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Arrival of Chinese Tour Groups Still Unexpectedly Low in Thailand, Says Leading Thai Tourism Association


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3 minutes ago, Willy Wombat said:

You lock everybody out for years and expect millions to come running back when you eventually open like Thailand is some sort of Garden of Eden.

Well that is what happened with Indian, then Russian tourists, no reason Chinese should be different. 

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After 3 years of purgatory international conflicts will not affect their travel plans.  They just finished their New Year.  I certainly am seeing many more maybe they just don't want to be controlled by tour logistics. 

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1 minute ago, bkk6060 said:

After 3 years of purgatory international conflicts will not affect their travel plans.  They just finished their New Year.  I certainly am seeing many more maybe they just don't want to be controlled by tour logistics. 

Air travel costs are probably still too high for the mass tour market to be attractive to native Chinese, FIT is much prefered anyway.

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1 hour ago, ChintaHuma said:

It takes time. How can Thailand expects pre-Covid Chinese arrivals in two months only. It will take a few years. 

Not according to TAT and the Tourism roadshow....lol

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January 2023 saw 99,500 Chinese visitors, that's about 40% of the 2022 total, just in one month.

 

2023 also saw 2.1 million International tourists in total, compared to 2.250 mill in December and 1.750 mill in November.

 

https://www.bot.or.th/App/BTWS_STAT/statistics/ReportPage.aspx?reportID=875&language=eng

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-pm-sees-over-30-mln-foreign-tourists-this-year-spokesperson-2023-02-07/#:~:text=Overall foreign tourist arrivals were,travel curbs were in place.

 

 

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9 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Yet Thailand has always insisted Thai tourism was but a small fraction of the GDP. It turns out they are more reliant in tourism then they say.

As you will already know from being subscribed to the Baht Thread, International Tourism represents about 12% of GDP whilst Domestic Tourism is about 8 or 9%. Domestic (Private) Consumption on the other hand is a major recipient of tourist spending and that represents 50% of GDP.

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3 hours ago, Gknrd said:

China is a walking time bomb, US economy is heading for recession. War in Russia, China will start supplying Russia with weapons, accompanied by mass sanctions. China will have no choice but to invade Taiwan to boost nationalism.   But, of course Thailand will boast a blistering tourist trade next week.  And all is well in the LOS's.

Spot on I will add the US is screwed from the top down! 

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