News Forum - Another tourism goal for Thailand- 3,000 Indian tourists a day

[Thaiger]

Thailand’s tourism authorities seem to announce a new goal every day. While the Tourism Authority of Thailand is aiming for Saudi and Australian tourists in Phuket, TAT has also announced a goal last week for Thailand as a whole: 3,000 Indian tourists a day. TAT aims to meet its goal through various promotional campaigns and special travel incentives. TAT claims that wedding tourism has grown popular among Indian visitors to Thailand, and it now has a goal of holding 400 events related to wedding tourism this year. Government Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said Indian travelers could rake in as much as […]

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[Six]

Is there ANYONE who actually works in tourism who thinks this is a good idea?

[Prosaap]

I think TAT get payed from every prediction how ridicules it is dos not matter they got nothin right the last 2 year in a normal country they get fired a long time ago

[vvdb.fr]

The rich do not go to hotels and places for the poor.

 It is a small fringe of the tourist economy.

And also influential bosses, are the budgets of the TAT privatized by some?

[Cabra]

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. All TAT does is predict. 

[HiuMak]

Gotta learn to eat more Chicken Tikka Masala now

[MikeW]

600 drinks and 3000 straws

[Ivo_Shandor]

hmmm.... 3000 necklaces stolen per day... sounds profitable... 

[Farrago]

Scraping the bottom of the barrel,things are really getting very desperate.Next those poor Rohingyas who are fleeing Burma can be redirected to Phuket. 

[alex12345]

of course thailands tourism will recover, its all a  matter of getting rid of masks which will happen by July , the high season  for western foreigners isnt until december anyway thats why they are targeting India (its currently hotter there than in Thailand)

Who are all these announcements for, thats the question, the tourism operators? thethaiger, the tourists?

who knows?

[Stevejm]

16 hours ago, HiuMak said:

Gotta learn to eat more Chicken Tikka Masala now

Britain’ s Favorite takeaway 

[Stevejm]

19 hours ago, Six said:

Is there ANYONE who actually works in tourism who thinks this is a good idea?

As long as they pay their bills and don’t do a runner I am sure everyone in tourism will be very happy 

[Stevejm]

19 hours ago, Prosaap said:

I think TAT get payed from every prediction how ridicules it is dos not matter they got nothin right the last 2 year in a normal country they get fired a long time ago

It’s not a prediction. It’s a goal

[Fanta]

14 minutes ago, Stevejm said:

It’s not a prediction. It’s a goal

An own goal judging by performance to date. 

[Thaidup]

17 hours ago, Cabra said:

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. All TAT does is predict. 

I predict it will all be over soon.

[Thaidup]

Would the lower costs of living in India have something to do with it, the higher earnings, more disposable income over the last decade, I just checked their fuel prices, if that is in US dollars, it's pretty cheap.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/fuel-price

[HolyCowCm]

1 little, 2 little 3 little Indians, 4 little, 5 little, 6 little Indians.
 

Just substitute  the appropriate race for the nursery rhyme and it works perfectly for TAT.

 

 

 

 

 

[Stevejm]

14 hours ago, Farrago said:

Scraping the bottom of the barrel,things are really getting very desperate.Next those poor Rohingyas who are fleeing Burma can be redirected to Phuket. 

You do realize that there is a large middle class in India that has money don’t you? Nah? What a surprise! Your perception is out of date. 

[Cabra]

40 minutes ago, Thaidup said:

I predict it will all be over soon.

And I pray you are correct

[HolyCowCm]

1 minute ago, Stevejm said:

You do realize that there is a large middle class in India that has money don’t you? Nah? What a surprise! Your perception is out of date. 

You got that right. Some huge money in that country. How many of them out of the near 1.4 billion have money to burn. Lots. 

[Stevejm]

3 minutes ago, HolyCowCm said:

1 little, 2 little 3 little Indians, 4 little, 5 little, 6 little Indians.
 

Just substitute  the appropriate race for the nursery rhyme and it works perfectly for TAT.

 

 

I tried it inserting American and it works quite well especially the last verse about guns!

[HolyCowCm]

6 minutes ago, Stevejm said:

I tried it inserting American and it works quite well especially the last verse about guns!

Take a look at Thailand and it’s guns. 

[SSimpson]

"disheveled tourism economy"? Decimated perhaps?

[MikeW]

On 6/6/2022 at 11:02 AM, Stevejm said:

You do realize that there is a large middle class in India that has money don’t you? Nah? What a surprise! Your perception is out of date. 

And all of them flashing gold that the lady boys steal 

[Benroon]

Just as the bargirls hopes were starting to look up, this happens ......