Impact of Gaza conflict on tourism in Thailand [Video]

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Thai PBS World has spoken with a Thai tour operator who specialises in the Israeli market about the impact of the ongoing conflict in Gaza on his business.

 

 

Source: Thai PBS 2023-10-21

 

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[MikeandDow]

Typical Thai mentality, dont bother about people dying, the tourist are not comming no money !!!!

[StayinThailand2much]

29 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

Typical Thai mentality, dont bother about people dying, the tourist are not comming no money !!!!

Yes. Few could spell the word 'hospitality', but many, probably 'money'...

[connda]

Lets see.
Ok, Israeli reservists, about 300k won't be coming to Thailand unless they are fleeing the reactivation notice.
Palestinians in Gaza won't be coming as most of them would never be coming anyway as most are locked behind the Israeli-built border wall that creates the conditions of the world's largest open-air prison.

Who does that leave?  No many.

So, the new Israel-Palestinian War will probably have about zero impact on tourism, well, unless the global fear-mongering agencies crank the "terrorists are gonna get you if you travel" rhetoric.  Which of course, they are.

 

Edited October 21, 2023 by connda

[SomNaNa555]

No mention of the 2.3 million Palestinians who can not travel ANYWHERE because the land stealing Israelis have them imprisoned and with their boots on their necks for the past 75 years! 

[Morch]

6 minutes ago, SomNaNa555 said:

No mention of the 2.3 million Palestinians who can not travel ANYWHERE because the land stealing Israelis have them imprisoned and with their boots on their necks for the past 75 years! 

Maybe its because reality is a bit more complicated than your slogans.

 

The blockade on the Gaza Strip was not always in place. It's there for a reason. Maybe something to do with Hamas's agenda and actions? The same blockade is maintained by Gaza Strip's other neighbor - Egypt. If Egypt wished it, the people of Gaza Could be on the next flight from Cairo to Bangkok.

 

Referencing 75 years implies either ignorance, or a position rejecting Israel's existence. Israel was founded in 1948. From 1949 to 1967, the Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule.

 

 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

Typical Thai mentality, dont bother about people dying, the tourist are not comming no money !!!!

Thailand has a skewed vision on priorities.

[EchoPlus]

Israel is at war.

Israeli tourists are cancelling their trips.

Really?

How surprising.

This is really priceless journalism.

Bookmarking PBS channel now.

 

[Stargeezr]

Well, I think tourism in Isreal and Palistine has also been affected.  Any posters here

planning a fun trip to either of those countries?  Hamas should all be treated as terrorists, right up to and 

especially their leaders, like the one living in Doha.