webfact Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Phuket Governor urges hope, confident domestic tourism will bring B100mn relief By The Phuket News Phuket Governor Narong Woonchiew greets guests at the governor’s House on Monday night (July 20). Photo: PR Phuket PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonchiew has urged business across the island to hold on until visitors start arriving under the national campaigns to boost domestic tourism in the country. Speaking at the Governor’s House on Monday night (July 20), Governor Narong said that he expected the campaigns to bring Phuket some much welcomed relief as businesses across the island struggle to stay alive. At least 50,000 visitors are expected to visit Phuket as a result of the campaigns, generating as much as B100 million for the local economy, he added. Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-governor-urges-hope-confident-domestic-tourism-will-bring-b100mn-relief-76755.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-07-22 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmitch Posted July 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) I'm sure thos people arriving here will have a wonderful holiday....with hardly any businesses open in the tourist areas! And while 50,000 domestic tourists is better than no tourists at all for businesses, it's not exactly going to replace the 9 million or so arrivals previously seen. In fact for many businesses it'll not even be worth opening. Edited July 22, 2020 by madmitch 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Fantasy Island is Phuket now ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Bring the clowns in???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 21 hours ago, webfact said: At least 50,000 visitors are expected to visit Phuket as a result of the campaigns, generating as much as B100 million for the local economy, he added. I like the optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, hotchilli said: I like the optimism. To be fair its only Bt.2000.00 per head. Not even enough to cover a decent afternoon session. Edited July 22, 2020 by Don Mega Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 After reading all the comments on here from expats that have Thai families, the consensus is they think Phuket is overpriced and not worth visiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I think the figure, by my calculations should only be 96,732,687.25 OK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 56 minutes ago, Don Mega said: To be fair its only Bt.2000.00 per head. Not even enough to cover a decent afternoon session. That's if 50,000 descend on Phuket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Don Mega said: To be fair its only Bt.2000.00 per head. Not even enough to cover a decent afternoon session. Good spot. I think there may be a misplaced zero somewhere. The question is should it be 5,000 visitors generating 100 million or 50,000 visitors generating 1billion? Or maybe the figures are right and Phuket is really getting the cheapest of tourists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 A post with content fro mthe Bangkok Post has been removed. Please note that the BP does nto approve use of their content on TVF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NUMBAS Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 which decade is he talking about ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigand Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 always the optimistic nonsense. Soon many will have nothing plus no job and it will only be the privileged that will be able to holiday and the present government will get their dream of just rich tourism ... but at what cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRToMRT Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 It amuses how bad these guys are at basic economics. If 80% of your revenue is from tourism and say 60% (?) from international tourism. Theres only one way to claw that 60% back. And thats not feasible for quite a while. It's going to get a a lot worse and its going to take a long time to recover. They should be honest with Joe Public. A long weekend with "50,000" visitors will amount to nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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