaysia

3. Korea or Japan

Edited August 31, 20223 yr by EricTh

3 hours ago, EricTh said:

That's not surprising. For the past few years before the pandemic, the top three countries are

 

1. China

2. Malaysia

3. Korea or Japan

Try telling Westerners that, they seem to think Thailand's tourist industry is entirely dependent on themselves. Outdated colonialism.

lets take a trip around Pattaya and work out percentages of who is here and spending ................ Malaysian might be crossing the border more than Indian, but if you look at a snapshot of actual people in the country who are out spending money and have been here for a while ................. my observations say that it is mostly western tourists that have arrived and stayed for months that are out and about and supporting the local tourist numbers by quite a margin 

 

lets look at it another way, if every westerner left Thailand tomorrow ............. how would that look ?

 

airport arrivals do not paint the real picture ................. just saying

To be expected. the other countries Thailand shares a land border with are unlikely to supply many tourists, more likely sweepers and waiters. Always has been a big crowd coming from the South for a fun weekend......

Sounds like TAT started adding the insurgency numbers...  but then again, they won't be out spending the Indians either... 555

Edited August 31, 20223 yr by Saddic

8 hours ago, kinyara said:

Try telling Westerners that, they seem to think Thailand's tourist industry is entirely dependent on themselves. Outdated colonialism.

As we travel further longhaul so stay longer live a western life style which is highly taxed in thailand wine+western food of course we spend more 90% indians who come here are paid less than thai's

 

where western standards with poor service are not cheap and we are right to complain.

Benefits still out weight what we get in the west

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Malaysian tourists toppled Indians in terms of the number of foreign tourism arrivals in Thailand

Now can we have that number against 'actual' hotel bookings and opposed to migrant workers staying in a shed ?

1 hour ago, tomyami said:

Benefits still out weight what we get in the west

Lots of sunshine; all the wild dogs you can eat; cheap smuggled pork; endless eye-candy.

14 hours ago, Mavideol said:

neither are of economical/recovery interest to Thailand, they don't drink, don't visit the bars, don't visit massage parlors because these are the places helping Thai tourism booming 555

Not the Malays I know ... they're great fun and party animals ... haha

15 hours ago, Mavideol said:

neither are of economical/recovery interest to Thailand, they don't drink, don't visit the bars, don't visit massage parlors because these are the places helping Thai tourism booming 555

So the percentage of GDP allocated to tourism depends on the bars? Woehahaha

Edited September 1, 20223 yr by peterfranks

I’m not surprised they come over at the weekends in their droves to have sex with the Thai woman I would class them as tourists just weekenders after one thing and one thing only 

3 hours ago, tomyami said:

As we travel further longhaul so stay longer live a western life style which is highly taxed in thailand wine+western food of course we spend more 90% indians who come here are paid less than thai's

 

where western standards with poor service are not cheap and we are right to complain.

Benefits still out weight what we get in the west

How would you know what anyone coming here is paid, Indian or otherwise, are you at the airport checking their payslips at immigration. There is a clear rascist stereotype towards Indian tourists evident on this forum that fails to even acknowledge the existence of their higher spending tourists. If you look at the figures from TAT Western tourists spend more in total by virtue of the length of their holiday not particularly their daily spend, however obviously they are significantly in the minority numbers wise in the overall scheme of things. ( Not seen many wine drinkers amongst the Westerner fraternity, Chang, Leo and Singha is de-rigeur price wise just as much as it is for Non-Westerners ).

48 minutes ago, crazykopite said:

I’m not surprised they come over at the weekends in their droves to have sex with the Thai woman I would class them as tourists just weekenders after one thing and one thing only 

An enjoyable holiday weekend ?

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Now can we have that number against 'actual' hotel bookings and opposed to migrant workers staying in a shed ?

You think Malaysians are migrant workers in Thailand, seriously ? The opposite is actually the reality.

6 hours ago, smedly said:

lets take a trip around Pattaya and work out percentages of who is here and spending ................ Malaysian might be crossing the border more than Indian, but if you look at a snapshot of actual people in the country who are out spending money and have been here for a while ................. my observations say that it is mostly western tourists that have arrived and stayed for months that are out and about and supporting the local tourist numbers by quite a margin 

 

lets look at it another way, if every westerner left Thailand tomorrow ............. how would that look ?

