Thailand to tout 'trusted' tourism in coronavirus era

[Lingba 2,442]

Trusted Thailand???..the biggest oxymoron I have ever seen....once things open up again tourists will be ripped off more than ever with the mindset of making up for losses

[uffe123 355]

So china is a low risk nation. Is this a joke? Duh, where did the virus come from? You think you can actually believe anything the Chines goverment is saying?

[elliss 3,093]

6 hours ago, Surasak said:

Ask Shirley Bassey

 

      Tiger Bay , i remember her well..

[3NUMBAS 1,751]

2nd and 3rd waves due soonish..dont miss

[3NUMBAS 1,751]

6 minutes ago, elliss said:

 

      Tiger Bay , i remember her well..

burley chassis ?

[7fish 103]

18 hours ago, Tounge Thaied said:

New (novel) virus, New Normal, New World... Order.

It's straight from the NWO toolbox, take something that already exists, climate change for instance, happening from the dawn of time, exaggerate it out of all proportion, make it something we have to do something about, introduce new laws and policies all of which always reduce your rights and freedom. In this most recent case, the cornholio, they used the flu. According to all available statistics last years flu was worse than cornholio, as was the year before and so on

[7fish 103]

3 hours ago, uffe123 said:

You think you can actually believe anything the Chines goverment is saying?

You think you can actually believe anything any government is saying.....they are not on your side

[Stargrazer9889 3,721]

Good luck Thailand, I hope you recover by next Winter, which is the earliest I will 

be coming to visit again. Glad to see the beaches have reopened, and the restaurants

and a lot of other areas. Some day all the bars and lounges will open and you can

have alcohol with your meals, that will be the day that some tourists may

decide to visit Thailand again.

Geezer

[CanuckThai 1,730]

How long can Thailand appease the masses (tourism $ dependent Thais)?  A smattering of "young affluent travelers" arriving won't cut it.   

 

Pssst (in case a TAT rep is reading this)....affluent types (young or mature) know SEA (and the world) is blessed with an abundance of turd free beaches.  They seek more than temples as an entertainment venue and will RESEARCH a safe, trustworthy place to vacation (Re: road deaths, corruption).   

 

[Tounge Thaied 1,432]

5 hours ago, 7fish said:

It's straight from the NWO toolbox, take something that already exists, climate change for instance, happening from the dawn of time, exaggerate it out of all proportion, make it something we have to do something about, introduce new laws and policies all of which always reduce your rights and freedom. In this most recent case, the cornholio, they used the flu. According to all available statistics last years flu was worse than cornholio, as was the year before and so on

Problem-Reaction-Solution. 
Create the problem, wait for the expected outcome, then provide the pre-determined solution. Works every time. 

[HeijoshinCool 7,921]

On 6/5/2020 at 4:53 AM, webfact said:

Local transmission has waned, with the last recorded case on May 25

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Because on May 26th, we stopped recording them!

 

 

[HeijoshinCool 7,921]

On 6/5/2020 at 4:53 AM, webfact said:

The campaign...will be aimed at young affluent travellers from places that are considered low-risk such as China

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Okay.....so TAT stands for Totally Asinine Thinking?

 

[lamyai3 6,867]

On 6/5/2020 at 3:53 PM, webfact said:

"After COVID eases, we plan to refresh the country's image to a trusted destination where tourists will have peace of mind,"

Always funny when officials here don't understand the double meanings they convey in their use of English. Rebranding to a "trusted destination" implies that they have a history of being shifty and untrustworthy and are trying desperately to get rid of it. It's the language peddled by a used car salesman or a dodgy financial advisor.

 

Even putting emphasis on the word "image" speaks volumes, no marketing agency in the west would ever go public with such a comment. Ethical considerations come a distant second - as long as the image is right and things appear transparent and above board, s'all good man. 

[PatOngo 47,738]

On 6/5/2020 at 4:53 PM, webfact said:

we plan to refresh the country's image to a trusted destination

Finally! Is this an admission that it has not been a trusted destination to date?

[JCP108 2,054]

5 hours ago, CanuckThai said:

How long can Thailand appease the masses (tourism $ dependent Thais)?  A smattering of "young affluent travelers" arriving won't cut it.   

 

Pssst (in case a TAT rep is reading this)....affluent types (young or mature) know SEA (and the world) is blessed with an abundance of turd free beaches.  They seek more than temples as an entertainment venue and will RESEARCH a safe, trustworthy place to vacation (Re: road deaths, corruption).   

 

A more simple strategy to restore a lot of the former tourism business would be to eliminate the requirement of the 14-day quarantine for tourists from China and facilitate those types of tour groups to restart. Seems like China would welcome that since Thailand has totally eradicated local transmissions and China has pretty much done the same. Pretty amazing compared to what seems to be happening most other places!