Thai tourism doomed by political turmoil

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Thai tourism doomed by political turmoil
By English News



BANGKOK, Nov 28 – Thailand’s tourism will be battered by the current political unrest with a predicted decline by 10 per cent in the final quarter of the year, according to the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT).

TCT president Piyamarn Techapaiboon said foreign tourists are bypassing Bangkok and travelling directly to resort towns such as Pattaya and Phuket and many of them will possibly delay their trips to Thailand if the political situation remains tense.

She said the protesters’ seizures of government complexes have also affected businesses catering to seminar groups which have to be postponed.

Kasian Watanachaopisut, Thai-Chinese Tourism Alliance Association president, said Chinese tourists have delayed their trips to Thailand to avoid political violence but most tour groups continued with their original schedules.

Some of their travel routes have been adjusted such as taking boats instead of buses to the Emerald Buddha Temple, he said.

He said about 300,000 Chinese tourists should have visited Thailand this month, a drop by 40,000-50,000 persons from the same month of last year, while the number should rise to 500,000 people next month.

Chinese visitors to Thailand should reach at least four million people this year, he said, adding that the slight drop was due to restrictions in China, not the political unrest. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2013-11-28

[canopus1969]

Some good news out of this mess

[DocN]

Doomed?

...wait for it....

...wait for it....

...

...here comes the TAT!

[ricku]

Nothing can scare tourists away from Thailand. Just like you can't scare flies away from a fresh turd.

[useronthenet]

No surprise to find figures will of course drop if this demonstration continues. However, if the they continue to disrupt the country further, then things will of course take an unfortunate twist. Hopefully the opposition will have the sense to fight another day at the ballot box, not like this.

[Rob8891]

Whilst I accept that tourism is a big earner for Thailand (especially with the rice stocks rotting away in storage) this announcement is much more about 'face' than any real concerns. No mention of the effect of rampant corruption on people's lives, no mention of its drain on the economy.....just "we must not look bad to the falang sheep tourists who queue up to be fleeced".

Maybe, just maybe if some of the cancer that is corruption and the Shin Clan's greed are wiped away, tourism will be all smiles again??

500,000 Chinese?? Chiang Mai is swamped as it is!

[noitom]

Nonsense. Thai tourism is driven by the sex trade. When the newspaper and TAT start analyzing the Thai tourism industry honestly, to include the sex trade, then they can be taken seriously. The sex grade bolsters the Thai black economy like nothing else. Hats off to the girls , the backbone of the Thai economy.

[jacko45k]

Nonsense. Thai tourism is driven by the sex trade. When the newspaper and TAT start analyzing the Thai tourism industry honestly, to include the sex trade, then they can be taken seriously. The sex grade bolsters the Thai black economy like nothing else. Hats off to the girls , the backbone of the Thai economy.

I believe that it is a small percentage these days.

As evidenced by the confused couples in Pattaya.

[thaibeachlovers]

Nonsense. Thai tourism is driven by the sex trade. When the newspaper and TAT start analyzing the Thai tourism industry honestly, to include the sex trade, then they can be taken seriously. The sex grade bolsters the Thai black economy like nothing else. Hats off to the girls , the backbone of the Thai economy.

Indeed.

The powers that be should be making it easier for the mongers as they will keep coming regardless, while the rich tourists that the Thai elite so clearly cherish will desert Thailand at the drop of a hat.

[thaibeachlovers]

Nonsense. Thai tourism is driven by the sex trade. When the newspaper and TAT start analyzing the Thai tourism industry honestly, to include the sex trade, then they can be taken seriously. The sex grade bolsters the Thai black economy like nothing else. Hats off to the girls , the backbone of the Thai economy.

I believe that it is a small percentage these days.

As evidenced by the confused couples in Pattaya.

The real amount of money brought into Thailand by mongers is uncounted and uncountable. However, if they ever did stop coming the effect would be very evident and very severe.

[jacko45k]

Nonsense. Thai tourism is driven by the sex trade. When the newspaper and TAT start analyzing the Thai tourism industry honestly, to include the sex trade, then they can be taken seriously. The sex grade bolsters the Thai black economy like nothing else. Hats off to the girls , the backbone of the Thai economy.

I believe that it is a small percentage these days.

As evidenced by the confused couples in Pattaya.

The real amount of money brought into Thailand by mongers is uncounted and uncountable. However, if they ever did stop coming the effect would be very evident and very severe.

If it is uncounted,and uncountable, how do we know the effect would be severe?

Stood on Pattayaland 1 or 2, taking a look around, one might think so, but not so much stood at say the airport.

[upena]

TAT assured the world that here have been absolutely no cancellations due to the protests. 55555

[NongKhaiKid]

Nothing can scare tourists away from Thailand. Just like you can't scare flies away from a fresh turd.

An excellent line for TAT to use in an advertising campaign.

[chainarong]

I think the last thing on the minds of people concerned with the management of Thailand is tourism, since the inception of the Thai love Thai through to PTP the administration has been sub-standard, has no direction , policy on the run, no firm commitment to a better Thailand, if it wasn't for the solid performing business sector, Thailand would have been a basket case long ago.

[Nickymaster]

Nothing will ever beat the 6,000,000,000 USD loss/year the rice scam is costing Thai tax payers.

[wileycoyote]

Pride before the fall,total alienating tourism by "rip-off Thailand & then the audacity to propose a 500 Baht increase in Immigration fees .

Please get your house in order,once lost these tourists,it will be hard to find incentives to make them return asThailand is now more expensive than its neighbours

Edited November 28, 2013 by wileycoyote

[Larry001]

Nonsense. Thai tourism is driven by the sex trade. When the newspaper and TAT start analyzing the Thai tourism industry honestly, to include the sex trade, then they can be taken seriously. The sex grade bolsters the Thai black economy like nothing else. Hats off to the girls , the backbone of the Thai economy.

