Percy P Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 4 hours ago, YetAnother said: are TAT leaders single-brain-celled ? more then likely , 10 million not a great amount compared to last years figures and Thailand has been spared of the pandemic in comparision to the rest of the world.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leither69 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 And so it continues!! Laughing stock of Asia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bermondburi Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just got to get rid of the quarantine...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watertoy Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 If you've always done what you've always got - you'll always get what you've always got !. Not Rocket Science.....So...set up a "Think Tank" made ups of intelligent farangs instead of relying on the Sunk Tanks from within whom appear to be the laughing stock of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo2014 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Maybe let them breath first 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, Watertoy said: So...set up a "Think Tank" made ups of intelligent farangs Dreamer! They don't need farang to tell them how to control and pillage the trough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfd101 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 4 hours ago, actonion said: They never stop giving false hope to the natives, problem is most of the natives that i know believe them Promise more, deliver less. Recipe for success in politics (at least in Thailand). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymS Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 By July, I expect yet a new strain of the virus will be "announced", and the news that we all have to get a new vaccine on top of the one nobody got injected with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEngBKK Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I will hurry and get the covid vaccination ASAP... Wonder what it will cost at a private hospital... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobas69 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 TAT Deluded fools I I think they need to ad a W and a S at the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) Sometimes, as much as I love Thailand, you just have to roll your eyes and accept the craziness. Every day a new target. 2M, 10M, a gallizion from the planet Mars, everything in TAT's universe is possible. My wife is much more sanguine about it. She'll give me one of those Thai lady looks and say; "What do you expect? It's Thailand idiot boy" Edited February 23, 2021 by GinBoy2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 6 hours ago, webfact said: TAT partners in China, Japan and Korea Will TAT include Taiwan - The Republic of China (ROC)?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Burma Bill said: Will TAT include Taiwan - The Republic of China (ROC)?? Careful, don't want to upset the puppet master! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, Burma Bill said: Will TAT include Taiwan - The Republic of China (ROC)?? You'll be lucky. The government here are way too scared of the PRC to even mention the ROC in the same month. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tambs2020 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Watertoy said: If you've always done what you've always got - you'll always get what you've always got !. Not Rocket Science.....So...set up a "Think Tank" made ups of intelligent farangs instead of relying on the Sunk Tanks from within whom appear to be the laughing stock of the world. I think you mean...AHEM... If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you always got ! No..It’s not rocket science, That’s “Bun Bang Fai” and I think that’s may 7th this year ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaan sailor Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 TAT to China: “Another virus, please!” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just now, YetAnother said: are TAT leaders single-brain-celled ? "Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Yutthasak Suphaorn was quoted as saying that 10 million tourists - presumably this year - would be "mai yaak"- no problem." I was going to say something similar, but decided to go with "Oh, that's all right then - TAT said so!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 6 hours ago, webfact said: TAT partners in China, Japan and Korea are working on the "Thailand I Miss You" project. I suddenly feel nauseous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 6 hours ago, YetAnother said: are TAT leaders single-brain-celled ? Not even close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted February 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2021 6 hours ago, colinneil said: Where on earth do these clowns get their crazy figures from? It appears that in order to get a job at T.A.T. you have to have a vivid imagination.???? A fat bank balance and no grasp on reality. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChrisKC Posted February 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2021 But who will be here to welcome them - in Pattaya, Phuket, Chiang Mai, The islands, Bangkok? Even if the Hoteliers, the restaurants, bars and others come back it will only be some! I believe many ex tourist-reliant businesses will be running the gauntlet of potential further Covid outbreaks and won't want to risk re-opening. re-stocking and re-employment. I am not optimistic for this year, whatever TAT scheme lovers come up with. Vaccinations are a start but I suspect not an end to the current pandemic that is worldwide, not just Thailand. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThaiFelix Posted February 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2021 ey Gov! Got your pic in the paper again....well done!! Looks like you are actually doing something,(love the lippy by the way). Now how many trillion was that again? Never mind, tomorrow is a whole new day ( and a whole new set of numbers). