Phuket officials welcome 7,800 cruise line passengers

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Phuket officials welcome 7,800 cruise line passengers

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Passengers arrive via the Coral Beach jetty. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Officials from various local government agencies were in Patong yesterday morning to welcome some 7,800 passengers enjoying a cruise from Singapore.

 

Phuket Vice Governor Sanith Srivihok believes the one-day visit generated around B31.2 million in revenue for the island.

 

Yesterday morning, V/Gov Sanith together with officials from the Tourism Authority of Thailand Phuket Office, Phuket Marine Office, Phuket Customs House, and Patong Police Station were at Patong Beach to welcome some 7,800 tourists who disembarked Ovation of the Seas and Mariner of the Seas cruise liners to enjoy a day on the island.

 

They cruise liners left on the next leg of their voyage at 9pm last night.

 

The liners moored close to the 300 metre long Coral Beach jetty in Patong and once on land passengers were entertained by traditional Thai dancers.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-officials-welcome-7-800-cruise-line-passengers-61312.php

 

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[Old Croc]

I guess Patong is not really missing the custom of Nigel Neverpukitagain from Nakon Nowhere.

[BigBadGeordie]

Interesting 7,800 passengers, yet a quick internet search reveals,

"Capacity: 4,180 passengers (double occupancy) 4,905 passengers(maximum occupancy) MS Ovation of the Seas is a cruise ship operating for Royal Caribbean International (RCI)."

[schlog]

The Bib welcomed them with a massiv congestion on the beach road triggered by a mia noi collection fund check point.

Well done. We all lost 30min because of that nonsens.

 

A more realistic guess is 4 mio baht.

Absolute low level tourists who only spend on dry fruits and water in big c.

[Old Croc]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

some 7,800 tourists who disembarked Ovation of the Seas and Mariner of the Seas cruise liners

 

1 hour ago, BigBadGeordie said:

Interesting 7,800 passengers, yet a quick internet search reveals,

"Capacity: 4,180 passengers (double occupancy) 4,905 passengers(maximum occupancy) MS Ovation of the Seas is a cruise ship operating for Royal Caribbean International (RCI)."

You did note there were two ships in port didn't you?

[Oishii]

There were 2 ships.

Ovation of the Seas capacity is: 

• 4,180 passengers (double occupancy)^[2]
• 4,905 passengers (maximum occupancy)^[2]

 

And Mariner of the Seas. Capacity is: 3,114 passengers.

Eguals a possible 8,019 passenger.

[hkt83100]

It was a misty day... view against the sun :-(

[tonywillo]

A Rumour that Park officials are considering reclassification of phuket Island to a 50% marine park so a 200B entry fee can be applied to boat visitors? ?

[rkidlad]

Only 31 million? Let's find more ways to squeeze this cow for cash. 

[BigBadGeordie]

7 hours ago, Old Croc said:

 

You did note there were two ships in port didn't you?

Ah........nope.......thanks for correcting me.

 

I shall not have supper and I will go sraight to bed now.

 

Sorry.

[fish monger]

10 hours ago, BigBadGeordie said:

Interesting 7,800 passengers, yet a quick internet search reveals,

"Capacity: 4,180 passengers (double occupancy) 4,905 passengers(maximum occupancy) MS Ovation of the Seas is a cruise ship operating for Royal Caribbean International (RCI)."

I'm sure Kobkarn has the correct numbers....he always does.

[wakeupplease]

3 hours ago, fish monger said:

I'm sure Kobkarn has the correct numbers....he always does.

So a Lady Boy then and I always thought she was a woman.

you see tourists are always counted in two's as one's do not add up.

 

fact

So tourist bring in a lot of much needed money do they, so why treat them like you do you fools?

 

 

[jacko45k]

Welcome... and here is some overpriced transportation into town that you are obligated to use provided by the local mafia..... enjoy!

[madmitch]

And another 7800 visitors to add to the tourist numbers. TAT must be happy.

[12DrinkMore]

"We have estimated that each passenger would spend at least B4,000 during the trip"

 

Wonder how that number was arrived at? 4,000 Baht in 7 hours.
 

 

[Nurseynutcase]

20 hours ago, Oishii said:

There were 2 ships.

Ovation of the Seas capacity is: 

• 4,180 passengers (double occupancy)^[2]
• 4,905 passengers (maximum occupancy)^[2]

 

And Mariner of the Seas. Capacity is: 3,114 passengers.

Eguals a possible 8,019 passenger.

That is IF all the passengers get off.

 

Not disputing your figures, but don't forget about some crew members who may also be able to disembark.

