By Tanakorn Panyadee

The Tourism Industry Council of Thailand predicted to see more than 30 million tourists traveling to Thailand throughout 2023, pumping 3 trillion baht into the country’s economic circulation.

Chamnan Srisawat, the council chairman, stated on Tuesday January 31st, that Thailand’s tourism was on an upward trend and was recovering rapidly. He expected that more than 30 million international tourists, which was closing the gap to the pre-outbreak level of 40 million in 2019, would visit the country in 2023.

 

The challenging issue now was to restrengthen the private sector battered by the pandemic. Chamnan said that the private sector still needed supportive funding, labor, knowledge, and innovation to welcome the return of tourists in this booming year.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/02/01/thailand-forecasts-30-million-foreign-tourists-in-2023/

 

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Glad to see that predicted numbers are rising again. I was almost worried why there wasn't an upgrade over the past two weeks, but I'm sure that, towards the end of this year, the forecasts will be in the 80 to 100 million range (well above actual tourist numbers anyway)... ????

 

Also, I'm happy for Thailand that, supposedly, each of the tourists (from toddlers to grannies) will spend 100,000 baht over their one-week stay in Thailand. (I myself am looking forward to my gold-leaf breakfasts while there.)

They missed a Zero in the end!!

 

17 minutes ago, RandiRona said:

They missed a Zero in the end!!

Maybe. But millions of Laotian and Cambodian millionaires are still packing their suitcases with their currency, so they haven't actually booked their Thailand holiday yet...

They just can't help themselves, can they?? With all the economist's prediction of a looming recession and economies slowing down the world over coming this year, they should be very grateful anyone is coming to LOS.  

On 3 January, TCT (Tourism Council of Thailand) forecast 20 mill.

 

On 11 January in the Bangkok Post, Krungthai forecast 22.5 mill.

 

On 24 January The Diplomat reported a government forecast of 25 mill.

 

On 2 February, TCT forecasts 30 mill.

 

 

They do seem to do a lot of forecasting.

More TAT numbers. 555555555555

9 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

On 3 January, TCT (Tourism Council of Thailand) forecast 20 mill.

 

On 11 January in the Bangkok Post, Krungthai forecast 22.5 mill.

 

On 24 January The Diplomat reported a government forecast of 25 mill.

 

On 2 February, TCT forecasts 30 mill.

 

 

Only the sky seems to be the limit. Does anyone believe these guys? Does anyone care? There is no credibility, so why would anyone listen to these inane predictions? There are so many variables, and none are likely taken into account. A looming recession. Issues plaguing Thailand, that were never addressed. The foul, bent cop publicity. Continued repression by the leadership. One could go on all day. 

3 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Only the sky seems to be the limit. Does anyone believe these guys? Does anyone care? There is no credibility, so why would anyone listen to these inane predictions? There are so many variables, and none are likely taken into account. A looming recession. Issues plaguing Thailand, that were never addressed. The foul, bent cop publicity. Continued repression by the leadership. One could go on all day. 

I think they must use a forecast model that extrapolates the figures today and projects them forward, without regard to much of anything other than arrivals. We should be careful, they might just turn out to be right.

 

But the other things you mentioned clearly are not influencing factors, leadership repression (whatever that is) and bent cop publicity, almost certainly won't affect tourist arrivals. Remember 2010 when there were tanks and snipers on the streets? Tourist arrivals took a quick hit but they bounced right back.

 

The factors, I think, that might come into play later in the year are 1) recessionary spending  2) cost of travel 3) climate. If the Baht holds about 32, the Baht will be fair value, if it strengthens below that, there will probably be losses relative to how much it strengthens.

The greed is very much instilled into society, no matter where on the scale. 

Ain’t gonna happen .. more TIT from TAT “:0) 55555

16 minutes ago, rankric said:

The greed is very much instilled into society, no matter where on the scale. 

.....but are'nt they Buddhists, that's not what Buddha advocated! ????

Bet some of the good ole boys in the RTP are licking their chops thinking, "Easy money" will soon be flowing....Shake and Bake!!!  Just ask s Charlene An....

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The Tourism Industry Council of Thailand predicted to see more than 30 million tourists traveling to Thailand throughout 2023, pumping 3 trillion baht into the country’s economic circulation

More predictions from TAT, almost daily now.

Tomorrow we'll have how much they're going to spend.

