dragonfly94 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) How many 747's would it take to move 28 million tourists? Around 80,000. so that's almost 10 every hour 365 days a year, with that amount you would think they could do without trying to rip them off from the time they land! Funny thing is there is not all that much here to see, well apart from the music of course that is worth the journey on it's own, world class. Edited February 3, 2015 by dragonfly94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post enough is enough Posted February 3, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2015 Euro and Ruble in freefall. 7 highly publicised deaths in Koh Tao. The daily bad press regarding taxi's, jet ski's, police shakedowns, martial law and general Thai attitudes towards tourists..... But we are still going to see 28million tourists this year??? I think not!! The cheap charlie chans won't prop up the lost business in the popular tourist hangouts. Thats for sure. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE1 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) Not to worry , hotels will up their prices , people will not visit the bars , bars close down , people skint , more crime , less tourists . and round and round we go. Edited February 3, 2015 by NE1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverfeartheevent Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 TAT won't being seeing the Russians in the same numbers for a long time..war escalating and more sanctions looming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurwait Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upena Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 28 mil last month, 29 mil this month. By the end of the year, they will be predicting 40 million. All BS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilymat Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 That's a new one - I think!. Latin American tourists are now seen as the big spenders. Where did they suddenly come from?. By the way, I've asked this before. If you are Chinese why do you come to Thailand to celebrate the Chinese New Year?. There must be an answer but I can't figure it out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Better stop closing down all those brothels then.Brothels are in many Western countries including the United States. Not specific to Thailand Your joke at you thailand is full of hooks ever were you go in thailand you run into brothers and hooks . "Brothers and hooks"? Sounds like a veiled reference to the Shins to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loong Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 These figures are based on what? I suspect that it is just "think of a number" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I wonder how many of them will visit Koh Tao ? my bet is several more than return from Koh Tao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retarius Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 This isn;t really plausible....the Russians have no money....and if the sex industry is cracked down on, then the sex tourists will dry up....who is going to replace these? Backpackers? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Another Bashing calculation of TAT ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 This isn;t really plausible....the Russians have no money....and if the sex industry is cracked down on, then the sex tourists will dry up....who is going to replace these? Backpackers? No chance. Backpack trade is way down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeem Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Euro and Ruble in freefall. 7 highly publicised deaths in Koh Tao. The daily bad press regarding taxi's, jet ski's, police shakedowns, martial law and general Thai attitudes towards tourists..... But we are still going to see 28million tourists this year??? I think not!! The cheap charlie chans won't prop up the lost business in the popular tourist hangouts. Thats for sure. Well I don't know where you are but up here in Chiang Mai the 'Cheap Charlie Chans' are certainly taking up the slack There are hordes of young Chinese tourists travelling individually.. I was in Pai last week where there are a LOT of young Chinese tourists renting motorbikes and staying in midmarket accomodation eating in local restarants and buying souveniers More flights direct from Chinese cities are filling up the hotels here also.. it is big business as I saw when I was in a money exchange office the other week a Thai guy came in and exchanged 1500 X 100 Yuan notes for Thai Baht. They are in the department stores splashing out on clothing etc before they fly back a good proportion have stacks of cash.. Talking to some last week they think Thailand is great and cheap (apart from the beer) they will be telling their mates and posting on social network sites More Chinese signs, menus, notices everywhere.. Chinese registered vehicles on the roads The locals are signing up for Mandarin language courses .. No need for Ruskies and Euros anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggo Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) It's a O.M.V.......One mans view......any rise on 28 Mill....... Edited February 4, 2015 by Jiggo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 28 million and raise the prices 10 fold, Gunna make a killing and will cause a feeding frenzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I wished selfie madame Popcorn should start showing a little more respect towards tourists and stop seeing and treating them as numbers and cattle shitting baht. Shame on you !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill1369 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 They have to come out with high figures so they keep their jobs. It is the same old rubbish they come out with every time there is upheaval in this country. Me , and I suspect a few million others do not really care how many tourists are coming here. By stating this I would like to know , (1) where do they get the figures from. (2) Do they think anybody really believes this. (3) What do they hope to achieve by reporting this. Well, where they get this figure from is easy - TAT polls the world about their holiday plans...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumu Ali Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 alot of people now coming for spa and golf they say cheap and feel young good food too Thailand is still number 1 for good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceChee Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 In reality ...even at its cheapest the Chinese would probably be contributing more $$$ than the cheap backpackers of the west with their one beer in the hand, loud belching and drunk lout behaviors The tour group Chinese contribute jobs to to the factory hands in all these en mass factory stops, photos souvenir dishes , bus drivers and guides , language schools churning out Chinese guides and of course shopping $$$ One downside is the more traffic accidents as they continue to stop bikes in the middle of the road reading maps etc etc but we are rather used to that from the Thais anyway being dangerous drivers In my books that beats the 30 baht beer bottle backpacker who behaves like an idiot in khao San Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExPratt Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> Better stop closing down all those brothels then.Brothels are in many Western countries including the United States. Not specific to Thailand Yes I agree, however I would say that more Tourists come here for the openness and easy access to Brothels than elsewhere. In fact TAT have announced 978 Million Tourists will be visiting Thai Brothels in 2016, generating a new 60 inch TV for every family in Isaarn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) 28 million tourists expected to visit Thailand in 2015And the government is thinking, " That is still way too many. We have had a coup, we are harassing tourists, we have high profile murders of tourists, we are cracking down on the sex industry, and increased admission for foreigners in national parks. What else can we possibly do to convince these stupid foreigners not to come to Thailand??" Edited February 4, 2015 by willyumiii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Euro and Ruble in freefall. 