snoop1130 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Thailand's August foreign tourist arrivals up 5.6% year on year FILE PHOTO: Tourists enjoy a swimming pool at a hotel in central Bangkok, Thailand, January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva BANGKOK (Reuters) - The number of foreign tourists arriving in Thailand rose 5.59% in August from a year earlier, with Chinese visitor numbers rebounding strongly, the tourism ministry said on Tuesday. The 3.41 million foreign arrivals in August spent 170 billion baht ($5.55 billion), up 7.12% year-on-year, the ministry said in a statement after a cabinet meeting. The number of Chinese tourists, Thailand's biggest source of visitors, jumped 15.6% in August from a year earlier to 1 million, after increasing 5.81% in July following five months of declines. In the January-August period, the number of foreign tourists rose 2.6% year-on-year to 26.5 million. The government believes the number of foreign travellers will reach its target of a record 40 million this year, government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat told reporters. "The prime minister has instructed relevant agencies to address any impact of an influx of foreign tourists on the public, environment and infrastructure," she said. Last year, there were 38.3 million foreign arrivals but a boat disaster near Phuket Island that killed 47 Chinese visitors was blamed for a fall in the numbers coming from China. Tourism is a major driver of Thai growth, with foreign tourist receipts accounting for about 12% of gross domestic product (GDP). -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-09-10 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Are we really supposed to believe this............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamkyong Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 21 minutes ago, petermik said: Are we really supposed to believe this............ but of course dont be such a doubting Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookiescot Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 So with a Chinese currency devaluation and an ongoing trade war with the USA coupled by the ever increasing value of the Baht Chinese tourist numbers are up? Aye right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 50 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: The government believes the number of foreign travellers will reach its target of a record 40 million this year, government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat told reporters. Pessimists, I think it can reach 42.5 million if TAT are responsible for the final tally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 What they mean is number of foreign arrivals as per immigration in certain visa/exemption classes. Immigration isn't releasing data of the length of the stays, meaning any connecting travel that requires clearing immigration is counted as tourists. The figures aren't usable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaanbiker Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 50/50? 50 % from India, 50 percent from China and 120 percent from Europe and elsewhere? ( Thaimath...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 It's coming out as a musical soon, a broadway hit no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaanbiker Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, soalbundy said: It's coming out as a musical soon, a broadway hit no doubt. And Sek Loso smokes his Ya ice and Pinocchio sings his hits and talks to some incense sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf99 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 The recently set up "Fake News" Gov dept., has just done exactly what anyone who knows LoS would expect. i.e. Allow this misinformation to keep on being churned out. It has only been days since the real information was being reported about the Chinese not going anywhere outside the old red curtain/wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 really suspect numbers, its been down with slowing tourist arrivals but all of a sudden the numbers are up, tourism minister must have to show he is doing something so stretching the truth becomes a required part of his job. The baht is still strong and making all the tourist currencies buying a lot less this year but they want us to believe the numbers are higher than last year, seems to me he has been playing with himself too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I was getting worried for a while but I feel better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 2 hours ago, snoop1130 said: government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat The lovely Narumon Pinyosinwat is the government spokesperson who embarrassed the PM by spreading photos around the media how the PM ate out of a styrofoam container on his plane. I would believe anything she said, even tourism statistics lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huayrat Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fex Bluse Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I learned from educated Thais that you never trust whatever is being claimed. Thais know themselves. Any announcement needs to be met with suspicion and read between the lines. In Thailand there is a very weak attachment to truth, so words are fairly meaningless on their face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron jeremy Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 These are arrivals, not TOURIST arrivals. Big difference. The country is manned by an immigrant work force, every time they cross the border their numbers are included, same as people using Bangkok as a transit hub, going elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethro69 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Yes, I arrived in August too. So proud to be part of that increase. And every businesses I talked too confirmed that. Well, every business complains for ay least a year now. Good Job this Junta did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1967 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Seems to me the cheapest and quickest way to get to Cambodia is via Bangkok, exactly what I've done. Sorry but I'll be adding to those made up figures!!! I have plenty of friends who used to visit Thailand, 6 of us just booked for Cambodia. We're not the minority for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 12 hours ago, petermik said: Are we really supposed to believe this............ Where are they hiding? Its peacefully quiet and can stay that way in Chiang Mai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbbooboo Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Hmmm..... the more often you tell an untruth the more likely it is to become true(TIT)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdwilko Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Where are they all hiding ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Just now, jdwilko said: Where are they all hiding ???? In the transit lounge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundooman Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, jdwilko said: Where are they all hiding ???? They're not. All of them are in the picture at the beginning of this story. All two of them. The percentage is incorrectly quoted. It should read... 0.056%. Government's apologies. Furthermore, the picture is wrong. it gives the impression of a hotel swimming pool in Bangkok. It isn't - it is a picture of the flooded flat roof of a hotel with two chinese looking Thais posing for a propaganda shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upena Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Arrivals ste not necessarily tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender92 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Where are they? Pattaya is pretty empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 13 hours ago, snoop1130 said: the tourism ministry said on Tuesday. When things are far from the truth, they try to appease the masses so as not to lose face, so they lie, another day, another lie, nuff said..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcpattaya Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I told them not to buy this Japanese <deleted>.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bantex Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 When I arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport last month there was no queuing for immigration with only 3 people in front of me at the Immigration desk. They were actually closing Immigration desks as there was too many staff for the number of arrivals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 16 minutes ago, jdwilko said: Where are they all hiding ???? They are all at the 4 malls on sai song and the 7-11's in Pattaya. Taking parasail rides every morning and going to Alcazar/Tiffany show at night Saw 4 buses filling with Chinese tourists at AVANI hotel next to Royal Garden the other morning Rant: Also many many Chinese couples and small groups staying at my condo complex short term. Management will not do anything about it - maybe getting kick backs from rentals, who knows. I even saw those English real estate guys on Television from Thompson's promoting a condo sale at "The Base" as a great investment. Saying many are used for rent short term rentals. They must know that daily and weekly rentals of condos is illegal yes? Condos are not Hotels right? Mai pen rai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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