You are joking It is but a drop in the ocean. Just because you are a monger; not everybody is like you. You need to get your facts straight. To start with Chinesa and Russians are not interested in the sex industry and they alone make up over 40% of the tourist trade.

[Jasun]

Once again, Thailand snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.

[Thai at Heart]

Nonsense. Thai tourism is driven by the sex trade. When the newspaper and TAT start analyzing the Thai tourism industry honestly, to include the sex trade, then they can be taken seriously. The sex grade bolsters the Thai black economy like nothing else. Hats off to the girls , the backbone of the Thai economy.

It's not known as the hoe house of the world for nothing now is it??

But whilst that is known and published on the worlds web sides and on-line media the ethnic heads are all buried in the sand .....

Thank you four times

[tragickingdom]

With Suthep it is never about Thailand. It was never about the people in the 90's when he stole land and gave it to his friends. It is now about staying out of jail for killing 90 people and wounding over 2000

Suthep is a past, a cancer bigger than Thaksin ever will become. Even if the country goes bankrupt the dirtiest politician will claim they are only fighting corruption.

[Maggusoil]

Nonsense. Thai tourism is driven by the sex trade. When the newspaper and TAT start analyzing the Thai tourism industry honestly, to include the sex trade, then they can be taken seriously. The sex grade bolsters the Thai black economy like nothing else. Hats off to the girls , the backbone of the Thai economy.

Hat's off only?. . . . .

[Gummigalgen]

Suthep seems to enjoy his role as old-timer rebel and a monk posed behind him on the screen. As if Buddhism plays a role in his protest and occupying of ministeries.

A conflictive type, this man and hope they arrest him today. If he doesn't make mess with Cambodians than he makes mess with his own people.

[ramrod711]

With Suthep it is never about Thailand. It was never about the people in the 90's when he stole land and gave it to his friends. It is now about staying out of jail for killing 90 people and wounding over 2000

Suthep is a past, a cancer bigger than Thaksin ever will become. Even if the country goes bankrupt the dirtiest politician will claim they are only fighting corruption.

According to the way you do accounting Thaksin is still ahead, he killed 2500 so called drug dealers and how many muslims at Tak Bai.

[hansnl]

Nonsense. Thai tourism is driven by the sex trade. When the newspaper and TAT start analyzing the Thai tourism industry honestly, to include the sex trade, then they can be taken seriously. The sex grade bolsters the Thai black economy like nothing else. Hats off to the girls , the backbone of the Thai economy.

I believe that it is a small percentage these days.

As evidenced by the confused couples in Pattaya.

The real amount of money brought into Thailand by mongers is uncounted and uncountable. However, if they ever did stop coming the effect would be very evident and very severe.

The real amount of money brought into the country by farang?

On average a farang guy spends € 100 per day in the local economy.

His average length of stay is around 15 days.

On average a Chinese man spends € 12 a day in the local economy, anything else is paid for in China with the package tour.

The average length of stay of same man is 6 days.

Do the sums

Well, of course with the latter group there is much more squeeze to divide.

The first group?

Only a little bit of squeeze.

Why is it the powers to be want more Chinese visitors?

[Nickymaster]

With Suthep it is never about Thailand. It was never about the people in the 90's when he stole land and gave it to his friends. It is now about staying out of jail for killing 90 people and wounding over 2000

Suthep is a past, a cancer bigger than Thaksin ever will become. Even if the country goes bankrupt the dirtiest politician will claim they are only fighting corruption.

The Shins are making it very easy for Suthep.

[mok199]

the new ''tourist'',indian,korean,chinese,arrive in a bus,go from the hotel to the parasail platform ,then back to the hotel their goal is..to eat as much seafood as humanly possible.... bus back to the airoprt and home...5 days of gorgeing on shrimp,fish and anything else that has ''parents'' ...they hang out at the mall.and catch a tiffany show...they dont wander to far off thier ''leash''..political unrest will affect a small number....

[philw]

Nonsense. Thai tourism is driven by the sex trade. When the newspaper and TAT start analyzing the Thai tourism industry honestly, to include the sex trade, then they can be taken seriously. The sex grade bolsters the Thai black economy like nothing else. Hats off to the girls , the backbone of the Thai economy.

I believe that it is a small percentage these days.

As evidenced by the confused couples in Pattaya.

The real amount of money brought into Thailand by mongers is uncounted and uncountable. However, if they ever did stop coming the effect would be very evident and very severe.

Yes, yes, of course you're right.

The whole economy of Thailand is reliant on ugly, singlet wearing "mongers" looking for the cheapest Chang and the most negotiable lady of the night.

Such folk are indeed the backbone of the economy..............

Yeah and my Mums the pope.

[charmonman]

Nonsense. Thai tourism is driven by the sex trade. When the newspaper and TAT start analyzing the Thai tourism industry honestly, to include the sex trade, then they can be taken seriously. The sex grade bolsters the Thai black economy like nothing else. Hats off to the girls , the backbone of the Thai economy.

If you made this statement 15-20 years ago, you would have a point. These days it is a small part of the tourism industry. Just look at the number of single female tourists and couples (I really don't think they're here for the go-go bars) and the number of night spots that have little or nothing to so with so-called "sex tourism".

I think the domestic "sex industry" now dwarfs its tourist oriented counterpart by a long shot.

[falangadang]

Tourism numbers down 10%,... No Problem: INCREASE prices 50%, make 40% extra profit from downturn!

[Benmart]

Nothing can scare tourists away from Thailand. Just like you can't scare flies away from a fresh turd.

As graphic as your post is, it lacks a certain intellect in its composition.