7 highly publicised deaths in Koh Tao. The daily bad press regarding taxi's, jet ski's, police shakedowns, martial law and general Thai attitudes towards tourists..... But we are still going to see 28million tourists this year??? I think not!! The cheap charlie chans won't prop up the lost business in the popular tourist hangouts. Thats for sure. Well I don't know where you are but up here in Chiang Mai the 'Cheap Charlie Chans' are certainly taking up the slack There are hordes of young Chinese tourists travelling individually.. I was in Pai last week where there are a LOT of young Chinese tourists renting motorbikes and staying in midmarket accomodation eating in local restarants and buying souveniers More flights direct from Chinese cities are filling up the hotels here also.. it is big business as I saw when I was in a money exchange office the other week a Thai guy came in and exchanged 1500 X 100 Yuan notes for Thai Baht. They are in the department stores splashing out on clothing etc before they fly back a good proportion have stacks of cash.. Talking to some last week they think Thailand is great and cheap (apart from the beer) they will be telling their mates and posting on social network sites More Chinese signs, menus, notices everywhere.. Chinese registered vehicles on the roads The locals are signing up for Mandarin language courses .. No need for Ruskies and Euros anymore " they will be telling their mates and posting on social network sites" No, they will not. The Chinese people I work with have told me thereat no "social network sites" like Face book permitted in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Euro and Ruble in freefall. 7 highly publicised deaths in Koh Tao. The daily bad press regarding taxi's, jet ski's, police shakedowns, martial law and general Thai attitudes towards tourists..... But we are still going to see 28million tourists this year??? I think not!! The cheap charlie chans won't prop up the lost business in the popular tourist hangouts. Thats for sure. Well I don't know where you are but up here in Chiang Mai the 'Cheap Charlie Chans' are certainly taking up the slack There are hordes of young Chinese tourists travelling individually.. I was in Pai last week where there are a LOT of young Chinese tourists renting motorbikes and staying in midmarket accomodation eating in local restarants and buying souveniers More flights direct from Chinese cities are filling up the hotels here also.. it is big business as I saw when I was in a money exchange office the other week a Thai guy came in and exchanged 1500 X 100 Yuan notes for Thai Baht. They are in the department stores splashing out on clothing etc before they fly back a good proportion have stacks of cash.. Talking to some last week they think Thailand is great and cheap (apart from the beer) they will be telling their mates and posting on social network sites More Chinese signs, menus, notices everywhere.. Chinese registered vehicles on the roads The locals are signing up for Mandarin language courses .. No need for Ruskies and Euros anymore Yeah, right, because their money just isn't good enough or wanted. Why cater for a multitude of nationalities when one country alone will support the whole of the tourist industry? Just Chinese please, because that's such a good business model...... Jesus. Edited February 5, 2015 by Bluespunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguyfromanotherforum Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 The land of lies LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Euro and Ruble in freefall. 7 highly publicised deaths in Koh Tao. The daily bad press regarding taxi's, jet ski's, police shakedowns, martial law and general Thai attitudes towards tourists..... But we are still going to see 28million tourists this year??? I think not!! The cheap charlie chans won't prop up the lost business in the popular tourist hangouts. Thats for sure. The daily bad press? Yes we read it every day here, but is it in the daily media in Australia, Beijing or London? Yingluck's impeachment got a postage stamp sized item on page 4 of my home town newspaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony125 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 International Tourist Arrivals Will Top 1.7 Billion Per Year by 2025 http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/international-tourist-arrivals-will-top-17-billion-per-year-by-2025/ar-AA9Y3bZ Skift Take: International visitors are definitely attractive for the cash they're willing to drop on travel but destinations' domestic markets often have much more spending power and shouldn't be slighted.— Dan Peltier The World Travel & Tourism Council projects the world will welcome nearly 1.8 billion international visitor arrivals per year by 2025, a 58% increase from the 1.1 billion international arrivals who crossed borders in 2014. These international tourists will certainly contribute to a travel industry experiencing faster growth than the wider global economy but the money tourists spend in their own countries continues dwarfing that of international tourists traveling abroad. This reality has long defined visitor spending in destinations and the status quo won’t see significant changes in the near future, the World Travel & Tourism Council projects. The organization released forecasts this week which point to domestic travel spending growing slightly faster than foreign visitor spending in 2015, 3.7% vs. 2.8% and accounting for $3.7 trillion and $1.4 trillion, respectively, of the world’s total GDP. The global dollar amount for annual domestic tourist spending will still be more than double what foreign visitor spending claims by 2025 even with the number of international travelers soaring. Look no further than the U.S. to verify this: The country will receive nearly 129 million international arrivals a year by 2025 (71% increase from 2014) although its percentage of foreign visitor spending currently runs lower than the global average (20%). Domestic U.S. travelers will spend more than $1 trillion a year by 2025 and trounce the $279.4 billion international visitors will spend in the U.S. This means destinations should realize the spending power of their local markets. For the first time the organization also projects China’s travel industry will represent a larger percentage of its overall GDP than the U.S. travel industry will contribute to U.S. total GDP. A decade from now the U.S. would still dominate international visitor arrivals but China will be close behind — a difference of only six million visitors and its domestic market will be even more robust, said David Scowsill, president and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council. “The difference between the two countries really comes down to the advanced planning the Chinese government puts in place,” said Scowsill. “They’re currently building nine new airports so that all Chinese citizens will live within a 90 minute drive of the nearest airport. States’ investments in travel and tourism are larger overall in Asia than in Europe.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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