Songkran Success: Tourist Surge Boosts Thai Economy

[factual monk]

This year the attendees were lesser than last year... but TAT will never accept...

Huge number of bookings were canceled after the Myanmar earthquake. Prior to The earthquake... there was much enthusiasm and The authorities had already invested for the Songkran events... they had no choice but to go on with it and then show inflated figures... but atleast those who could make it hopefully enjoyed the festival... 

[Reddavy]

4 hours ago, Dan O said:

Ahhh i see  

Because it’s BS 🤷🏼

[kiwikeith]

9 hours ago, blaze master said:

Wait till the hangover sets in. 

A disastrously idiot success , what is successful about hundreds of deaths and cars burning and being driven into crowds, is a few more tourists worth all this misery and death that come after, every year.

Its just senseless to teach little kids to throw water at bikes putting the kid and the biker in danger.

I stay far away from it

 

[connda]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Thailand is basking in the glow of a tourist boom as the Songkran festival draws an impressive 666,000 international visitors, reports revealed on Tuesday. The nation welcomed roughly 10.7 million tourists in 2025, raking in a whopping 510 billion baht from tourism-related income this year.

I'm waiting for the next news article which complains about all the bad, misbehaving, and rude foreigners during Songkran.

Those "WOW - Look at all the foreigners pouring into Thailand - Thailand make BIG MONEY, jing jing!" articles are usually followed within 24 hours by "'Bad, disrespectful farang did 'this' and did 'that' and the Thai public are OUTRAGED and SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!', say Pol Lt. Gen. Somchai Preetlejeep."  Coming soon....

[Luuk Chaai]

9 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

How do they gage such an accurate amount when it literally just finished a few days ago ?

 

What mechanisms are they using? 

 

 

Shrimp Buffet sales !

[connda]

9 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

A disastrously idiot success , what is successful about hundreds of deaths and cars burning and being driven into crowds, is a few more tourists worth all this misery and death that come after, every year.

Its just senseless to teach little kids to throw water at bikes putting the kid and the biker in danger.

I stay far away from it

 

It happens in every country during major holidays.  It's not unique to Thailand.

[blaze master]

1 minute ago, connda said:

It happens in every country during major holidays.  It's not unique to Thailand.

 

I don't normally see news in canada that valentines day or Easter brought in 2 billion zillion million billion dollars. 

[BexMan]

7 hours ago, Dan O said:

Can you share a link as I've never seen it published here or anywhere else

Interesting question, WHO states a Thai average of 20000 a year. Latest figures I could see was for 2021 when Thailand had 18218 road traffic deaths. So usual 50 road deaths a day which is higher than the Songkran rate this year, so far.

[DonniePeverley]

8 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

It is so fantastic they really should consider having Songkran every month.  Big bucks!

 

Or .... Christmas could be everyday. And Songkran on the evenings everyday. 

 

 

[DonniePeverley]

3 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

I don't normally see news in canada that valentines day or Easter brought in 2 billion zillion million billion dollars. 

 

 

Yeah on the 26th December, you don't have countries like the UK, or USA able to report the financial outcome that quick after the Christmas rush.

 

These are countries where most of the economy (not all) has shifted digitially, and they still cannot get that financial information out the next day (it usually takes months). 

 

In Japan it takes time for any financial reports for the whole country to hit when Golden week finishes. 

 

I can't ever recall America able to release financial details for the whole country the day after Thanksgiving for that holiday.

 

THAILAND IS LEADING THE WORLD IN ACCOUNTING. THEY CAN EVEN GAGE HOW MUCH VENDORS, STREET FOOD VENDORS, MARKETS, MASSAGE PARLOURS, INDEPENDENT RESTAURANTS, BARS, CLUBS, MECHANICS, ARE MAKING IN CASH because they are all friends. 

 

 

 

 

[save the frogs]

I'm hearing a lot of sirens the past 3 nights.

 

Seems there must be a lot of accidents out there. Not sure if there is also violence that isn't being reported ... 

[rough diamond]

21 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

I'm hearing a lot of sirens the past 3 nights

If they annoy I suggest you wear earplugs!