cigar7 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I just had a couple of reports of tourist numbers in the past week. Phuket is dead. Chiang Rai is dead. Chiang Mai is medium to strong. Pattaya is low. Any other reports of tourists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alant Posted March 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2015 Tourists in Chiang Mai are dying from the smoke. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Maybe Low season has started and in Chiang Mai Smoke is really bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILT Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Chiangmai is doing just fine....No tourist are dying from the smoke.. no one really gives a gecko fart..... about the smoke...most people make their own holiday happiness themselves no matter what is going on around them.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfaboy Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Is you info coming from sources as TAT or ATTA ? If not, can you refer the source ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly94 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 few dead on the islands as well! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chicowoodduck Posted March 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Pattaya is pretty much in the normal stage....except the Chinese have take over the buffet at the Hilton....booked out every Friday for lunch.....like storm troopers....lol.? Edited March 21, 2015 by chicowoodduck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza40 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Chiang Rai is twice as bad as Chiang Mai for smoke density, visibility in CR down to about 500 metres. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CapeThai Posted March 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2015 If it's the Chinese tourist numbers going down I really don't mind because I cannot stand and get sick to my stomach when the men "clean or clear" out the snot from their throat and spit it out on the pavement ??? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdome Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Tourists in Chiang Mai are dying from the smoke. Samui is DEAD also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) If it's the Chinese tourist numbers going down I really don't mind because I cannot stand and get sick to my stomach when the men "clean or clear" out the snot from their throat and spit it out on the pavement ??? The Chinese girls are nice. But what do these Chinese males do all day in Pattaya beside gross people out and stand around all day in a daze smoking cigarettes ? And Chinese tourist numbers are increasing: In the past all their tours/ tour bus activity was mostly in the morning. Now its all day into late afternoon Edited March 21, 2015 by morrobay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkpanther99 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I guess the OP may be referring to the story yesterday in the Bangkok Post which claimed tourists are now flocking back to Thailand and that tourist arrivals in January increased by 16%, despite the number of Russian visitors declining by 46%. The story quoted stats from the Department of Transport - http://newdot2.samartmultimedia.com/home/details/11/221/24246 - who claimed that the figures represented "international tourist arrivals". However, I'd bet that these stats probably only refer to international arrivals - rather than them being actual 'tourists' - which would be quite different. The stats put out by the Department of Tourism could also include business travellers or those transiting through Suvarnabhumi. You only have to look around the popular tourist spots and read reports in other sections of this forum about just how quiet it is in places like Phuket and Pattaya currently. It's hardly a case of tourists flocking back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddinChonburi Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 OH yes and for the first time they will be telling the truth. What the hell !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddinChonburi Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Yes Monday the numbers are up and then on Tuesday they are down. I wonder how they can tell the difference between the business arrival and the tourist arrival ? 30 days or less just a stamp so EVERYONE'S A WINNER !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 You gotta remember TAT's way of thinking. If someone is flying from Japan to India, and they have to change planes in BKK, the minute they step inside Swampy, they are a verified TOURIST. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I'm assuming that the folks in Northern China are going to be flocking to Chiang Mai in order to get a relative breath of fresh air. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utley Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 The wife and I just got back from 3 days in Bangkok. The popular hotel we normally stay at in Silom was nearly empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sanuk711 Posted March 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) You gotta remember TAT's way of thinking. If someone is flying from Japan to India, and they have to change planes in BKK, the minute they step inside Swampy, they are a verified TOURIST. Completely incorrect just1voice..........(what a surprise..... ) Transit passengers don't pass through immigration , & are not counted as tourists in any country. Have a look at the immigration card next time you visit Thailand, asking for your details --what hotel you are staying at, what country your from, is this your first time in Thailand, are you with a group tour or traveling alone , even what your yearly income is etc...etc.. These cards are not handed to transit passengers. Edited March 21, 2015 by sanuk711 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinmaew Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I will be heading to the Philippines for next trip. Food is not the best but people are very polite unlike Thais and its quite cheap there and the women are gorgeous. Looks like the "Happiness State" can count on losing my 5000 quid this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostWithin Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I have been in Bangkok and am currently enjoying a really nice hotel here in Pattaya. I would not normally stay at this hotel as it is about 30% above my normal spending preference. I was in Chiang