Thai tourism faces up to Bt100 bn loss from fear of virus

[hotchilli 15,421]

5 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

So are they going to charge the Corona virus with adversely affecting the industry and the fine reputation of the destinations?

Always got to blame something... instead of using money to entice tourists to come with ridiculous vouchers why not spend it cleaning up the "toilet of a country" put in public facilities that are modern, and accessible to all [invalids included] sort out the roads, the pavements, the beaches, the water quality, the air quality etc etc etc etc

[FarFlungFalang 8,440]

6 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

So are they going to charge the Corona virus with adversely affecting the industry and the fine reputation of the destinations?

They might just charge those carrying the virus and blame them for not taking proper precautions against infection.

[FarFlungFalang 8,440]

54 minutes ago, DPKANKAN said:

How come the fortune teller which TAT consulted did not forsee this????

Because it's UNfortunate!

[yokat 456]

Thailand was already unattractive for many because of the air pollution and high baht. Fortunately for them they now have something tangible to point their finger at instead of just pretending not to see the elephant in the room

[Mac98 1,223]

Will Chinese have to buy insurance from a Thai company to visit? Seems like they might be higher risk. And if they infect others?

[DrTuner 24,557]

They should make a bronze statue for Kobkarn. Such a bright idea to go for the Chinese low cost tours and drive the Europeans away. 

[Redline 4,749]

A legitimate fear to an illegitimate government 

[DrTuner 24,557]

4 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Thai's will have a cure by next week

I'm sure the Chinese already have the cure, just ask your local traditional medicine practitioner. Most likely dried and ground bat.

Edited January 28 by DrTuner

[Isaan sailor 3,503]

Has anyone noticed that western currencies have risen during the past few trading days?  Could it be that some country has put all resources into a medical emergency—and stopped pounding the USD?

[trainman34014 14,887]

No worries; they sent a delegation to Eastern Europe to woo the Gypsy's to come here for their Holidays.   What they are too dumb to realise is that the Gypsy's are bigger thieves than what they are and they will only come to plunder the local's here like they've done all over Western Europe !

[natway09 4,812]

For once try putting the Thai peoples health first & then worry about your bloo.. money

[metisdead 8,712]

An overly derogatory troll post has been removed. 

[Jumbo1968 607]

8 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

Tat are now rubbing their hands as they have a nice neat get out for the deplorable tourist figures.

It couldn’t have come at a better time as has been quoted above.

[BRUFC 347]

1 hour ago, trainman34014 said:

No worries; they sent a delegation to Eastern Europe to woo the Gypsy's to come here for their Holidays.   What they are too dumb to realise is that the Gypsy's are bigger thieves than what they are and they will only come to plunder the local's here like they've done all over Western Europe !

OOhhh, I say! If they come they'll be caught. Don't forget that we now have Biometrics, BMW cars, laptops with internet connection and thanks to P.O.T.Y. Yinn's great observational skills, a roof mounted camera which is obviously of cutting edge design. In fact , it looks somewhat similar to the 'forefront of technology' equipment the BBC had on their Licence Detector Vans many years ago.

[Artisi 15,541]

10 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

Tat are now rubbing their hands as they have a nice neat get out for the deplorable tourist figures.

you beat me to it - what a great timely cop-out for TAT - with some clever twisting they should be able to spin it out for quite some time into the future.