Popular Post webfact Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 Thailand to tout 'trusted' tourism in coronavirus era By Chayut Setboonsarng FILE PHOTO: A closed restaurant due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, is seen next to the Chao Phraya river with a view of Wat Arun temple, one of the city's top tourist spots, in Bangkok, Thailand March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is positioning itself as a trusted destination for international tourists after travel restrictions ease, capitalising on its relative success in containing the coronavirus outbreak, industry officials say. The Southeast Asian country, the first to report a virus case outside of China, wants to build on its reputation and remake its popular image as a destination for big tour groups. "After COVID eases, we plan to refresh the country's image to a trusted destination where tourists will have peace of mind," Tanes Petsuwan, the Tourism Authority of Thailand's (TAT) deputy governor for marketing and communications, told Reuters. The campaign, to be launched later in the year, will be aimed at young affluent travellers from places that are considered low-risk such as China, South Korea and Taiwan, Tanes said. It will highlight scenic beaches and parks, part of a "tourism bridge" that could emerge in Asia including Hong Kong and Japan. The government has rolled out a health certification system for hotels and restaurants so that travellers can be reassured. "The certificate is a tool to build trust and showcase Thailand as your amazing trusted destination," Tanes said. Southeast Asia's second-largest economy has so far reported just over 3,100 cases and 58 deaths – far less than other major regional economies, except for Vietnam. Local transmission has waned, with the last recorded case on May 25. The tourism industry, which accounts for 12% of the economy, collapsed after the outbreak escalated. Thailand welcomed 39.8 million foreign tourists last year but projects as few as 14 million for 2020. Thailand has banned international flights until at least June 30, and foreign tourists aren't expected until later in the year. In the meantime, the government is drawing up a stimulus package to promote domestic tourism from July to October. But when international travel resumes, Thailand will promote the "trust" concept, as hotels emphasise measures they are taking for safety and offer special packages. Central Plaza Hotel Pcl, which manages 46 hotels and resorts across Thailand, will seal rooms once they are cleaned and disinfected so guests will be confident, deputy CEO Markland Blaiklock told Reuters. "We may limit occupancy at 50% on some properties so guests experience social distancing that they are comfortable with," he said. But it's unclear if travellers will be at ease before a coronavirus vaccine is available, which experts say is at least a year away. For now, hotels will have to go the extra mile to tempt travellers. Potjanee Darakamas of Oxford Acuity, which manages and operates hotels, cited private airport transfers, in-room spa services and packages around specific themes such as health retreats and activities tailor-made for individual guests. "Hygiene is a must, so offering bespoke services will give boutique hotels with unique selling points an advantage over corporate operators." (Additional reporting by Orathai Siring; Editting by Kay Johnson and Jacqueline Wong) -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-06-05 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darksidedog Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 I think they are wishing on a dream. Once the borders are open we ARE going to get new cases being imported, so their goes the trust, and many tourists will be put off by the extreme measures they will probably need to comply with. Add to that many around the world are broke right now so traveling is a low item on the shopping list so any resumption in tourism is likely to be painfully slow. 50 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Misterwhisper Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 14 minutes ago, webfact said: Potjanee Darakamas of Oxford Acuity, which manages and operates hotels, cited private airport transfers, in-room spa services and packages around specific themes such as health retreats and activities tailor-made for individual guests. Oooh, sounds expensive. And how, if I may ask, is this going to fit in with Thailand wanting to... 14 minutes ago, webfact said: to build on its reputation and remake its popular image as a destination for big tour groups. As the past has shown over-abundantly, these "big tour groups" typically stay at tourist-class hotels, are their members having booked all-inclusive packages, "wine and dine" in what is best described as mass-feeding temples, and they are ferried around in crammed tour buses. They certainly aren't the big spender crowd. 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, webfact said: The government has rolled out a health certification system for hotels and restaurants so that travellers can be fleeced with greater ease and with a bigger smile .. 37 minutes ago, webfact said: BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is positioning itself as a trusted destination for international tourists after travel restrictions ease, capitalising on its relative success in containing the coronavirus outbreak, industry officials say. More front than Harrods .. And if CV has been controlled relatively speaking why the on going march with the draconian infringements .. Edited June 5, 2020 by Justgrazing Sp 18 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 I have as much trust in the usurpers' Thailand as I do buying a used scooter from a motocy taxi. As in absolute zero. 8 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brunolem Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: wants to build on its reputation and remake its popular image as a destination for big tour groups. This is a bit ambiguous. Does "remake" means that Thailand want to improve its image as a destination for big tour groups, a.k.a. Chinese hordes, or... does "remake" means that Thailand wants to change its image, and move from cheap tour groups to high spender individuals? In short, is Thailand going to give priority to quality over quantity, or to go for even more quantity? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Puchaiyank Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 You can trust them...to try and take advantage of your naivete....???? 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rasmus5150 Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Brunolem said: This is a bit ambiguous. Does "remake" means that Thailand want to improve its image as a destination for big tour groups, a.k.a. Chinese hordes, or... does "remake" means that Thailand wants to change its image, and move from cheap tour groups to high spender individuals? In short, is Thailand going to give priority to quality over quantity, or to go for even more quantity? If I was a betting man, I would go all in on #1 - "Quantity"....... 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cali farong Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 Another day and another plan to bring back tourist. Good Luck!! Can’t wait to hear the next idea. How about free Amulet upon arrival. Then everyone is safe 7 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post elliss Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) Thailand and trust, just not compatible .. Edited June 5, 2020 by elliss spelling 16 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Blumpie Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 Laughable. The question is not does Thailand trust these nations, it's do these nations trust Thailand. They will say they do but unfortunately the answer will be a no when it comes to tourism this year. To say that Chinese will be coming back this year is delusional. They are not going to permit anyone to go to Thailand and risk one of the largest economies on earth to shut down. