News Forum - Thailand’s Prayut cheery for expected tourist influx

[Thaiger]

Thailand’s PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is cheery for the country’s expected tourist influx this year, according to a government spokesperson. Thailand’s CCSA scrapped the Thailand Pass on Friday, July 1. Now, the Tourism and Sports Ministry expects a total of about 9.3 million foreign visitors to arrive in the ‘Land of Smiles’ this year. The Kingdom saw 1.9 million foreign tourists arrive from January to June 28. This raked in about 114 million baht. Now that Thailand Pass is no more, the Tourism and Sports Ministry expects about 2.7 million foreign visitors to arrive from this month until the end of […]

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[Pompies]

So speaks the man who, through his complete lack of any form of assistance through 54 weeks of our business being closed, has laid waste to a whole industry.

[Rebel]

Guess Thailand is in for s big surprise.

Everywhere in the world the inflation are sky rocketing which could easily ends up in 30 to 50 percent price increases. 

If that happens how many turists does they think they will get them. The world doesn't need Thailand. It's quite opposite.

Good luck dreamers you gonna need it.

[Jafagreg]

See you in August. It's been too long.

[Cabra]

46 minutes ago, Rebel said:

Guess Thailand is in for s big surprise.

Everywhere in the world the inflation are sky rocketing which could easily ends up in 30 to 50 percent price increases. 

If that happens how many turists does they think they will get them. The world doesn't need Thailand. It's quite opposite.

Good luck dreamers you gonna need it.

Not to mention airfares are outrageous right now. 

[HolyCowCm]

11 minutes ago, Cabra said:

Not to mention airfares are outrageous right now. 

Outrageous is a very soft word for it.

[Chaimai]

1 hour ago, Rebel said:

Guess Thailand is in for s big surprise.

Everywhere in the world the inflation are sky rocketing which could easily ends up in 30 to 50 percent price increases. 

If that happens how many tourists does they think they will get them. The world doesn't need Thailand. It's quite opposite.

Good luck dreamers you gonna need it.

 

 

You are not a fan of Thailand then?

[ExpatPattaya]

1 hour ago, Pompies said:

So speaks the man who, through his complete lack of any form of assistance through 54 weeks of our business being closed, has laid waste to a whole industry.

Sorry to hear about your business being closed, but you are alive which is something you cannot say you would be if you had been servicing infected customers on a daily basis during the pandemic. 

Many restaurants and Markets never closed in Pattaya.  

If you want to go into business, remember, people have to eat and live somewhere. 

Food service and rental housing are the only 2 businesses that can survive a depression, recession,  or a pandemic possibly 

[Havana]

Whilst tourism will bounce back, either the Minister is wishful thinking or he has a crystal ball. 9.3 million is a lot to ask given this is the low season which suggests October-December will see a flood of tourists.

[Rebel]

5 hours ago, Chaimai said:

You are not a fan of Thailand then?

Been here for 15 years so I know what I'm talking about. Not someone sitting in a sofa and dreams of the bargirls

[Chaimai]

3 hours ago, Rebel said:

Been here for 15 years so I know what I'm talking about. Not someone sitting in a sofa and dreams of the bargirls

 

Only a year behind me.

 

Surprised you have stayed so long.

 

Thailand will remain a popular tourist, and snowbird,  destination - but global recessionary factors will inevitably impact on numbers.