Floods cause tourism to drop 10 per cent

BANGKOK: -- The Association of Domestic Travel has estimated that the heavy flooding will result in a 10 percent fall in tourism business in terms of both numbers and revenue.

Association president Charoen Wangananont said Wednesday that the current flooding had already damaged many major tourist attractions in Chiang Mai, Ayutthaya and Chiang Rai, as well as Bangkok and its surrounding provinces.

He said the 10percent drop was caused by many tours being cancelled for a month since the heavy rains.

-- The Nation 2006-10-18

Floods cause tourism to drop 10 per cent

BANGKOK: -- The Association of Domestic Travel has estimated that the heavy flooding will result in a 10 percent fall in tourism business in terms of both numbers and revenue.

Association president Charoen Wangananont said Wednesday that the current flooding had already damaged many major tourist attractions in Chiang Mai, Ayutthaya and Chiang Rai, as well as Bangkok and its surrounding provinces.

He said the 10percent drop was caused by many tours being cancelled for a month since the heavy rains.

-- The Nation 2006-10-18

So the 10% drop was not attributable to Coups, Martial Law, Visa confusion, proposed laws banning drinking?? Suppose it saves face if they blame something they did not mess up off their own back!

Floods cause tourism to drop 10 per cent

BANGKOK: -- The Association of Domestic Travel has estimated that the heavy flooding will result in a 10 percent fall in tourism business in terms of both numbers and revenue.

Association president Charoen Wangananont said Wednesday that the current flooding had already damaged many major tourist attractions in Chiang Mai, Ayutthaya and Chiang Rai, as well as Bangkok and its surrounding provinces.

He said the 10percent drop was caused by many tours being cancelled for a month since the heavy rains.

-- The Nation 2006-10-18

So the 10% drop was not attributable to Coups, Martial Law, Visa confusion, proposed laws banning drinking?? Suppose it saves face if they blame something they did not mess up off their own back!

exactely

i agrre with you

Haa.. amazing.. "ohh tourist numbers are down.. and it just happend to start raining last month... must be the rain"

Thai logic.

Floods cause tourism to drop 10 per cent

BANGKOK: -- The Association of Domestic Travel has estimated that the heavy flooding will result in a 10 percent fall in tourism business in terms of both numbers and revenue.

Association president Charoen Wangananont said Wednesday that the current flooding had already damaged many major tourist attractions in Chiang Mai, Ayutthaya and Chiang Rai, as well as Bangkok and its surrounding provinces.

He said the 10percent drop was caused by many tours being cancelled for a month since the heavy rains.

-- The Nation 2006-10-18

So the 10% drop was not attributable to Coups, Martial Law, Visa confusion, proposed laws banning drinking?? Suppose it saves face if they blame something they did not mess up off their own back!

Right, Thai sense of humor and well, saving face...

Great posts here.

Gonna come down a bit more as well now. All the 30 day VOA longstays are now counted as 13 tourists per year. This will come down to between 1 and 4 (or none when extensions are granted) a year for those that get sorted and the rest it will come down to about 8.

I think the biggest factor of less tourist would be the new airport.

They might be a bit worried about flying in.