Seizing opportunities from tourists during Chinese New Year
By SPECIAL TO THE NATION

 

THE LUNAR New Year is the most celebrated festival among the Chinese.

 

This year, New Year’s Day is on Saturday, and the festival runs to next Thursday. 

 

The festival is the time for families to journey back to their home towns. However, as standards of living and wealth have risen in China, more people are opting to enjoy their holidays abroad. 

 

According to China’s popular booking site Ctrip.com, a record 6 million people will travel overseas during this year’s holidays. 

 

What is in it for Thailand? 

 

Against the backdrop of the recent crackdown on zero-dollar tours starting in September and the 7.5-per-cent yuan depreciation making spending in baht more expensive, Thailand is still the most popular destination for Chinese tourists for this New Year, ahead of Japan and the United States. 

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/business/EconomyAndTourism/30304939

 

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Who writes these Headlines?

13 minutes ago, honoluludave said:

Who writes these Headlines?

I know what it means. For example, gold necklaces and handbags would be high on the opportunity list of things to seize.

1 hour ago, honoluludave said:

Who writes these Headlines?

Da kine cousin Somchai, brah.

 

'Seize', 'lure' - just appalling use of language.

5 hours ago, honoluludave said:

Who writes these Headlines?

Setting up a committee to find out stay tuned.

5 hours ago, disambiguated said:

'Seize', 'lure' - just appalling use of language.

They should start with "Grab" soon :)

 

But the analysis is more or less correct and CTrip is a BIG player in China and is going to grow event bigger year on year: the Chinese "millenials" do not use tours and 0 dollars travel agents: they book online, travel by themselves and this is just starting..

asians are all opportunists,.chinese wrote the book on it..good luck land of smiles...may the worst man win..

Thailand is so adept at turning several negatives abroad into a substantial positive for Thailand.  Hence a 7.7% drop in Chinese arrivals and a 7.5% drop in the value of the yen, making holidays here more expensive, will result in a 14% increase in their spending. 

 

How's that for optimism?  And you can be sure that in a few days' time, we will be informed that the target was met, although how they can possibly calculate how much the Chinese are spending, I would love to know.

 

Also, I note that as well as trying to LURE visitors to Thailand, they now urge Thais to SEIZE the opportunity.  Let us hope that their words are not taken literally.

Now I understand why they need to "lure" wealthy tourists.