News Forum - Bangkok landmarks like Wat Po are not seeing many tourists

[Thaiger]

The doors are open, flights are landing, international tourists are finally allowed back in the country as of Monday. But popular tourist attractions like Wat Pho and Wat Phra Kaew are so far not seeing an increase in foreign visitors. The temple complex by the Grand Palace that holds such national treasures as the Reclining Buddha and the Emerald Buddha are mostly seeing domestic tourists since reopening to the public on November 1, the same time as borders reopened. At the Covid-19 screening checkpoint at the entrance of th complex, staff said just over 1,000 people visited the Grand Palace […]

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[TheDirtyDurian]

Because there are not too many tourists around. 

[gummy]

10 minutes ago, TheDirtyDurian said:

Because there are not too many tourists around. 

Shhh, don't tell TAT 

[Malc-Thai]

 today is the 3rd day of the grand reopening of Thailand and already talking about not enough tourists going to temple!

[Lawyers_Guns_and_Money]

Wat Po is for first time Bangkok tourists. Unlikely nobody is going to BKK for the first time right now.

[Cabra]

Two reasons (just a theory)... The people who arrived 1 Nov on the "test and go" scheme where just released yesterday, and the majority of people arriving currently are probably not tourist but mainly people who are already familiar with Thailand and have seen all these various attractions prior to covid restrictions.

[DiJoDavO]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

But popular tourist attractions like Wat Pho and Wat Phra Kaew are so far not seeing an increase in foreign visitors

Jai yen yen, they barely wait for people to even get out of their plane before they checked these numbers. What do they expect? Do they expect these tourists to not first go to their hotels, drop their luggage and rush directly to Wat Pho with all their luggage, sweaty and smelly from the plane trip???? Like wtf, give them a break

[Viggen840]

Here it is two days into the 'season' and bleats about lack of numbers! A junior high school student could have written this as a work of fiction months ago ant it would still be FACT. Have you taken into account the compulsory lodging period for ALL tourist entries? No... don't let fact get in the way of a good story.

[PJK]

The extensive list of requirements just to visit Thailand is nauseating. Tourists like myself will just wait the government out until they capitulate and remove most restrictions. I’ve got nothing but time while I watch the GDP of these nations swirl the drain.

[farang]

pjk,you are right!!thai will not see large numbers of tourtist until those restrictions are dropped!!its crazy!! if some one has their vaccines and the covid test before coming  why run them ragged with one night hotel stay,another test,insurance  and contacting the embassy two or three times ''who by the way dont respond''here in usa thai embassy.go back to how it was pre covid.this is something the world is going to have to work and live with.you cant stop people from working forever because a few cases jump up.so i too am waiting for a more hassel free trip.chock dee to all.

[HiuMak]

On 11/3/2021 at 11:23 AM, gummy said:

Shhh, don't tell TAT 

TAT still salivating in their dreams. don't wake them

[Lawyers_Guns_and_Money]

As soon as I arrived, I asked the taxi driver to take me to Wat Po and he said it was "closed".