Tat Promoting The Lousiest Beaches In Thailand

[cat5]

The Tourism Authority of Thailand is encouraging visitors to post blog content for inclusion on its web pages. Bearing in mind they are trying to promote Thailand, why on earth would they post something like this:

ht*p://amazingthailand.tourismthailand.org/thailand-tourism-update/forums/topic/thailands-lousiest-beaches-franks-ranking

Amazing Thailand!

Edited March 18, 2009 by Reimar
Changed Tot to Tat which is the right Nick.

[Boater]

The Tourism Authority of Thailand is encouraging visitors to post blog content for inclusion on its web pages. Bearing in mind they are trying to promote Thailand, why on earth would they post something like this:

ht*p://amazingthailand.tourismthailand.org/thailand-tourism-update/forums/topic/thailands-lousiest-beaches-franks-ranking

Amazing Thailand!

lol, only in Thailand.

doesnt this site have ANY mods??????? ........ as this thread gives a great impression of Thailands beaches

[chiang mai]

The Tourism Authority of Thailand is encouraging visitors to post blog content for inclusion on its web pages. Bearing in mind they are trying to promote Thailand, why on earth would they post something like this:

ht*p://amazingthailand.tourismthailand.org/thailand-tourism-update/forums/topic/thailands-lousiest-beaches-franks-ranking

Amazing Thailand!

I don't see that TAT is actually promoting those beaches. It's more a case that some Bangkok based Thai's (plus locals who live in the Chonburi area) will visit the area in question, just to be next to the sea, not necessarily to visit the beaches. Pick any country in the West and you can surely find beaches in similar shape, unfortunately.

[cat5]

The Tourism Authority of Thailand is encouraging visitors to post blog content for inclusion on its web pages. Bearing in mind they are trying to promote Thailand, why on earth would they post something like this:

ht*p://amazingthailand.tourismthailand.org/thailand-tourism-update/forums/topic/thailands-lousiest-beaches-franks-ranking

Amazing Thailand!

I don't see that TAT is actually promoting those beaches. It's more a case that some Bangkok based Thai's (plus locals who live in the Chonburi area) will visit the area in question, just to be next to the sea, not necessarily to visit the beaches. Pick any country in the West and you can surely find beaches in similar shape, unfortunately.

But if you were working for the Tourism Authority of Thailand, would you honestly put content like that on your website? I mean, it's not that they can't understand the text - just look at the pictures!!!

[sriracha john]

The Tourism Authority of Thailand is encouraging visitors to post blog content for inclusion on its web pages. Bearing in mind they are trying to promote Thailand, why on earth would they post something like this:

ht*p://amazingthailand.tourismthailand.org/thailand-tourism-update/forums/topic/thailands-lousiest-beaches-franks-ranking

Amazing Thailand!

I don't see that TAT is actually promoting those beaches.

It's on their website... with de facto promoting people to come and visit their septic tank.

[Birdman]

Only one possibility: Nobody has checked the forum yet.

[Richb2004v2]

I might add pictures of my local filth littered pit of a beach before I attempted to clean it up.

[neverdie]

I might add pictures of my local filth littered pit of a beach before I attempted to clean it up.

Its funny Richard because YOU and YOUR pictures were the first thing I thought of when I read the thread topic.

Dirty scoungy beaches for a dirty scoungy country

[Livinginexile]

The Tourism Authority of Thailand is encouraging visitors to post blog content for inclusion on its web pages. Bearing in mind they are trying to promote Thailand, why on earth would they post something like this:

ht*p://amazingthailand.tourismthailand.org/thailand-tourism-update/forums/topic/thailands-lousiest-beaches-franks-ranking

Amazing Thailand!

I don't see that TAT is actually promoting those beaches. It's more a case that some Bangkok based Thai's (plus locals who live in the Chonburi area) will visit the area in question, just to be next to the sea, not necessarily to visit the beaches. Pick any country in the West and you can surely find beaches in similar shape, unfortunately.

Is that right??? any country in the west has beaches like Thailand?

You ever been to Australia mate? or New Zealand?

Thai beaches are an international disgrace! Thier only concern at national level is how to get money off the tourists.

For example, I have only been to Pattaya once in my life, I left after one day. They have the cheek to promote that <deleted> hole as having "beautiful white sand beaches"

Except for a handfull of off shore islands I have yet to see an un polluted beach in Thailand. Including Hua Him.

[yabaaaa]

Face the facts and stop hiding a lot of thais are quite dirty rubbish is everywhere, yes it happens in the west but here the government seem to do little about it. In the Uk they will if notified clean it up.

My local 7/11 has about 2 metres of rubbish piled in its back yard its been that way for years and stinks!!

I hope people do look at the website and complain about the rubbish not the fact its on the website.

[bkkjames]

Not specificly related to beaches but some not so encouraging in-bound figures released yesterday...

February airport traffic tumbles

24 March 2009 10:56 Age: 1 days

February’s traffic records showed a 20% drop in passengers and 17% in aircraft movements.

Airports of Thailand’s statistics, for all of six airports, under its management, showed a continued decline in passenger traffic and aircraft movements that officials said was a worrisome trend.

January had showed a slight relief from the dismal declines of December 2008, (passengers down 18% and aircraft movements down 12%, compared with -27.94% and -35.98% in December). But that trend did not stand up in February --down 20.55% in passengers and 16.8% in aircraft movements.

The decline was over all six airports. Collectively they handled 27,515 aircraft movements (-16.8%) and 4,254,857 passengers (-20.55%).

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport recorded 3,037,097 passengers —2,384,229 international and 652,868 domestic. Passenger traffic was down 17.03%, when compared with February 2008. Aircraft movements, at 18,671, were down 13.23%.

Don Mueang Airport’s domestic aircraft movements shrank 42.1% to 3,756. Domestic passengers, at 323,307, dropped 40.82%.

Phuket Airport recorded 1,381 international aircraft movements and 219,057 international passengers, last month, representing declines of 23.87% and 27.58% respectively. Domestic passengers stood at 284,190 and domestic aircraft movements at 1,600.

International traffic at Chiang Mai Airport continued to shrink. In February, it had only 190 aircraft movements, a 37.91% drop and only 16,949 passengers, a 50.22% drop. There were 1,662 domestic aircraft movements and 223,917 passengers; down16.69% and 17.3% respectively.

Chiang Rai Airport’s aircraft movements stood at 422, a 29.19% decrease and passengers stood at 54,822, down 26.63%.

Hat Yai Airport recorded 94,869 passengers, an 18.08% drop and 720 aircraft movements, a18.64% droop. There was no international traffic at both airports.

Low-cost airlines carried 508,160 domestic (36.68% market share) and 258,124 international passengers (9.11% market share).

Low-cost airlines reduced international aircraft movements by 30.32% to 2,278 -- only 6.18% of all international flights. However, they still accounted for 38.53% of domestic aircraft movements.