snoop1130 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Thailand saw 446,936 foreign tourists in the first week of May 2023, a slight decline due to the end of the long holiday in many regions, said the Office of the Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports. The office estimated that there would be at least 2 million tourists visiting the country in May mainly from ASEAN countries, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. However, as of May 8th, there has been a slight decrease in the number of foreign tourists after the end of the long holiday in many regions. As a result, in the past week (May 1st-7th), there were 446,936 foreign tourists entering Thailand, which is slightly lower than the previous week’s forecast. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/05/09/thailand-sees-more-than-400000-foreign-tourists-in-first-week-of-may/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2023-05-09 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. The most versatile and flexible rental investment and holiday home solution in Thailand - click for more information. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Low season. Of course its lower. Same every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RAZZELL Posted May 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2023 What current BS numbers are they using now? I thought TAT predicted 25m tourists this year? RAZZ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteman Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 looks like pig really do fly with these figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke1959 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Probably it will go down as my Embassy gave a warning that there are this weekend elections and there could be demonstration.. Advice to stay away from gatherings and demonstrations as for the harsh police interferences... Good for tourism or not?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted May 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2023 Amazing how they can tell to the last digit how many people entered, just waiting for the "how much they all spent" to the last baht in tomorrows press release. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 12 hours ago, RAZZELL said: What current BS numbers are they using now? I thought TAT predicted 25m tourists this year? RAZZ Perhaps they're counting every entering individual twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Maybe they could tell us where they all went to, The best indication is when you have a drive around, Sunday I had to go check for a friend at a 5 star hotel in Karon it was around 11 am the place was dead even the receptionist said it's quiet, driving back through Kata to Rawai it was quiet not many people about, Monday evening I had a drive around Nai Harn about 5 pm not many people about around the lake it was mostly Thai people jogging or walking, Today I have to go to the airport will be around Noon, So where are they all TAT? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoilSpoil Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 hour ago, hotchilli said: Amazing how they can tell to the last digit how many people entered, just waiting for the "how much they all spent" to the last baht in tomorrows press release. Why amazing? Simple query ran over the Immigration database will give you this ujmber in a heartbeat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoilSpoil Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Just now, SoilSpoil said: Why amazing? Simple query ran over the Immigration database will give you this number in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 How do they get the exact figure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 5 hours ago, ikke1959 said: Probably it will go down as my Embassy gave a warning that there are this weekend elections and there could be demonstration.. Advice to stay away from gatherings and demonstrations as for the harsh police interferences... Good for tourism or not?? Yes if it isn't the result people want keep your heads down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyara Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 31 minutes ago, Almer said: How do they get the exact figure? When you arrive in the country you stand in a queue and your details are entered into the immigration computer system. Amazing isn't it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyara Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 16 hours ago, RAZZELL said: What current BS numbers are they using now? I thought TAT predicted 25m tourists this year? RAZZ They estimated between 24m - 30mm. So far they year to date have exceeded 2m + per month, 12 * 2m = 24m. No BS just reporting actual arrivals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 17 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The office estimated that there would be at least 2 million tourists visiting the country in May mainly from ASEAN countries, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. 