Yes I am sure there will be more.. after the promotion of Thailand... Ban on e cigarettes and scam by the police... Visas on arrival are questionable too, alcoholsales hours, and many more " incidents" in the news , thailand will be very attractive for the tourists 

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Only the sky seems to be the limit. Does anyone believe these guys? Does anyone care? There is no credibility, so why would anyone listen to these inane predictions? There are so many variables, and none are likely taken into account. A looming recession. Issues plaguing Thailand, that were never addressed. The foul, bent cop publicity. Continued repression by the leadership. One could go on all day. 

Nope. I take everything they say and do with a pinch of salt, much like the RTP. They’re full of it and do all this blathering for face and job justification. Donkeys. 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The challenging issue now was to restrengthen the private sector battered by the pandemic.

The private sector wasn't battered by the pandemic. The private sector was battered by governments' response to the pandemic.

Gotta love their logic:  The currency rises—so more and more will come….yeah, right.

Did they say how many Chinese tourist with new variants of covid are coming?

2 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

On 3 January, TCT (Tourism Council of Thailand) forecast 20 mill.

 

On 11 January in the Bangkok Post, Krungthai forecast 22.5 mill.

 

On 24 January The Diplomat reported a government forecast of 25 mill.

 

On 2 February, TCT forecasts 30 mill.

 

 

On this basis, December should see 140,000,000, the population of Thailand will have to relocate to make room.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

More predictions from TAT, almost daily now.

Tomorrow we'll have how much they're going to spend.

This time it is from the TIC. The tourism industry council. Prior to this article, likely only a few hundred people ever heard of their existence. Much ado over nothing. 

55 minutes ago, Eleftheros said:

The private sector wasn't battered by the pandemic. The private sector was battered by governments' response to the pandemic.

Spot on. The highly selective shutdowns, which favored army cronies, and punished the common man were cruel and very unnecessary. Remember the prohibition on beer and wine in restaurants? As if every glass of wine contained covid. 

 

You cannot shut down the entire tourism industry for nearly 2 years, decimate the nightlife, hotels, restaurants and countless related businesses, engage in a very poorly planned vaccination program, create a climate of fear and panic, and then just expect because you open your doors again, tens of millions will flood in. The world does not work like that. Thailand is NOT the center of the known universe. It is becoming less relevant by the minute.

 

Tourists are forgetting Thailand. Thailand needs foreigners 100x more than they need Thailand. 

 

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

This time it is from the TIC. The tourism industry council. Prior to this article, likely only a few hundred people ever heard of their existence. Much ado over nothing. 

TIC, TCT, TAT, sound, like the name of a game show. C'mon down and play TIC TCT TAC. 

1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:

Spot on. The highly selective shutdowns, which favored army cronies, and punished the common man were cruel and very unnecessary. Remember the prohibition on beer and wine in restaurants? As if every glass of wine contained covid. 

 

You cannot shut down the entire tourism industry for nearly 2 years, decimate the nightlife, hotels, restaurants and countless related businesses, engage in a very poorly planned vaccination program, create a climate of fear and panic, and then just expect because you open your doors again, tens of millions will flood in. The world does not work like that. Thailand is NOT the center of the known universe. It is becoming less relevant by the minute.

 

Tourists are forgetting Thailand. Thailand needs foreigners 100x more than they need Thailand. 

 

At the risk of sounding pantomimish.....Oh yes they can!

I forecast rain at times,never correctly 

If these naive tourists bothered to check the toxic, cancer causing air quality everywhere,

they certainly wouldn't go to Thailand. 

2 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

I think they must use a forecast model that extrapolates the figures today and projects them forward, without regard to much of anything other than arrivals. We should be careful, they might just turn out to be right.

 

But the other things you mentioned clearly are not influencing factors, leadership repression (whatever that is) and bent cop publicity, almost certainly won't affect tourist arrivals. Remember 2010 when there were tanks and snipers on the streets? Tourist arrivals took a quick hit but they bounced right back.

 

The factors, I think, that might come into play later in the year are 1) recessionary spending  2) cost of travel 3) climate. If the Baht holds about 32, the Baht will be fair value, if it strengthens below that, there will probably be losses relative to how much it strengthens.

I thought they consulted a crystal ball

 

3 minutes ago, koolkarl said:

If these naive tourists bothered to check the toxic, cancer causing air quality everywhere,

they certainly wouldn't go to Thailand. 

Apparently you've never been to China, Shenyang and the Pearl River Delta are certainly more polluted than Thailand.

But we all need a tourist visa to manipulate the system. It doesn't mean I'm going straight to the beach.