2 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Just saw an article where somebody in the tourism department said Russian arrivals are going to increase significantly this year.  LOL.  Not until the price of oil goes up!

 

 

Just reading now in the other newspaper that Yuthasak Supasorn, Governor of TAT says that there could be up to 200,000  travel cancellations because of the blasts.

So, I guess the increase in Russian arrivals is badly needed.

That is funny.

"Mr.Hubert Schuster and Ms.Ezgi Oege, tourists from Germany, said violent incidents could take place anywhere and they went to a local market in the province just one day after the bombings. They said Thailand was a beautiful country with friendly people and they would definitely return to Thailand". 

TAT took a sample of 2 people and concluded that the bomb blasts did not affect tourism.

Unbelievable.

Thainess......

 

Customer Relations and Attitude Adjustment along with Career Adjustment coming soon.

On 8/14/2016 at 11:21 PM, NongKhaiKid said:

I don't think so,  I believe hotels etc have to apply to join the association and many of the smaller places,  guest houses etc. don't and may not even be eligible.

So it is possible for the Hotel Association to report an increase in tourist stays while the guest houses remain empty.  That would explain the puzzle of reports of increased tourist arrivals while small hotels, guest houses and other businesses that cater to independent travelers are hurting for business.  Package tours make it into official measures while the independent tourists that keep many thousands of Thais employed are staying away.

 

Thailand has been doing everything it can to dissuade adventurous tourists while Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and, now, Myanmar are becoming increasingly inviting.  No doubt package tours are great for the big hotel chains, but not for small businesses.  That's bad for Thailand, these small businesses employ a lot of Thais.

" Tourism organizations and the provincial chamber of commerce in Phang Nga have announced that the recent violent incidents in the province have not affected tourism while ensuring tourists of safety."

 

Yet.

 

Hardly likely to in 4 days... more wishful thinking and delusion.

 

Winnie

 

 

 

12 hours ago, bobbymack said:

That is funny.

"Mr.Hubert Schuster and Ms.Ezgi Oege, tourists from Germany, said violent incidents could take place anywhere and they went to a local market in the province just one day after the bombings. They said Thailand was a beautiful country with friendly people and they would definitely return to Thailand". 

TAT took a sample of 2 people and concluded that the bomb blasts did not affect tourism.

Unbelievable.

Thailand took a sample of two Germans, who speak, like they are doing a commercial, saying exactly, what TAT needed to hear!

Yesterday on Swampy i didn't see any chinese groups running around like drunk chickens.

 

It was not busy but the rows at immigration all had about 10 tourists in qeueu.

obviously will have some impact, amazing how thailand tourism, GDP & currency rate keeps good during protests, coups, bombs & incompetence ! figures don't seem match tourism & trade on the ground though ! 3 IT/Print companies we used in thailand gone & many in retail trade struggling massively with huge amount of trading premises empty for months & contracts more flexible/lower cost than ever  ...
in other countries simple government issues or banking expert comments have immence impact :-/