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brunolem Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Blumpie said: To say that Chinese will be coming back this year is delusional. They are not going to permit anyone to go to Thailand and risk one of the largest economies on earth to shut down. Right! Anyway they have suspended most of international flights until October at the earliest. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kingofallasians Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 I'm excited to go this year and have bought cheaper than usual flight tickets. 1 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post talahtnut Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 Huge lockdown, beer sales banned, most bars and shops closed, no air transport. I aint risking another 6 months stuck here, could get another bout of flu next year. How about pics in the glossy brochures of the poor in the free food ques. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Donekys Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 Genius...take care of covid and road accidents all in one solution 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donekys Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Just now, Donekys said: Genius...take care of covid and road accidents all in one solution With amulets on arrival i mean 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lingba Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 2 hours ago, elliss said: Thailand and trust, just not compatible .. Exactly my thoughts..Trust and Thailand just doesn't go together...I cringe looking at it...will never happen 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tounge Thaied Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 This is the end of the end of the great Thai experience. Everything must be sanitized in a New World Order... Everyone must comply with the "New Normal"... A dark time in history. Globally we are being further enslaved... so very sad for our children's future. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blumpie Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 4 hours ago, Brunolem said: Right! Anyway they have suspended most of international flights until October at the earliest. I honestly don't know why people are parroting this ridiculous nonsense from the Thai government. They are obviously cushioning the blow that all Thais will understand sooner or later. When there is a viable treatment for this disease or a vaccine then tourism will return. Or if it goes away completely from the world. Until then there is literally no hope at all of Chinese, north americans, bolivians, Indians, anyone on earth being allowed to go on any kind holiday outside their home countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Blumpie Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Tounge Thaied said: This is the end of the end of the great Thai experience. Everything must be sanitized in a New World Order... Everyone must comply with the "New Normal"... A dark time in history. Globally we are being further enslaved... so very sad for our children's future. Oh pahlease... 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post torturedsole Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 2 hours ago, talahtnut said: How about pics in the glossy brochures of the poor in the free food ques. Maybe that's it. Come on holiday and volunteer to feed the millions of starving Thais. Seriously, what a mess. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post reallyaffiliated Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 3 hours ago, kingofallasians said: I'm excited to go this year and have bought cheaper than usual flight tickets. I thought so too, until my flight got cancelled this morning 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tounge Thaied Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 27 minutes ago, Blumpie said: When there is a viable treatment for this disease or a vaccine then tourism will return. Or if it goes away completely from the world. It's not going away mate. These organisms were here long before we were and will be here long after us. Secondly, a vaccine is not necessary, go take a look at how effective the Influenza A and B vaccines are and, last but not least, take a look how the common cold virus, or the influenza virus, or the AIDS virus, etc., etc. are treated. Do they have "viable" treaments? How many trillions have been spent on AIDS research?There will be no "viable" treatment. Not in our lifetimes... This latest iteration of biological life forms is just one of many other constantly evolving organisms. What we have witnessed in the last 6 months has nothing to do with our safety, our health, our well-being. This COVID event, when you seriously take the time to look into it outside of the bought and paid for, controlled media, you come real(eyes) that we have all been duped. In other words... this entire lockdown is all contrived for nefarious ulterior motives... and it ain't good mate. 10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Industry officials can also blow smoke rings out of their trusted ahole ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tounge Thaied Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 New (novel) virus, New Normal, New World... Order. ???? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribalfusion001 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 34 minutes ago, Tounge Thaied said: New (novel) virus, New Normal, New World... Order. ???? Never heard of those bands, New Order are better. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daveAustin Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 I knew it! Totally predictable. Misreport deaths (lots would have died of 'pneumonia' well before the first wave in Europe - Thais are not special), do the lock-down thing to show willing, throttle numbers down steadily, tout 'SAFE HAVEN' to kick off tourism. Gotta hand it to em. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tounge Thaied Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) 47 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said: Never heard of those bands, New Order are better. Here's a band for ya. This of course what John's song, but they all got back together, absent john, and did an overdub acoustic version... it's fantastic. Free as a bird It's the next best thing to be Free as a bird Home, home and dry Like a homing bird I'll fly As a bird on wings Whatever happened to The life that we once knew? Can we really live without each other? Where did we lose the touch That seemed to mean so much? It always made me feel so... Free as a bird Like the next best thing to be Free as a bird Home, home and dry Like a homing bird I'll fly As a bird on wings Whatever happened to The life that we once knew? Always made me feel so free Ah... Ah... Ah... Free as a bird It's the next best thing to be Free as a bird Free as a bird Free as a bird Oooooo Free... Edited June 5, 2020 by Tounge Thaied 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bodga Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 Headline , NO CHANGE IN THAI TOURIST POLICY, would have been easier/simpler. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bodga Posted June 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Tounge Thaied said: There will be no "viable" treatment Your'e simply guessing there, Im sure in 1869 they said people will never fly and 100 yrs later they were on the moon. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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