Tourism and Sports Ministry: Over 31.3 million foreign tourists visit Thailand this year

[webfact]

Tourism and Sports Ministry: Over 31.3 million foreign tourists visit Thailand this year

 

 

BANGKOK, 21 December 2016 (NNT) – The Minister of Tourism and Sports disclosed that over 8.5 Chinese tourists visited Thailand in 2016 before revealing the government's tourism strategic plan 2017 to push Thailand towards becoming the tour hub of ASEAN. 

Tourism and Sports Minister Korpkarn Watthanavarangkun disclosed that over 31.3 million tourists had visited Thailand during 1 January to 20 December 2016, higher than last year's figures by 9.2 percent, while most tourists were from China. 

In 2016, the Tourism and Sports Ministry aims to make Thailand the hub of tourism in five areas including sports tourism, medical and wellness, wedding and romance, maritime tourism and ASEAN. 

In terms of domestic tourism, the strategy will focus on local experience in five main activities including traveling by train, evening tours, tourism for all, conferences and seminars, and tourism projects along 70 routes following in the footsteps of His late Majesty King Rama IX.

 

-- nnt 2016-12-22

[fruitman]

Now come on, tell me....how many Baht did they bring to Thailand??

[Sphere]

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

....make Thailand the hub of tourism in five areas including sports tourism, medical and wellness, wedding and romance, maritime tourism and ASEAN...

 

# 1 try zip line ....# 2 need medical attention....# 3 meet lovely ladyboy nurse....# 4 get hit by jetski....(repeat hub # 2)...# 5 plan next holiday in Malaysia, Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Cambodia......

[jerojero]

No. No. It's 33 million. Tomorrow it's going to be 30 million. Then it's going to be 35 million. Then...then...then....

[Bureaucrat]

Are those the ones they did not rip off, scam, overcharge, beat up, rape or murder?

Edited December 22, 2016 by Bureaucrat

[upena]

arrivals, not necessarily tourists.

[freebyrd]

Yawn.....

 

The ability to lie with a big smile on their faces runs through every level of Thai society. They learn it when they are knee high.

[outsider]

Ok, I'll give this bozos full marks for at least trying to be creative - i.e. rolling 'tourism growth' and 'hub' into a single story. Not bad!

[Srikcir]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Tourism and Sports Minister Korpkarn Watthanavarangkun disclosed that over 31.3 million tourists had visited Thailand

The Tourism and Sports Minister said that tourism continued to expand in the first quarter of 2016 and projected that Thailand would attract more than 32 million travelers this year. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/903857-tourism-industry-in-thailand-continues-to-expand-in-q1/
Failed?

 

[topt]

12 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

The Tourism and Sports Minister said that tourism continued to expand in the first quarter of 2016 and projected that Thailand would attract more than 32 million travelers this year. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/903857-tourism-industry-in-thailand-continues-to-expand-in-q1/
Failed?

 

Still 11 days of arrivals to add for the full year..........

[Lupatria]

...and Lotus, Big C, and IKEA can't keep up to cater the demand of much needed camp beds and bunk beds from the hotel industry.

[Caxa]

It's amazing how they keep meeting their increased targets every year! - especially when anyone can see that this is the worst "high season" since 2008/9.

[Redline]

This is a small country.  Everyone knows this is not true.  Please stop to save your own faces

[Redline]

3 hours ago, topt said:

Still 11 days of arrivals to add for the full year..........

Add another million+

Or, whatever you feel comfortable with....

[topt]

10 minutes ago, Redline said:

Add another million+

Or, whatever you feel comfortable with....

Precisely.....................

[tomacht8]

I really like Tourism and Sports Minister Korpkarn Watthanavarangkun.
Why is she sitting alone at the big table in the OP foto?
The others do not work , or what?

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

4 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

I really like Tourism and Sports Minister Korpkarn Watthanavarangkun.
Why is she sitting alone at the big table in the OP foto?
The others do not work , or what?

Maybe the others are too embarrassed with the white lies?

[arrowsdawdle]

Looks like TAT has added some bigger numbers to their spinner roulette board.

Edited December 22, 2016 by arrowsdawdle

[pattayadgw]

Why the infatuation of stats of Chinese visitors? The don't put money into the local economy... do you see them out eating dinner in different restaurants, no you don't!  You will only ever see them going to a prearranged chinese restaurant.  Do you ever see them enjoying a quiet beer in a bar... never!!  You see them going to 711 or Macro and buying up to take to their hotel rooms.  You see them dangerously trying to ride a motor bike and navigate on their smart phones - at the same time.  Quality tourists...NOT!    

[Blackheart1916]

12 hours ago, freebyrd said:

Yawn.....

 

The ability to lie with a big smile on their faces runs through every level of Thai society. They learn it when they are knee high.

And she looks pretty hard pressed to smile, must be trying to keep a straight face?

[Blackheart1916]

34 minutes ago, pattayadgw said:

Why the infatuation of stats of Chinese visitors? The don't put money into the local economy... do you see them out eating dinner in different restaurants, no you don't!  You will only ever see them going to a prearranged chinese restaurant.  Do you ever see them enjoying a quiet beer in a bar... never!!  You see them going to 711 or Macro and buying up to take to their hotel rooms.  You see them dangerously trying to ride a motor bike and navigate on their smart phones - at the same time.  Quality tourists...NOT!    

I have seen them in bars, not drinking, just sitting for a few minutes taking photos of people drinking...weird!!

[Thechook]

31 million and rising why do they want to keep increasing the numbers when they complain about these tourists dumping rubbish around Thailand and destroying the environment and Thailand's image.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I'm not the junta's biggest fan, but all the doubt and lies peddled in any topic on tourism numbers is profoundly puzzling.

 

The one sensible comment was that these would indeed be 'arrivals' which includes also people not here for tourism purposes.

 

But there can be no doubt that numbers are up.   If you choose not to believe the government (because, reasons) then take a look at Flightradar24 or anything else that shows flight operations into Thailand.   

 

So unless you're so far out to lunch that you think the conspiracy involves flying empty planes into Thailand, y'all frankly are full of it.

[fish monger]

Anything for a photo op............

[Redline]

16 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

I really like Tourism and Sports Minister Korpkarn Watthanavarangkun.
Why is she sitting alone at the big table in the OP foto?
The others do not work , or what?

Brainstorming on what to say tomorrow