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onebir Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 6 hours ago, webfact said: Thailand's tourism authorities are putting their faith in celebrities, reality TV stars, net idols and influencers to get millennials flooding into Thailand, reported the Thai media. Put your faith in fake. Always works out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted February 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2021 If quarantine is dropped entirely, expect 2 million, or less tourists for the remainder of the year. Possibly 3 million in 2022. And up to 5.million in 2023 and 2024. I doubt we will see 10 million a year, within five to ten years. And we will never see the numbers Thailand used to see. They will continue to get more Indian, Malaysian and Chinese tourists. But most will be lower income, and lower middle income tourists. Thailand just cannot attract higher income tourists anymore. Very few. The focus on quantity over quality will continue to erode the nation on countless levels. More is rarely better. It just lowers the quality of life for nearly everyone, creates more congestion, more smog, more traffic, longer lines at immigration, and makes life difficult, especially in the big cities. There are countless things the government could be doing, if they wanted to attract the high quality tourists, and go for quality over quantity. Quantity over quality is never a good thing, unless you are selling one dollar items at a swap meet. It just lowers the quality of the experience for all. These issues and problems were becoming apparent long before Covid. And none were being addressed. That is part of my point. Tourism had been declining for years already. The numbers were up. But the quality of tourist was way down. And according to everyone I spoke to last year, the year before and the year before that, income was way, way down. So, "this blame it all on Covid scenario" is somewhat disengenuous. Sure, Covid is huge. And the drop now is stunning. But, my point is there were plenty of issues prior to Covid. And are any of them being addressed? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecoolfrog Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Hawker56 said: A year is a long time. Maybe last quarter of 2021 after vaccine has reached many places and people it may well be possible. The 3rd quarter starts in October , at that point a very low percentage of the Thai population will have been vaccinated. That makes it a less than ideal destination , TAT seem to be in complete denial of that fact. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onebir Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 6 hours ago, webfact said: TAT targets China, Japan and Korea, confident 10 million tourists will visit Thailand this year Actually, much as I enjoy mocking authority, unless I'm missing something, this seems kind of doable, assuming they mean total arrivals, not just from Asia. 2019 tourism arrivals: Oct 3.1m Nov 3.4m Dec 3.9m Total for last 3m of 2019: 10.4m = TAT They 'just' need things to go 'back to normal' by Q4/ improve a bit earlier and largely recover by Q4/ some combination... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikeith Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 6 hours ago, mr mr said: these announcements are getting kind of scary. these people actually run a country. let that sink in. Mai yaak means, not difficult, no problem if they can get walking St ready in time. This is what Thailand, sorry the Chinese Thai that are firmly in control of the great leader wants. People will soon be marching through Suvanabum in great lines again waving their vaccination certificates in the air, the Japanese private clubs in Bangkok will be busy sprucing their places up. Chinese hotels will be dusting the cobwebs off, there will be flags flying saying thank you Sino Vac. I can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 6 hours ago, mr mr said: these announcements are getting kind of scary. these people actually run a country. let that sink in. It's okay. They don't believe what they are saying either. Every day they have to come up with a statement in order to keep their job. I, and they, don't believe that even the Chinese would agree to carry a tracking device so that authorities working for a military government can know their every movement. North Koreans, maybe. Have they tried that? Tomorrow, perhaps. Stay up-to-date with ThaiVisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikeith Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 19 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: If quarantine is dropped entirely, expect 2 million, or less tourists for the remainder of the year. Possibly 3 million in 2022. And up to 5.million in 2023 and 2024. I doubt we will see 10 million a year, within five to ten years. And we will never see the numbers Thailand used to see. They will continue to get more Indian, Malaysian and Chinese tourists. But most will be lower income, and lower middle income tourists. Thailand just cannot attract higher income tourists anymore. Very few. The focus on quantity over quality will continue to erode the nation on countless levels. More is rarely better. It just lowers the quality of life for nearly everyone, creates more congestion, more smog, more traffic, longer lines at immigration, and makes life difficult, especially in the big cities. There are countless things the government could be doing, if they wanted to attract the high quality tourists, and go for quality over quantity. Quantity over quality is never a good thing, unless you are selling one dollar items at a swap meet. It just lowers the quality of the experience for all. These issues and problems were becoming apparent long before Covid. And none were being addressed. That is part of my point. Tourism had been declining for years already. The numbers were up. But the quality of tourist was way down. And according to everyone I spoke to last year, the year before and the year before that, income was way, way down. So, "this blame it all on Covid scenario" is somewhat disengenuous. Sure, Covid is huge. And the drop now is stunning. But, my point is there were plenty of issues prior to Covid. And are any of them being addressed? Very well said, Chinese tourists in big numbers travel around in bus loads, same as Koreans, well healed travel first-class and travel in nice cars. People just don't have the money now, due to the world in recession. There will probably be a glut of hotels and condos for sale in LOS for some time. It will take a humungus effort to get all the airlines up and running, the street vendors humming, and the bar girls dancing. But if they build a few casinos in Phuket and Chiang Mai, they might get a few million Koreans, Japanese, and Chinese, no where near what is needed to get tourism flying again, and not a good thing for local people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEE TEE Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 The band Supertramp wrote a song for him ages ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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