Tour groups still arriving in Thailand

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Tour groups still arriving in Thailand

BANGKOK, 2 December 2013 (NNT) — The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced that the number of countries raising travel warnings on Thailand still remains at 32, and all of them have not yet increased the severity of the warnings.

Mr. Sukree Sittiwanit, Director of TAT's Advertising & Public Relations Department, stated that the warnings made by the 32 countries are in levels 2 and 3. No new countries have issued similar warnings either.

However, Mr. Sukree added that all foreign embassies in Thailand are keeping a close watch on the developments of the situation in order to reassess their travel warnings if needed.

President of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA), Mr. Sidivachr Cheewarattanaporn, believes that various embassies will increase the level of their travel warnings, but how many of them would do so should be clearer within 1-2 days.

The president of ATTA went on to say that group tours have not canceled their visits to the Kingdom, but have called in to receive more information on the current protest situation and its recent developments.


-- NNT 2013-12-02

[clockman]

Usual T.A.T. rubbish, nothing effected! We will see?

[Thaddeus]

The usual TiT from TAT.

[PaullyW]

Did we not read just recently that Hong Kong tours have cancelled?

[laurentbkk]

have been informed twice by my embassy about the risks of going outside in bangkok specially around the protesters areas ....on facebook some medias pages comments and many people want to postpone their holidays here ... some friends cancelled also their trip to Bangkok and wait for the situation to get better ...

I think TAT is living on another planet ...

[JoeLing]

I bet ATTA missed that last Wednesday, a small Hong Kong travel company became the first operator to suspended all holidays to Thailand until December 20 due to the on going unrest.

I know, that's only one so far but where there's one, there soon might be more.

Now what's about all the individual tourists? Until now, I had several enquiries and two cancellations due to Thailand's instability, so just wonder, how many other "small tourist businesses" had cancellations of which TAT doesn't know?

[DocN]

I can tell you 100%: just give them 2 more days and some more teargas...and things will change dramatically!

We already have a bunch of German-, Belgium and US- agents on brink of cancelling everything for the next 4 weeks!

[Pib]

TAT = invincible...indestructible...faster than a speeding bullet...more powerful than a locomotive...all news (good or bad) is good for tourism.

Edited December 2, 2013 by Pib

[LuckyLew]

New slogans being use

"Thailand - get more bang for your buck"

"LOS - Land Of Shootouts"

I was just down at Baiyoke and I have never seen the whole area so empty

Usually Baiyoke tower is crammed full of tor buses for the tower buffets ... not today

[phosphorescent]

Jetstar airways have already cancelled some flights to and from Thailand. Some friends had to make alternative plans because of what Jetstar called "the instability in the kingdom of Thailand".

[Tokay]

My mate just flew in yesterday on what is usually a packed flight from Tokyo. He said the plane was pretty much empty, as was swampy when he got there.

[RoboLB]

I have to say, I am due to come over to BKK to make final payment on a retirement Condo. I'm now having serious doubts! Not sure I want to live in a country where the people try to overthrow an elected government on a regular basis! Is anyone starting to regret living there?

[Tokay]

I have to say, I am due to come over to BKK to make final payment on a retirement Condo. I'm now having serious doubts! Not sure I want to live in a country where the people try to overthrow an elected government on a regular basis! Is anyone starting to regret living there?

Unless you're set to live in the hot zone where protests happen, I wouldn't worry about it. You wouldn't even know protests are happening in most of Thailand.

[noitom]

This guy should be screaming bloody murder that the protests are killing tourism. Once they are over and tourist revenue is down they'll be blaming him because of this statement that nothing is wrong. That tourists are still arriving and embassy warnings are only "level 2 and 3" whatever that is?

[CraigSchuler]

Thought I just read the total number of countries was 34?.........The people that I've talked with who own businesses in the tourist areas say just the opposite.

[londonthai]

tourists are scare not much about protests going on now, but about a possibility, that airports might be occupied again.

same goes for business travellers

[RoboLB]

tourists are scare not much about protests going on now, but about a possibility, that airports might be occupied again.

same goes for business travellers

That's the issue isn't it. No point in going there if the Airports get besieged!

Bloody idiots (on both sides) screwing up a great country. The economy will suffer, and the Thai people will suffer as a result..........