World Tourism Day celebrations is still to be held in Bangkok

 

BANGKOK: The official World Tourism Day 2016 celebrations will still be held in Bangkok on September 27 despite the latest spate of bombing and arson attacks in seven southern provinces, according to United Nations World Tourism Organisation secretary-general Taleb D. Rifai.

 

In a message to the Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports in aftermath of the violent incidents in southern Thailand during August 11-13, Mr Rifai said Thailand remains an important destination for tourists from all over the world and he is confident that Thailand will continue to be a tourist destination that people of the world will visit.

 

Meanwhile, World Travel and Tourism Council president and CEO David Scowsill said he had talked with Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul about the security measures being implemented by the Thai government after the attacks and was confident that the situation would quickly return to normal.

 

He noted that although Thailand was rocked by several bomb explosions in August last year, tourist arrivals in Thailand have increased 20 percent to over 30 million this year while tourist spendings have also increased by 25 percent.

 

Minister Kobkarn said she would discuss with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about inviting envoys from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Hong Kong for a briefing of the latest situation and the safety measures introduced by the government in the aftermath of the bombing attacks.

 

Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Yutthasak Supasorn said TAT would step up campaign to promote short-haul tourism market in case long-haul tourism market is still worried with safety concern.

 

The annual Jazz musical festival will continue to be held in Hua Hin this year to showcase that the situation has returned to normal, he said, adding that

expatriates in Thailand will be asked to help spread the words to their peoples abroad the situation in Thailand.

 

Tourist police commander Pol Maj-Gen Surachet Hakparn said an addition of 800 tourist police would be deployed to tourist provinces to ensure better security for tourists on top of some 900 men already based there.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/176048-2/

 

 

 

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"adding that
expatriates in Thailand will be asked to help spread the words to their peoples abroad the situation in Thailand."

 

Hmm, be careful what you wish for. 
 

 

Still ignoring horrendous, death toll on roads. And disregard for human life!

World Tourism Day celebrations is still to be held in Bangkok

                                                                       

                                                  

^^^^

Possibly in the worst taste of any post on TVF since the demise of English John.

 

Outstanding!

Probably true, but the attitude of the powers that be seems to indicate they will carry on regardless, as if nothing has happened and all is back to normal.

 

Ostrich syndrome?

1 hour ago, ratcatcher said:

Probably true, but the attitude of the powers that be seems to indicate they will carry on regardless, as if nothing has happened and all is back to normal.

 

 

 

Of course -

1. They have absolutely no idea what to do

                   

 2. There is no cash in it for them.

                   

 3. If they do catch anyone and it turns out to be linked to the south, or anyone other than a redshirt,  it destroys any number of   narratives -  we,re winning in the south, insurgency in decline, everyone in the Army is solidly behind the junta, and so on.

 

Edited August 14, 20169 yr by JAG

Oh yea,. I'm going 555555555555555555

....universal accessibility....

 

...what genius came up with that....

 

...of course they accept all currencies...

 

 

...how about some universal human rights for the hapless saps that get taken in here...then kicked to the curb...or worse..

 

.....pay...and you get in....pay more...you can stay longer....

 

 

"...expatriates in Thailand will be asked to help spread the words to their peoples abroad the situation in Thailand"

 

The "situation"...as in...How easy it is to obtain a visa if they want to stay longer?  How they are treated equally and never charged higher prices than Thais are charged? How their education and talents are appreciated and easily can get jobs teaching English since the Thai teachers are not equipped to teach it as well? How their business acumen is welcome to help Thais learn successful business practices in order to raise their economic standard of living? How there is no corruption in tourist destinations and they can always expect courteous and professional service from tuk tuk/taxi drivers, Jet Ski and Motor Bike operators?

 

Yes, I am sure the word will be spread.

 

 

Edited August 15, 20169 yr by jaltsc

Hey there, hoopla

The circus is in town

Have you seen the elephant?

Have you seen the clown?

Celebrations? Like fireworks? 

As Rudolph The Red Nose Manager,   Alec Ferguson,   would say   "  its squeaky bum time  "   !

We seem to have a day for almost everything these days. Whats happens when they run out of days, do we switch to hours?

We all may end up eating our words if the figures from the Stock Exchange of Thailand are anything to go by.

 

This morning the SET is showing that Thai investors are not overly concerned by the weekend bombings. After an expected shaky start at opening, they are proving quite resilient, having the SET (at the close of the morning session) up 5.31points above its closing value last Thursday.

By comparison, the day after the Erawan bombing last year, the SET fell 36.13 points, and then a further 64.55 points a few days later!

 

Edited August 15, 20169 yr by waldroj
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24 minutes ago, waldroj said:

We all may end up eating our words if the figures from the Stock Exchange of Thailand are anything to go by.

 

This morning the SET is showing that Thai investors are not overly concerned by the weekend bombings. After an expected shaky start at opening, they are proving quite resilient, having the SET (at the close of the morning session) up 5.31points above its closing value last Thursday.

By comparison, the day after the Erawan bombing last year, the SET fell 36.13 points, and then a further 64.55 points a few days later!

 

 

Yes i agree. I must admit im a bit surprised. The SET Index is raised 1.1% in a few hours. So the world don't see any problem. The bath is up 0.2% btw

What could possibly go wrong?

3 minutes ago, Plutojames88 said:

What could possibly go wrong?

 

Nothing it seems. Even the GDP Gross domestic product rose 3.5% year-on-year in the second quarter this year, compared with 3.2% in the first quarter, with growth in the first half of 2016 at 3.4%, so maybe this is a part of it about SET index is up

 

19 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

Probably true, but the attitude of the powers that be seems to indicate they will carry on regardless, as if nothing has happened and all is back to normal.

 

Like everything else in the world today this is the new normal. The onus is on you to make the right decisions on where to go and what to attend. They are not going to hold your hand they only want to hold your wallet. They are just another founding member of the world wide "Greed Club"

 

15 minutes ago, carstenp said:

 

Nothing it seems. Even the GDP Gross domestic product rose 3.5% year-on-year in the second quarter this year, compared with 3.2% in the first quarter, with growth in the first half of 2016 at 3.4%, so maybe this is a part of it about SET index is up

 

The set is quite a bargain actually when compared to the US exchanges. Here you can buy shares in good companies for $10 or less in the US you have such insane prices like close to $1,000 a share for Amazon and Google. Chipotles has fallen from a high of $700 a share to $400 quite a kick in the arse. There is more value here on the SET than the S&P the Dow or the Nasdaq. As previously discussed Thailand is listed one of the least worst economies in the world the key words being "least worst" or new normal. 

"universal accessibility"

 

 

Looks like I picked the wrong day to give up sniffing glue.