2 hours ago, Cabradelmar said:

Not everyone from Malaysia... there are day trippers from every country with a land boarder crossing, and they (as is everyone else is) are counted as "tourist"... stat-padding.

They have an adverse impact on figures the Tourism Ministry publish by reducing the average length of stay per tourist by country and the average daily spend per tourist by country. 

Edited July 5, 20233 yr by kinyara
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People here are always saying Pukett, Pattaya are the party capitals in Thailand. The best looking women and absolute wild Wild West is Kolok...  Muslims from Malaysia hit Kolok to get their groove on..

Edited July 5, 20233 yr by Gknrd

On 7/4/2023 at 4:54 PM, geisha said:

France , for example is the leader in tourist numbers ( around 66 million). The income per tourist is much higher . Thailand has 5 star hotels of course, but not that many. Most hotels in Thailand have hundreds of rooms, and are very cheap compared to Europe and US , or the Emirates. Have you actually seen the price of a room in Rome , Paris or Dubai ? Have a look. Or the Michelin starred restaurants? Thailand isn’t cheap because the airfare is expensive , the hotels and necessities of holidays are very cheap. The Chinese tour groups bring nothing , that’s well known.  Why ruin a country with hordes of Tourists when they are cheap ones, it’s just not feasible. 

I would be shocked if France didn't generate a higher income per tourist than Thailand, Thailand not  unnaturally draws the majority of its tourism from countries in Asia that have lower per capita income than France's Western neighbours and main customers. The market is priced accordingly. Do we really need to highlight the higher cost base of France compared to Thailand resulting is obviously higher cost of services and necessary higher spend ?

 

That said, is the French government or those in their tourist industry from top to bottom complaining about its success in attracting 66 million visitors, more than 50% higher volume than Thailand's peak to date, despite the overwhelming majority of them not eating in Michelin starred restaurants or staying in 5 star Paris hotels. My first foreign holiday was to France as a student inter-railing through the country and to fit our budget we stayed at campsites not higher cost hotels. Just googled it and there are now over 8,000 campsites serving tourists in France alongside lower cost Pension's, hostels, guest houses through to expensive hotels, something to fit the different levels of tourist budgets even in France, just like Thailand.

 

 

 

13 hours ago, Cabradelmar said:

Not everyone from Malaysia... there are day trippers from every country with a land boarder crossing, and they (as is everyone else is) are counted as "tourist"... stat-padding.

Be like the day trippers over the causeway from Saudi to Bahrain I expect....