when does high season start?

[ColdSingha]

i've been out and about a lot this week and hua hin seems very quiet. is it usually this quiet this time of year or has high season already started and tourist (foreign) visitors down?

[thrilled]

Ti believe high season starts the beginning of October.Tourism down I believe cause of the coup.

[ColdSingha]

unseasonably quiet again last night, one guy told me having to lay off staff and other businesses in similar predicament. shame, i hope it picks up for xmas

[versace]

Forget it, tourism is dead in Thailand.. Thai police is desperate too, they running all around Bangkok catching white people and asking money for nothing.

[AliasJohn]

I don't think it is dead as some have put it. Yes it's a little quiet which could be a combination of a number of things such as the exchange rate for one. I live in Prachuap City and there are no shortage of tourists here as the season starts up. Regardless of the drama's that Thailand has on the political scene, people still love to come to this beautiful part of the world. Keep a positive outlook and all will be good. Lets face it, even if your not in the tourist business, if tourist come it boosts the local economy and in turn that must help even the guy sitting in the pub on the corner.

Cheers

[HooHaa]

Ti believe high season starts the beginning of October.Tourism down I believe cause of the coup.

october?

have you ever been to thailand?

high season in most places is considered to start mid december, but doesnt really hit full swing till xmas then begins tailing off toward songkran.

[Anthony5]

In Pattaya high season starts at the 24th December and finish 5th of January, more or less a few days depending which is the first weekend after New year.

[maswov]

November 1st is normally when the hotel rates increase. Goes normally until Feb/Mar time frame.

[Taco]

It starts Dec 30 and ends Jan 5

[TheSiemReaper]

Over here in Cambodia it's definitely high season - this has been the busiest week of the year by a barnyard mile. No idea why no-one's hanging around in Thailand to be stopped and searched in the streets...

[MILT]

2016

[Noi657]

It's cancelled this year!

[csabo]

Ti believe high season starts the beginning of October.Tourism down I believe cause of the coup.

october?

have you ever been to thailand?

high season in most places is considered to start mid december, but doesnt really hit full swing till xmas then begins tailing off toward songkran.

Maybe he was referring to high season rates, which mysteriously start prior to actual high season

[flyfrog]

The restaurant business here in Pattaya is very good since October, mean my restaurant, looks like the new generation prefers to spend some money at good food rather then bar girls haha

[BlueSkyCowboy]

Ti believe high season starts the beginning of October.Tourism down I believe cause of the coup.

The Russians are not coming. The Rubel went down 25% in 1 month

[thaiboss]

here in cha_am there was about 1000 during this time last year .........today 07 december may some 100 or 200 .. but generaly december 01 to dec 15 is always very low

this year Novemver December near no tourist from norway SWEDEN etc .......

one reason is the climate change here bad see durty water..; week end full of local tourist street beach stink of garbage in plastic container this sunday i had feeling all the beach smell garbage...

then you have ebola ;;;; MALAYSIAN AIRLINES...........and military coup of course............. next to see dec 20..

[ColdSingha]

Over here in Cambodia it's definitely high season - this has been the busiest week of the year by a barnyard mile. No idea why no-one's hanging around in Thailand to be stopped and searched in the streets...

a bar owner i was talking to over the weekend was saying many of her regular expats have skipped hua hin this year and are trying out cambodia

[geisha]

The restaurants in Jomtien are 80 per cent empty, cheap places have more custom, but even they are complaining.Central Pattaya restaurants are quiet too, although The Central Festival food hall is full of Russians and a few other foreigners. Certainly the baht exchange rate isn't helping . Flying from France ten days ago, the Emirates flight was half full. Never seen that before, and the return flights with BA, Air France have been advertised lately around the 500 euros !!! There are hotel rooms to be had everywhere, even Phuket which is usually full at Christmas, some web sites are putting their hotels on sale. I think Thailand has become too expensive for what they offer, the average tourist is now wise and careful, the rich tourists go to better places. Let's face it, the infra structure is like something out of hell, the water around Pattaya filthy, the pavements are life threatening, go to Phuket and get blue seas but get ripped off 5 times a day. Personally, I don't think it has anything to do with the coup and politics, you hardly hear anything in the news in Europe, but you do hear the bad vibes emanating from Koh Tao, jet ski accidents and rip offs, and savage attacks on tourists happening nearly every day somewhere in the kingdom.

[dotpoom]

The change in the back to back visas has had an effect also the Russian economy is heading into recession due to the oil prices.

[delgarcon]

Ti believe high season starts the beginning of October.Tourism down I believe cause of the coup.

october?

have you ever been to thailand?

high season in most places is considered to start mid december, but doesnt really hit full swing till xmas then begins tailing off toward songkran.

Here in Koh Phangan it's exactly that, start 20 Dec and tails off end March through Songkran.

[sambum]

Ti believe high season starts the beginning of October.Tourism down I believe cause of the coup.

october?

have you ever been to thailand?

high season in most places is considered to start mid december, but doesnt really hit full swing till xmas then begins tailing off toward songkran.

Maybe he was referring to high season rates, which mysteriously start prior to actual high season

Probably. No customers, so put the prices up - another example of Thai "anti -logic"

[Gentmartin]

High Season started just before Sipis' brother in law went to jail............

[khunPer]

High Season varies at different destinations. Some areas are (extremely) low season in November-December up till a few days before Xmas, then it’s peak season. Other destinations have direct charter flights, like for example Phuket, and high season often begin in November, as the package tour contracts begin that time and travels are sold with discounts to fill up the planes, until to the Xmas and Winter holidays begin.

[ggt]

Hi season for high volume tourist may never start again...

High crime season starts in Jan and is finished by the end of Dec...

[robertthebruce]

All Tourists want .....

1. Clean Beaches

2. Decent reliable public transport

3. Decent priced Taxis

4. anything else is a bonus..

Its a big world out there, lots of places to choose from....

[ToneG]

All Tourists want .....

1. Clean Beaches

2. Decent reliable public transport

3. Decent priced Taxis

4. anything else is a bonus..

Its a big world out there, lots of places to choose from....

5. Clean Police. Have you read what's going on to tourists in BKK.

I'm coming to HH in Jan have booked 3 nights in Suk hotel BKK but thinking of skipping and coming straight to HH.

But with all the other stuff going on in Thailand as well it's not surprizing tourist numbers are down.

[ukchatterbox]

A good Idea would be to relax visa laws; but wait - I am thinking like a silly Farang.

30 day stamp at the airport with option of 30 day extension at IO is more than adequate for tourists.

[Noi657]

I wonder how many business owners are hanging on for dear life at the moment....

I arrived in September and keep asking the question, when does high season start.

[kmj]

Ti believe high season starts the beginning of October.Tourism down I believe cause of the coup.

october?

have you ever been to thailand?

high season in most places is considered to start mid december, but doesnt really hit full swing till xmas then begins tailing off toward songkran.

I've been here 7 years and my business figures say ramping up first / second week november to end feb, most of our business is based on Scandinavian tourist, and yes numbers are down this year, we're based in Cha am