 

airport arrivals do not paint the real picture ................. just saying

As if Pattaya is the only town that counts. Most Malaysians stay in the south. Provinces like Phuket, Krabi, Songkhla, Pattani and Narathiwat see so many Malaysian tourists yearly, that the number of westerners in Pattaya pales in comparison. You'd see that if you ventured out of the Bangkok-Pattaya area.

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Now can we have that number against 'actual' hotel bookings and opposed to migrant workers staying in a shed ?

 

Thailand gets its migrant workers from Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. They don't get them from Malaysia which has a higher standard of living than Thailand.

 

Anyway, migrant workers do not count as 'tourist' in Thailand.

 

42 minutes ago, kinyara said:

How would you know what anyone coming here is paid, Indian or otherwise, are you at the airport checking their payslips at immigration. There is a clear rascist stereotype towards Indian tourists evident on this forum that fails to even acknowledge the existence of their higher spending tourists. If you look at the figures from TAT Western tourists spend more in total by virtue of the length of their holiday not particularly their daily spend, however obviously they are significantly in the minority numbers wise in the overall scheme of things. ( Not seen many wine drinkers amongst the Westerner fraternity, Chang, Leo and Singha is de-rigeur price wise just as much as it is for Non-Westerners ).

Taking india as an example I have said 90% might fit this category with 10% wealthy  

 

At the bottom of the income pyramid are households that earn less than Rs 100,000 a year. The next group earns between Rs 100,000 and Rs. 200,000 a year and is called the lower middle class. The third group of households earns between Rs 200,000 and Rs 500,000 a year and belong to the middle income class. 500rs = 6.29US$

 

I will stand by my assertion that thai's are better paid unless you can find a link to dispute

I drink wine with my western food I have friends come for the visa exempt period they spend and live well anywhere from €4 to 6 k expats are not to be confused with western holidaymakers

Hat Yai is almost back to normal, now that the border has reopened and flights to KL and Singapore resumed. With Malaysian school term 2 holiday break starting tomorrow it will be a busy couple of weeks in Hat Yai. With money tight for most people, many won't want to venture too far for a holiday, so Southern Thailand is just right.

 

Always worth remembering that Malaysia is 40% non-Muslim, and many do like to drink, and it's more often whiskey or brandy (by the bottle) rather than beer. People who think Malaysians are low spenders have obviously never had a night out in KL or Hat Yai.

 

In KL airport many Indian tourists or Malaysians.

17 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Great news!

BS news.

1 hour ago, Stocky said:

Always worth remembering that Malaysia is 40% non-Muslim,

 

So 6 out of 10 Malaysian tourists don't drink alcohol, and they are now the dominant demographic of tourists here.  Interesting. 

12 minutes ago, Leaver said:

So 6 out of 10 Malaysian tourists don't drink alcohol

Where does it say that?

I said 40% of Malaysians aren't Muslim. I don't know the exact proportions of Malaysians, Muslim/non-Muslim, who travel to Thailand, nor do I know what proportion of Muslim Malaysians do drink alcohol; having worked in Malaysia I know some certainly do.

4 hours ago, peterfranks said:

So the percentage of GDP allocated to tourism depends on the bars? Woehahaha

if that was not the case why the huff and puff about reopening bars until 4 AM.... but in your case, maybe you think visits to the temples are more rewarding for Thai economy

Would suspect the majority of Malaysians are crossing the border South Thailand visiting places. Like Hat yai who will be having good business 

Not many will be coming to Bangkok Phuket or Pattaya ????

6 hours ago, MarcelV said:

As if Pattaya is the only town that counts. Most Malaysians stay in the south. Provinces like Phuket, Krabi, Songkhla, Pattani and Narathiwat see so many Malaysian tourists yearly, that the number of westerners in Pattaya pales in comparison. You'd see that if you ventured out of the Bangkok-Pattaya area.

Australian government travel advisory ....

Do not travel to:

• Yala province,
• Pattani province,
• Narathiwat province, and
• Songkhla province

due to high levels of violence, including frequent attacks and bombings.

8 minutes ago, Dexxter said:

Australian government travel advisory ....

Do not travel to

I doubt Malaysians are reading the Aussie Government advisory.

1 hour ago, Dexxter said:

Australian government travel advisory ....

Do not travel to:

• Yala province,
• Pattani province,
• Narathiwat province, and
• Songkhla province

due to high levels of violence, including frequent attacks and bombings.

Uhh... What's your point?