[keeniau96]

I am meeting a couple arriving on Sunday on cruise ship much the same as described. The ship anchors in Patong Bay and hauls the passengers to that rickety pier (much like the old pier at Chalong Bay, not the nw one). Ship boats haul them to the pier where they have to pass through Immigration, then the walk down the fairly long pier to the ramp shown in the photo which exits on Beach Road. That's the south end of the bay so have ample opportunity to view the tuk-tuks and motorcycle rentals obstructing the road. Have to return to ship at 5PM, so have a nice all-day opportunity for touring the exciting T-shirt shops and souvenir stands of Patong on a hot Sunday. Don't expect much of the nightspots to be available but tourists will have ample opportunity for various scams and fleecings offered by the vary experienced locals. 

[DrDave]

36 minutes ago, Nurseynutcase said:

That is IF all the passengers get off.

 

Not disputing your figures, but don't forget about some crew members who may also be able to disembark.

Crew members aren't included in the passenger capacity counts. Crew accounts for an additional 2,685 people, of which most do not disembark.

 

  Ovation: 4,180 pax (typical),  4,905 (utilizing all berths in quad capacity rooms)  + 1,500 crew

  Mariner:  3,114 pax  + 1,185 crew

 

Cruise ships never sail with unfilled rooms - so we're looking at a potential 7,300+ passenger disembarkations, plus whatever crew members can/do disembark.

[DrDave]

2 hours ago, 12DrinkMore said:

"We have estimated that each passenger would spend at least B4,000 during the trip"

 

Wonder how that number was arrived at? 4,000 Baht in 7 hours.
 

 

I was thinking the same thing. 4,000 Baht seems awfully high.

That's a lot of T-shirts, Beer and Snail White cream.

[johng]

27 minutes ago, DrDave said:

Cruise ships never sail with unfilled rooms

how do they manage that ?    with some "press gangs"    or do they just keep lowering the price until they get takers ?

[DrDave]

5 minutes ago, johng said:

how do they manage that ?    with some "press gangs"    or do they just keep lowering the price until they get takers ?

When it looks like they won't have a full ship, they make special offers to past guests that live near the port and can take a trip on short notice.

[Lokie]

When doing my morning walks along beach up to that end (best bit in morning is the fish market and some of the characters there) talking to the mini-bus drivers seems most of the punters off the boats are on organised tours and que up with appointed reps alongside the beach rd (south end) then prob around 25% take a mini-bus trip /tour to Phuket town and then up to big Buddha then back via Kata/Karon, some stay aboard and yes a few walk down beach rd or the beach, can't see how they would be spending much money in Patong though other than water and maybe some fruit or lunch

[madmitch]

4 hours ago, Lokie said:

When doing my morning walks along beach up to that end (best bit in morning is the fish market and some of the characters there) talking to the mini-bus drivers seems most of the punters off the boats are on organised tours and que up with appointed reps alongside the beach rd (south end) then prob around 25% take a mini-bus trip /tour to Phuket town and then up to big Buddha then back via Kata/Karon, some stay aboard and yes a few walk down beach rd or the beach, can't see how they would be spending much money in Patong though other than water and maybe some fruit or lunch

I'm sure a few of the old boys go for a quickie somewhere!

 

But in reality it shows that the authorities just pick a figure out of the air, multiply it by an arbitrary number and there you have the TAT way of calculating tourist expenditure.

[Sphere]

On 09/03/2017 at 11:04 AM, webfact said:

.....were entertained by traditional Thai dancers.

On behalf of the Singaporeans, I'd like to say thanks for the mammaries......

 

 

Edited March 11, 2017 by Sphere

[stevenl]

5 hours ago, Lokie said:

When doing my morning walks along beach up to that end (best bit in morning is the fish market and some of the characters there) talking to the mini-bus drivers seems most of the punters off the boats are on organised tours and que up with appointed reps alongside the beach rd (south end) then prob around 25% take a mini-bus trip /tour to Phuket town and then up to big Buddha then back via Kata/Karon, some stay aboard and yes a few walk down beach rd or the beach, can't see how they would be spending much money in Patong though other than water and maybe some fruit or lunch

Those organised tours are also on Phuket, the transport to the destination is making money, and also the other tours to Phuket Town and Big Buddha are making money.

[Psimbo]

On 3/10/2017 at 9:51 AM, 12DrinkMore said:

"We have estimated that each passenger would spend at least B4,000 during the trip"

 

Wonder how that number was arrived at? 4,000 Baht in 7 hours.
 

 

That was the tuk tuk bill!