447 K number of Tourists is just a tad more than a " slight decline " Its 20 % or so less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyara Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, Cake Monster said: 447 K number of Tourists is just a tad more than a " slight decline " Its 20 % or so less 446,936 / 7 * 31 = 1,979,288 1.03% short of at least 2m arrivals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZZELL Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 47 minutes ago, kinyara said: They estimated between 24m - 30mm. So far they year to date have exceeded 2m + per month, 12 * 2m = 24m. No BS just reporting actual arrivals. Do you work for TAT? Everyone knows that the first 3-4 months are the "high season", with Christmas, New Year, Chinese New Year and Songkran. They're not even getting an average of 2m a month now. They'll be lucky to break 20m - which is HALF of pre-covid levels. RAZZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 The "Office of the Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports" needs to be awarded a medal - or even better = give 'em two. I'm always appalled by the EXACT number of alien crossing into the holy land; there must be hundreds if not thousands of "number counting officers"; I for one would use the scare government resources of tourism budgets to improve the image, get the product streamlined promoted professionally for quality tourism. Until then I shall get some more popcorn and wait for the next avalanche of numbers being drizzled all over those empty hotels and restaurants looking depressed into a bleak future of countless tourists from India, China and North Asia - most of them in the "zero dollar" category. The few Laotian shoppers and the Malay gents crossing for some bedsheet fun might not affect the tourism gauge that much ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyara Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 25 minutes ago, RAZZELL said: Do you work for TAT? Everyone knows that the first 3-4 months are the "high season", with Christmas, New Year, Chinese New Year and Songkran. They're not even getting an average of 2m a month now. They'll be lucky to break 20m - which is HALF of pre-covid levels. RAZZ No, but I do look at the statistics every month. Jan - 2,144,948 Feb - 2,133,550 Mar - 2,219,040 Apr - 2,130,715 May ( est. see above ) - 446,936 / 7 / * 31 = 1,979,288 10.6 millon after 5 months is an average of over 2.1 million a month. If you look back at recent years pre-covid the Chinese and Indian markets have reduced the variation between the old " high season " model. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyara Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 39 minutes ago, Sydebolle said: The "Office of the Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports" needs to be awarded a medal - or even better = give 'em two. I'm always appalled by the EXACT number of alien crossing into the holy land; there must be hundreds if not thousands of "number counting officers"; I for one would use the scare government resources of tourism budgets to improve the image, get the product streamlined promoted professionally for quality tourism. Until then I shall get some more popcorn and wait for the next avalanche of numbers being drizzled all over those empty hotels and restaurants looking depressed into a bleak future of countless tourists from India, China and North Asia - most of them in the "zero dollar" category. The few Laotian shoppers and the Malay gents crossing for some bedsheet fun might not affect the tourism gauge that much ???? The good news is you don't need to be appalled any more, those hundreds if not thousands of " number counting officers " were replaced by a thing called the computer years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 6 hours ago, kinyara said: The good news is you don't need to be appalled any more, those hundreds if not thousands of " number counting officers " were replaced by a thing called the computer years ago. Which, more than once, did not work online at the FB 1 in Nong Khai. Possibly batching data later on is done yet I seriously wonder, how these figures are compiled. The TM6 card is obsolete unless you cross overland while nobody knows, how many dual nationals enter with a non-Thai passport by plane shows as a tourist? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 20 hours ago, kinyara said: No, but I do look at the statistics every month. Jan - 2,144,948 Feb - 2,133,550 Mar - 2,219,040 Apr - 2,130,715 May ( est. see above ) - 446,936 / 7 / * 31 = 1,979,288 10.6 millon after 5 months is an average of over 2.1 million a month. If you look back at recent years pre-covid the Chinese and Indian markets have reduced the variation between the old " high season " model. Exactly. Pattaya, for one, no longer has low and high seasons. Instead, it's busy and busier seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 11:34 AM, kinyara said: When you arrive in the country you stand in a queue and your details are entered into the immigration computer system. Amazing isn't it. So would I be a tourist UK born lived here 25; years and always without exception enter through the Thai only desk, and yes you are correct " Amazing isn't it" that then figures are so accurate well done ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 On 5/9/2023 at 7:02 PM, RAZZELL said: What current BS numbers are they using now? I thought TAT predicted 25m tourists this year? RAZZ 2 million in the month of May, times 12 months in the year plus a few more in high season = about 25 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyara Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Almer said: 1 hour ago, Almer said: So would I be a tourist UK born lived here 25; years and always without exception enter through the Thai only desk, and yes you are correct " Amazing isn't it" that then figures are so accurate well done ???????? Depends on what passport you are on, not sure whether mentioning you go through the Thai only desk signifies you have a dual Thai passport, and what visa you have - tourist visa or 30 day exempt for tourism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZZELL Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 1 hour ago, KannikaP said: 2 million in the month of May, times 12 months in the year plus a few more in high season = about 25 million. Well, it won't be 12 x 2m as it only just reached 2 million during this high season! RAZZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 13 minutes ago, RAZZELL said: Well, it won't be 12 x 2m as it only just reached 2 million during this high season! RAZZ Sorry, I missed the sarcasm emoji on my post. 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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