webfact Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Domestic tourism marred by political unrestBANGKOK: -- Kasikorn Research Center (KResearch) says Thailand's domestic tourism this year will not grow as expected due mainly to ongoing political turmoil which is likely to drag on to the second quarter of this year.Based on the study, Kresearch said there will likely be 178 million domestic tourists this year, up 7.9 per cent, with income rising to 725 billion baht this year, up 8.2 per cent year-on-year.It then projected that the industry could grow as much as 12.1 per cent, with 185 million domestic tourists compared to last year, if it is not threatened by political instability. The industry could draw as much as 784 billion baht in revenue, up 17 per cent year-on-year.Varieties of campaigns enabling this year’s growth have been introduced to encourage Thai tourists to travel more on week-days and not show up at particular locations during the long holiday.Special incentives have also been introduced to boost domestic tourism, including credit card installment deals for tour packages as well as various tourism events in order to divert Thai tourists to different locations.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/domestic-tourism-marred-political-unrest/ -- Thai PBS 2014-03-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 178 million domestic tourists I'd like to see this nethodology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chooka Posted March 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2014 That beach looks nice, clean sands, crystal clear water, no rubbish and cluttered deck chairs. What country is it, I might take a holiday. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 178 million domestic tourists I'd like to see this methodology Quite "Amazing" given the population is around 64 million..........I guess every Thai will travel approx.3 times or does that count the farmers coming to Bangkok X times to seek payment for their pledged rice? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upena Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 K-Research is in cahoots with TAT and posts numbers based purely on fiction. Impossible to know how many domestic trips are taken and also impossible to know how much revenue is generated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernjohn Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Not surprising the Domestic tourism is down. The people who live here in Thailand are very aware of the violence the red shirts and the southern terrorists are capable of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobiecat Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 It's been quite noticeable here in Hua Hin with very few BKK hi so's ripping up the highway's on the weekend's with thee Mercedes or BMW's. Traffic in town has been wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdrunkandstupid Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Instead of credit card installment deals why not try to improve security against card skimming. Or perhaps that might be counter productive...a good 10 percent or more on current tourists here in Thailand would appear to be here to skim cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Tamson Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 178 million domestic tourists I'd like to see this nethodology The quoted figures worry me too. Kasikorn is a bank, right? It is not encouraging to learn that the poor standard of maths in this country extends to the banks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) 178 million domestic tourists I'd like to see this nethodology If you add all the numbers of protester from outside BKK stated by the organisers,travelling back and forth for rallies during the last 6 month, the domestic bus tourists will make up for half of the 178 millions. Edited March 12, 2014 by Lupatria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Tamson Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 178 million domestic tourists I'd like to see this nethodology If you add all the numbers of protester from outside BKK stated by the organisers,travelling back and forth for rallies during the last 6 month, the domestic bus tourists will make up for half of the 178 millions. Yeah that makes the sort of sense that TAT or Kasikorn might use! Every time someone uses an intercity bus is regarded/counted as an act of domestic tourism. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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