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Thailand Welcomes 26M Tourists, Rakes In 1.214 Trillion Baht


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11 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

26 million international tourists from January 1 to October 1, generating a sizable 1.214 trillion baht in revenue.

So every one of those 26 million tourists spent, on average, Bht 46,692. 

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Wonder what all the misinformed members on this forum will have to say now. Last time I posted about that they will not reach their target of over 3 trillion baht 2024, there were many that said they were close already., as they didn´t understand the news that time. How is it this time guys? Have the baht finally fallen down and you see the light? Or are they same close like last time? 🤣

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13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand's tourism sector has made a robust comeback, welcoming over 26 million international tourists from January 1 to October 1, generating a sizable 1.214 trillion baht in revenue. Sorawong Thienthong, Minister of Tourism and Sports, announced these impressive figures, signalling a strong recovery for the nation as a premier travel destination.

Thank you for the update  :coffee1:

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Wasn't the target for tourism 3.5 trillion baht this year? I seem to remember this number from the near daily TAT briefings. Headline should read "Thailand lures tourists, and rakes in 1.2 trillion baht."

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Cheap mass tourism has turned away quality spending tourists. 

 

The solution should not be add more cheap tourists to make up for the shortfall in income. 

 

Disgraceful, and an enviromental disaster. 

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On 10/2/2024 at 4:46 PM, snoop1130 said:

welcoming over 26 million international tourists from January 1 to October 1, generating a sizable 1.214 trillion baht in revenue.

 

I'm sure the Chinese owners of the hotels, restaurants and attractions they visit will be satisfied

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7 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

Cheap mass tourism has turned away quality spending tourists. 

 

The solution should not be add more cheap tourists to make up for the shortfall in income. 

 

Disgraceful, and an enviromental disaster. 

I agree ..  but I don’t think Thailand is set up for nor has the country invested in things like domestic infrastructure, to really make a competitive pitch to attract the high yield tourist.. that’s things like domestic transport, tourist safety and really creating authentic “experience” events.

 

I ALSO think something that has long HELPED thailand- is also something that is going to HURT them in their pivot to higher yielding tourists .. Thailand has long, long been seen externally as — and has long lived off a reputation as a “cheap” mass tourism destination … and I don’t higher yielding folks are going to be attracted to places that carry a moniker of “cheap” IMHO 

Posted
17 hours ago, Paradise Pete said:

 

Does that seem unreasonable? The tourists who I know spend 3 to 4 times that amount.

But your number is not the average of all tourists, is it.

Posted
17 hours ago, Paradise Pete said:

 

Does that seem unreasonable? The tourists who I know spend 3 to 4 times that amount.

 

 I guess the tourists you know are the 2 week UK millionaires, and we know on what they spend it, and how thin on the ground they are these days.

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3 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

Cheap mass tourism has turned away quality spending tourists. 

 

The solution should not be add more cheap tourists to make up for the shortfall in income. 

 

Disgraceful, and an enviromental disaster. 

     Actually, a thread from awhile back said just the opposite for this year so far.  Thailand is attracting enough high-end tourists but falling short on lower economic visitors.  TAT may give lip service to high-end tourists but, ideally, you want a diverse economic mix of visitors to fill the diverse economic mix of low budget to expensive 5-star hotels that Thailand has.  

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