Popular Post snoop1130 Posted Friday at 09:18 AM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 09:18 AM Thailand is preparing for a significant increase in tourists, with expectations of record visitor numbers from Malaysia, India, South Korea, and Russia in 2024. This is due to the strong support from the government and the country's positive global image. The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) predicts that arrivals from Malaysia will rise to 5 million this year, topping the previous record of 4.27 million in 2019. According to ATTA's President, Sisdivachr Cheewarattanaporn, the organization anticipates welcoming 2 million visitors each from India and South Korea. This is higher than their 2019 figures of 1.96 million and 1.88 million visitors respectively. Russian tourist numbers are also predicted to reach 1.8 million, surpassing the1.74 million that visited in 2023. However, Chinese tourists are expected to continue to be the largest group of visitors to Thailand. It's estimated that about 7 million will arrive this year. Cheewarattanaporn said he expects total foreign arrivals to exceed 35 million in 2024, which is close to the government's ambitious goal of 36.7 million. Whether the government target is met will depend on marketing campaigns in the later part of the year, including roadshow events targeting specific overseas markets. In the first six months of the year, Thailand welcomed 17 million foreign tourists, with 3.5 million of them being from China. To further increase tourist numbers, ATTA plans to collaborate with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to organize roadshow events in major Chinese cities such as Zhengzhou, Changsha, and Xi’an in September. Additionally, Cheewarattanaporn expects a boost in tourism in Bangkok's Chinatown after its spotlight in a music video by K-pop star Lisa from BLACKPINK. Lisa, who has a massive global following, released a music video featuring the iconic neighborhood of Yaowarat in Bangkok. The video, titled "Rockstar," has already gained over 5 million views just three hours after its release on YouTube. File photo for reference only -- 2024-06-28 Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post candide Posted Friday at 02:07 PM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 02:07 PM More"quality" tourists! 😀 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChaiyaTH Posted Friday at 02:13 PM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 02:13 PM NOOOO... NOT AGAIN.... at this point these news articles are almost torture. 1 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Olav Seglem Posted Friday at 11:18 PM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 11:18 PM " and the countrys positive global image".... Where ???? Maybe once, but not anymore .. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted Friday at 11:20 PM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 11:20 PM 14 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Thailand is preparing for a significant increase in tourists, with expectations of record visitor numbers from Malaysia, India, South Korea, and Russia in 2024. This is due to the strong support from the government and the country's positive global image They really do like listening to their own drivel. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted Friday at 11:21 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:21 PM 1 minute ago, Olav Seglem said: " and the countrys positive global image".... Where ???? Maybe once, but not anymore .. Pattaya. S.E.Asias biggest cat-house. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luuk Chaai Posted Friday at 11:21 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:21 PM Thailand yo-yo syndrome it's up! it's down ! we expect millions more.. it's falling flat ! maybe we need to send them a double headed coin so they can be consistant ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jippytum Posted yesterday at 01:43 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:43 AM ievery day you get these forcasts the predict how many visitors or how many millions such a music festival or other promotion will make. All pie in the sky. Boring guess work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celsius Posted yesterday at 01:46 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:46 AM And i expect Biden to win the elections 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted yesterday at 01:46 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:46 AM Umh, chaps, we're already halfway through 2024, and not really any sign yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted yesterday at 02:08 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:08 AM 16 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Additionally, Cheewarattanaporn expects a boost in tourism in Bangkok's Chinatown after its spotlight in a music video by K-pop star Lisa from BLACKPINK. Lisa, who has a massive global following, released a music video featuring the iconic neighborhood of Yaowarat in Bangkok. The video, titled "Rockstar," has already gained over 5 million views just three hours after its release on YouTube. Well I watched the video, purely in the interests of research you understand! Chinatown got about 5 seconds in the opening shots so I doubt that it will get that much of a surge - interesting that the 7/11 sign was changed to a yellow star on a red background! She is a very pretty girl, although personally I preferred the image flogging mobile phones outside 7/11 (oh those boots!). As a rapper - well there was no f'ing and blinding, gang signs or drive by shootings, and she doesn't appear to have a "bitch" so I didn't rate it on that score. Also I understood every word! A pleasant video, easy on the eye and carried a jolly tune. Good for watching/listening with a cup of tea in the morning sunshine on my verandah. I doubt it will add the millions to the tourist numbers though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapamita Posted yesterday at 02:12 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:12 AM 2 Russian Agencys report a 62% downfall in russian tourist to thailand , followed by aegypt in the 5 five month 24 minimum in Najomtien i can confirm much much less russian holidaymakers even until march( i say holidaymakers not expats) #most time TATS numers are out of reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted yesterday at 02:20 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:20 AM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroubleandGrumpy Posted yesterday at 03:30 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:30 AM The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) predicts .................. another load of total khrapp. Just like TAT counting border crossings with Malaysia, Cambodia and Laos as 'visitors'. Russian tourism will drop a lot this year because the war will be ended soon. Sth Koreans dont view Thailand like they used to, and the countries are in dispute over Thais being blocked from entering Sth Korea. India - fair enough - they are growing big time as world travelers. But the reality is that those Indians with money go to Dubai, Singapore, Europe etc. Those with less money come to Thailand and Vietnam - but not many come back twice - except those visiting Pattaya. China will continue to be the dominant source of tourists - but are they true 'quality' tourists coming now/future. Plus of course there were two places that Chinese escaped Mao - Taiwan and Thailand. There are a LOT of Chinese people entering Thailand every year for business and to visit family and friends, but TAT counts them all as 'visitors' - same as all the Malays doing the same down south. IMO if TAT could count all the illegals entering Thailand, they would also count them as visitors - maybe they do? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted yesterday at 04:03 AM Share Posted yesterday at 04:03 AM 4 hours ago, hotchilli said: They really do like listening to their own drivel. It keeps somebody in a job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted yesterday at 04:18 AM Share Posted yesterday at 04:18 AM Them guys need to get more, It's not happening where I live, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted yesterday at 04:24 AM Share Posted yesterday at 04:24 AM (edited) 19 hours ago, snoop1130 said: This is due to the strong support from the government and the country's positive global image. details please, make it simple - just name 5 then name the serious negative image as read in the news every single day from violence to accidents and all in between - from a democracy joke to blatant corruption, and of course prostitution doesn't exist in all the main tourist areas - are you ### kidding Edited yesterday at 04:29 AM by smedly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokwit Posted yesterday at 04:42 AM Share Posted yesterday at 04:42 AM Still some barrels left to scrape the bottom of it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted yesterday at 04:48 AM Share Posted yesterday at 04:48 AM Thailand expected to see a significant increase in tourists Well of course, currently low season, soooooooooo… 🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender19 Posted yesterday at 11:17 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:17 AM And yesterday they were saying they are not going to meet their target of 1 trillion tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouatchee Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago and this week on AN there was a shortfall on spending of 1.2tn bht? cant seem to make their minds up these geniuses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago (edited) Blue Tree Phuket announced on June 22, 2024 that the decision to cease operations of Blue Tree Lagoon, the company's main business segment, on 1 August 2024, was made to meet changing customer demands. Edited 10 hours ago by ChipButty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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