bangon04 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Strange how there was no press release highlighting another recent survey that placed Thailand outside the top 100 in a Quality of Life index published by International Living magazine.http://www1.internationalliving.com/qofl2010/ Of course not. It's not exactly something to boast about or proud of, is it? ..and the "achievement " of coming in at 9th most dangerous country out of 196 - see other thread on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Perhaps Swedish tastes and preferences are skewed towards the offerings of Thailand? Sweden has an almost insignificant population of 9million, so what does the award mean in terms of the big picture? I don't mean that in a negative way as I am sure that Swedish people are important in their own way, but it's the heavyweight populations of Germany, France, Italy & the UK that count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tejas Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Strange how there was no press release highlighting another recent survey that placed Thailand outside the top 100 in a Quality of Life index published by International Living magazine.http://www1.internationalliving.com/qofl2010/ Of course not. It's not exactly something to boast about or proud of, is it? ..and the "achievement " of coming in at 9th most dangerous country out of 196 - see other thread on the subject. Here is a running thread: Foreign Tourists Urged To Stay Away From Bangkok 12 Countries issue travel warning I guess when people are urged to stay away you go to the top of the list. That actually makes sense in the world we are living in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 There's no telling what handing out a few complimentary trips can accomplish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAWP Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Perhaps Swedish tastes and preferences are skewed towards the offerings of Thailand? Sweden has an almost insignificant population of 9million, so what does the award mean in terms of the big picture? I don't mean that in a negative way as I am sure that Swedish people are important in their own way, but it's the heavyweight populations of Germany, France, Italy & the UK that count. 9 million people but a capita travel to Thailand that is substantially higher than UK, US, Germany, France etc... http://www2.tat.or.th/stat/web/static_download.php?Rpt=ita Latest is 2007, accomulated Jan to Dec. (Second option) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Perhaps Swedish tastes and preferences are skewed towards the offerings of Thailand? Sweden has an almost insignificant population of 9million, so what does the award mean in terms of the big picture? I don't mean that in a negative way as I am sure that Swedish people are important in their own way, but it's the heavyweight populations of Germany, France, Italy & the UK that count. Stop bashing Swedes or, or ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priceless Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Perhaps Swedish tastes and preferences are skewed towards the offerings of Thailand? Sweden has an almost insignificant population of 9million, so what does the award mean in terms of the big picture? I don't mean that in a negative way as I am sure that Swedish people are important in their own way, but it's the heavyweight populations of Germany, France, Italy & the UK that count. 9 million people but a capita travel to Thailand that is substantially higher than UK, US, Germany, France etc... http://www2.tat.or.th/stat/web/static_download.php?Rpt=ita Latest is 2007, accomulated Jan to Dec. (Second option) It could be added that in 2008 (latest year with full year sums available) there were as many arrivals from Sweden as there were from France, and more than twice as many as from Italy. (Source: http://www.tourism.go.th/2009/en/statistic...rism.php?cid=25 ) One might also make a case for seeing all of the Nordic countries (i.e. Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) as a single "source market", which would make it as large as UK and much larger than any of the other European countries (or USA or Australia, for that matter). / Priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisaketmike Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 "Travel news".Lived in Sweden for 36 years, never heard of it. Agree ... and i can add a few years to your 36 also. How should you know that, if you’re always going out to the woods…that nobody else can see you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Perhaps Swedish tastes and preferences are skewed towards the offerings of Thailand? Sweden has an almost insignificant population of 9million, so what does the award mean in terms of the big picture? I don't mean that in a negative way as I am sure that Swedish people are important in their own way, but it's the heavyweight populations of Germany, France, Italy & the UK that count. 9 million people but a capita travel to Thailand that is substantially higher than UK, US, Germany, France etc... http://www2.tat.or.th/stat/web/static_download.php?Rpt=ita Latest is 2007, accomulated Jan to Dec. (Second option) It could be added that in 2008 (latest year with full year sums available) there were as many arrivals from Sweden as there were from France, and more than twice as many as from Italy. (Source: http://www.tourism.go.th/2009/en/statistic...rism.php?cid=25 ) One might also make a case for seeing all of the Nordic countries (i.e. Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) as a single "source market", which would make it as large as UK and much larger than any of the other European countries (or USA or Australia, for that matter). / Priceless I seem to remember that Scandinavians were one of the highest proportions of Tsunami victims too .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmac Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 And to reward all those Scandinavians flocking to LOS, I see that Thai is going to reduce their flights to Oslo from daily to 5 times a week. Now there's gratitude for you! http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Thai-Airways...ed-t339889.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animatic Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 It's amazing what acute depression, minimal exposure to sunlight in February and severe cabin fever will do to a mind, to aggressively paper over things before their very eyes, in exchange from an extra 2 weeks stay in the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priceless Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 "Travel news".Lived in Sweden for 36 years, never heard of it. Agree ... and i can add a few years to your 36 also. Maybe neither of you were in the travel industry? "Travel news" is a publication aimed at travel agents, hotel management, airlines etc. It is a sister publication of "Vagabond", which is aimed at the general travelling public. / Priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantbkk Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Total "puff piece". Obviously the writer and editor are complementary members of Pegasus paid for by TOT. All those free trips paid off except no one reads the rag. I guess anywhere is better than Sweden in the winter. I think the beach on the coast of the Gaza strip came in second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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