Spending for Chinese New Year predicted at Bt5.8 billion: Bangkok

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Spending for Chinese New Year predicted at Bt5.8 billion
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BANGKOK, Jan 25 – The Chinese community in Bangkok will spend at least Bt5.8 billion on offerings to their ancestors, or about Bt3,600 per household during the Chinese New Year, according to a survey.

Kasikorn Research Centre (KResearch) said heavy shopping will occur on Wednesday, two days before the auspicious Chinese New Year day.

Overall spending will see a 4 per cent growth – slower than last year which enjoyed a 6 per cent increase, mainly due to increased cost of living and higher commodity prices, it said.

The political turmoil has dampened the shopping atmosphere prior to the Chinese New Year, KResearch added.

Bangkokians prefer to shop at modern trade retail stores which they find more convenient, with all the necessary merchandise available at competitive prices. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-01-25

[Costas2008]

"will spend at least Bt5.8 billion on offerings to their ancestors"..........."Bangkokians prefer to shop at modern trade retail stores"

Seems to me that these ancestors are very demanding

[soi41]

Yet another meaningless number!!

Wonder why Chinatown has been spared in the protests? Home of main sponsors??

[JoeThePoster]

In toy money.

[soi41]

"will spend at least Bt5.8 billion on offerings to their ancestors"..........."Bangkokians prefer to shop at modern trade retail stores"

Seems to me that these ancestors are very demanding

Yeah those are numbers the Greeks can only dream about those days!!

(Sorry Costas, couldn't help myself!!)

[bigbamboo]

Not surprising. There are an awful lot of wealthy Chinese in Thailand.

Edited January 25, 2014 by bigbamboo

[jaltsc]

"The Chinese community in Bangkok will spend at least Bt5.8 billion on offerings to their ancestors..."

If we could only convince them to offer surplus rice to their ancestors. After all, what do Chinese ancestors know from Rolex and Gucci?

[Loles]

very high so

[Loles]

Not surprising. There are an awful lot of wealthy Chinese in Thailand.

Sadly 95% in BKK.

[ubonjoe]

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[iancnx]

Spending will be considerably less this year due to the Chinese tourist snubbing Thailand

[thesetat2013]

Darts_in_a_dartboard.jpg Yet another meaningless number!!

Wonder why Chinatown has been spared in the protests? Home of main sponsors??

I agree! By the numbers they are quoting would mean that only 2% of spending would be lost from the lack of chinese new year tourists. Since HK has thailand blacklisted for travel here it seems unlikely that the numbers they quote are correct

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[RichBKK]

250bht for my baby daughters dress. Pink ones with dragons on it. To wear when it starts. That's it from us. Yep am a cheapskate

[tonbridgebrit]

I think people should realise that a fair number of Thai people are actually ethnic Chinese. These are Thais who have got Chinese ancestry. It's a bit like saying that there are Americans who have got European ancestry.

The Thais who have got Chinese ancestry, well, they're sometimes called Chinese-Thais. We know who these people are, because they look the same as the people who have got Chinese take-away food shops and restaurants in England and America.

I must say, some of us have a laugh and giggle about Chinese back home, but very few of us have a laugh at the Chinese-Thais here in Thailand !! It's like most of us here don't regard or realise that the Chinese-Thais as being Chinese at all !!