Mai about 2 weeks ago and most store owners I talked with were complaining about tourist numbers. I took my mother and sister away as the smog was beginning to pick up and I was removing black soot from my nose at night - you could see the ash in the air at the night safari at night. Bangkok is much quieter than I am used to, I walked past centralworld last week and was shocked at how quiet it was. Pattaya is busy around walking street at the moment because of the Pattaya music festival, but elsewhere very quiet. hotel owners with brains have lowered their rates accordingly, while those operating on traditional poo yai economics have upped their prices so high that nobody will ever stay with them when the competition is half their rates. I don't understand why the numbers are slowing, but they are slowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketandsee Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Here in Kamala it is very quiet. Many businesses are saying the high season is over already. I just returned from 3 weeks in Vietnam and the hotels there are jammed. Another piece of news I saw was that LG is moving it's TV assembly operations from Thailand to Vietnam. Maybe Thailand is starting to get it just rewards. Edited March 21, 2015 by phuketandsee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 happy with those exchange rates yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 You gotta remember TAT's way of thinking. If someone is flying from Japan to India, and they have to change planes in BKK, the minute they step inside Swampy, they are a verified TOURIST. Completely incorrect just1voice..........(what a surprise..... ) Transit passengers don't pass through immigration , & are not counted as tourists in any country. Have a look at the immigration card next time you visit Thailand, asking for your details --what hotel you are staying at, what country your from, is this your first time in Thailand, are you with a group tour or traveling alone , even what your yearly income is etc...etc.. These cards are not handed to transit passengers. Hate to burst your bubble, sanuk711, but I am 100% correct. Have a family member who works for TAT. His job? Stand at the arrival gates with "clicker" to count every person entering the airport, whether they go to Immigration or not. His daily totals are then turned over to TAT for their "tourist figures". But nice try 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 You gotta remember TAT's way of thinking. If someone is flying from Japan to India, and they have to change planes in BKK, the minute they step inside Swampy, they are a verified TOURIST. Completely incorrect just1voice..........(what a surprise..... ) Transit passengers don't pass through immigration , & are not counted as tourists in any country. Have a look at the immigration card next time you visit Thailand, asking for your details --what hotel you are staying at, what country your from, is this your first time in Thailand, are you with a group tour or traveling alone , even what your yearly income is etc...etc.. These cards are not handed to transit passengers. Hate to burst your bubble, sanuk711, but I am 100% correct. Have a family member who works for TAT. His job? Stand at the arrival gates with "clicker" to count every person entering the airport, whether they go to Immigration or not. His daily totals are then turned over to TAT for their "tourist figures". But nice try Not convinced, if they want to manipulate figures why bother with such a scheme. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango66 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 If it's the Chinese tourist numbers going down I really don't mind because I cannot stand and get sick to my stomach when the men "clean or clear" out the snot from their throat and spit it out on the pavement The Chinese girls are nice. But what do these Chinese males do all day in Pattaya beside gross people out and stand around all day in a daze smoking cigarettes ? And Chinese tourist numbers are increasing: In the past all their tours/ tour bus activity was mostly in the morning. Now its all day into late afternoon you still eager of this " nice beautiful 2 chis when they open their mou and spiting in front of your feetstep ?? enjoy with them, but please in Chi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango66 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Tourists are not flocking in -- THEY ARE FLOCKING AWAY; MAYBEE some of them like to get respiraty problems in CM and CR of the nice smog ! Thai Airways just announced : after 1st May :: only 1 flight from FRA - to BKK some other destinations from Europe they already earlier reduced flights !! They need now the airplanes for the Quality tourists from Chi !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I had my first inquiry in yonks today from a perspective renter .....so if one bird is a flock....then the answer is...yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango66 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 You gotta remember TAT's way of thinking. If someone is flying from Japan to India, and they have to change planes in BKK, the minute they step inside Swampy, they are a verified TOURIST. and everyone which stopped before in Thai, and now continou to Burma, Laos Combodia counted as Thai tourist !!! I have seen recently in a European flight, only about 1/3 tooh the immigration card, that means 2/3 of former Thai tourists continou to another country, even they dont do a short stop here in LOS !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordblackader Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I'm assuming that the folks in Northern China are going to be flocking to Chiang Mai in order to get a relative breath of fresh air. People-visit-the-Olympic--008.jpg Given the PM10 reading on Monday (Grace International School, just south of the airport) was 200 above what it was in Beijing at the same, I seriously doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordblackader Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Chiang Rai is twice as bad as Chiang Mai for smoke density, visibility in CR down to about 500 metres. Maybe today, not so earlier in the week...Monday was apocalyptic. Don't have to believe me, believe that stats. http://aq.ajosoft.com/index.php?StationID=-1&Country=Thailand&width=1000&sort=0&units=0 There were PM10 readings pushing 500 in CM earlier in the week, same day CR was <200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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