Chinese New Year will bring a surge of tourists to Thailand

[webfact]

Chinese New Year celebrations in Thailand

 

By Peter Roche

The next wave of tourists will come for Chinese New Year and airports around Thailand are bracing for the rise of visitors to celebrate the start of the new lunar year from January 16 to 28.

 

The year 2023 marks the Chinese zodiac calendar Year of the Rabbit, and the year of the cat in Vietnamese culture.

 

At Suvarnabhumi Airport, alone, 1.81 million passengers are expected during the 12 day break. BKK is expecting 10,965 flights – 7,635 international and 3,330 domestic flights.

 

There has also been a request for 86 additional landing slots and charter flights. 26 requests from T Way (South Korean low-cost airline), 24 from Jeju Air (the first and largest South Korean low-cost airline) and 10 flights from Xiamen Airlines (China).

 

Airport officials, in Bangkok and Phuket, are urging passengers to arrive no less than 3 hours before a flight if they’re travelling at this time as they expect additional congestion and possibility of delays.

 

Source: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/phuket-travel/chinese-new-year-will-bring-a-surge-of-tourists-to-thailand/

 

-- © Copyright Phuket GO 2023-01-16

 

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[vandeventer]

Really, they need to celebrate in their own country until their covid is under control. Who knows how many variants they will bring? Common sense needed here.

[LennyW]

Get ready for the next wave of god knows what Covid variants they will bring!

[PMinThailand]

Time to hide in the house for a couple of weeks to avoid being caught in the mess they always organize.

 

 

[findlay13]

 1.81 million ? not 1.82 million ? TAT figures are usually spot on????

[swm59nj]

And the possible surge of Covid.  But hey money is money 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The next wave of tourists will come for Chinese New Year and airports around Thailand are bracing for the rise of visitors to celebrate the start of the new lunar year from January 16 to 28

There may well be a surge.. but of what kind we'll have to wait and see.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, vandeventer said:

Really, they need to celebrate in their own country until their covid is under control. Who knows how many variants they will bring? Common sense needed here.

Half of Thailand has Chinese ancestry... 

[vandeventer]

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

Half of Thailand has Chinese ancestry... 

That's not my fault.

[daveAustin]

18 hours ago, PMinThailand said:

Time to hide in the house for a couple of weeks to avoid being caught in the mess they always organize.

Indeed. The boomers whinge and duck for cover during Songkran. Now is the time to hide, during this imported non-event (for every other nation) no less.

[watchcat]

On 1/16/2023 at 4:08 AM, vandeventer said:

Really, they need to celebrate in their own country until their covid is under control. Who knows how many variants they will bring? Common sense needed here.

Sorry, wrong country.

[KannikaP]

22 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Half of Thailand has Chinese ancestry... 

So why don't the Thai half go to China to celebrate!   555

[hotchilli]

19 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

So why don't the Thai half go to China to celebrate!   555

Thrifty.

[vandeventer]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Thrifty.

So when they come back will they all give us a covid gift?

[Pedrogaz]

My opinion: the deterrent value is very small, and it will not work as desired ie make a meaningful improvement in Thai driving. For instance drink driving is 3 points......you can drink and drive 4 times before losing your license....is this insane or is it insane......speeding is 1 point, so you can speed all the time.

[Crossy]

11 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

My opinion: the deterrent value is very small, and it will not work as desired ie make a meaningful improvement in Thai driving. For instance drink driving is 3 points......you can drink and drive 4 times before losing your license....is this insane or is it insane......speeding is 1 point, so you can speed all the time.

 

Was this the right thread?

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, vandeventer said:

So when they come back will they all give us a covid gift?

Free gift same as last time... yes