Lite Beer Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Some 30,000 tourists expected to join Full Moon Party on Koh Pha NganSome 30,000 tourists, mostly foreign nationals, are expected to join the famous Full Moon Party on Koh Pha Ngan Sunday night, Koh Pha Ngan district chief Thaweesak Inprom said.He said some 25,000 rooms of resorts and hotels on the island have already been booked. The party will be held on Haad Rin Beach.The district chief expected the party would generate some Bt30 million of income on the island. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Some-30000-tourists-expected-to-join-Full-Moon-Par-30251154.html -- The Nation 2015-01-04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draftvader Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I see they've starting taking the drugs earlier now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildragon Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I'll be at the half moon week after next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falangjim Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Let's see how many of those 30K get injured or killed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLing Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Some 30,000 tourists expected to join Full Moon Party on Koh Pha Ngan What's new? Did it take the Nation and ThaiVisa decades to realize that? Since at least 15 years we expect around 30'000 people to attend the full moon party. Sometimes more, sometimes a bit less. Tomorrow those news people will realize, it happen every month at least once, sometimes even twice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post evadgib Posted January 4, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2015 The "Famous" will resort to "Notorious" before midday tomorrow. The only thing we don't yet know is for whom the bell tolls. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooo Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Abusive post & reply quoting it removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeLing Posted January 4, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) As I said, nothing new with the expected 30'000 tourists for the full moon party, that's sinceyears petty much the same, a little bit up, a little bit down, depends on the season but theestimated 30 Million baht income for the economy astonishes me a bit. Looking at the TAT figures from 2 years ago, the average spending per tourist per daywas around 4'200 THB. Now Koh Phangan is still mainly a backpacker island, but duringthe 3 days of the average party tourist on the island, that might probably be consideratehigher. So lets assume, a good average for party people would be around 6'500THB for the three days (3 days accommodation <high season> around 2400 THB, food 900 THB, motorbike 450 THB, transportto and from party 500 THB, entry to party 100 THB, Alcohol 1200 THB, Ferry to and from the island 1000 THB) As there are already at least 25'000 rooms booked for this full moon party and 30'000 areexpected, that would more likely generate around 160 to 200 million THB. So I wonder ...... If there is only 30 million baht flowing in to the local economy in who's pockets are theother 130 Million baht flowing? Edited January 4, 2015 by JoeLing 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonShadow Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 As I said, nothing new with the expected 30'000 tourists for the full moon party, that's since years petty much the same, a little bit up, a little bit down, depends on the season but the estimated 30 Million baht income for the economy astonishes me a bit. Looking at the TAT figures from 2 years ago, the average spending per tourist per day was around 4'200 THB. Now Koh Phangan is still mainly a backpacker island, but during the 3 days of the average party tourist on the island, that might probably be considerate higher. So lets assume, a good average for party people would be around 6'500THB for the three days (3 days accommodation <high season> around 2400 THB, food 900 THB, motorbike 450 THB, transport to and from party 500 THB, entry to party 100 THB, Alcohol 1200 THB, Ferry to and from the island 1000 THB) As there are already at least 25'000 rooms booked for this full moon party and 30'000 are expected, that would more likely generate around 160 to 200 million THB. So I wonder ...... If there is only 30 million baht flowing in to the local economy in who's pockets are the other 130 Million baht flowing? Ah yes......good question and these parties benefit who.....not the Thai economy to that extent...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Stranger Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I guess this piece will be recycled 11 more times this year? I don't get it, I thought there was a twist but it reports the obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil fluffy clouds Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) With so much weight turning up year after year with so little purpose the island lost it's bouyancy long ago... Edited January 5, 2015 by lil fluffy clouds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaywalker Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 As I said, nothing new with the expected 30'000 tourists for the full moon party, that's since years petty much the same, a little bit up, a little bit down, depends on the season but the estimated 30 Million baht income for the economy astonishes me a bit. Looking at the TAT figures from 2 years ago, the average spending per tourist per day was around 4'200 THB. Now Koh Phangan is still mainly a backpacker island, but during the 3 days of the average party tourist on the island, that might probably be considerate higher. So lets assume, a good average for party people would be around 6'500THB for the three days (3 days accommodation <high season> around 2400 THB, food 900 THB, motorbike 450 THB, transport to and from party 500 THB, entry to party 100 THB, Alcohol 1200 THB, Ferry to and from the island 1000 THB) As there are already at least 25'000 rooms booked for this full moon party and 30'000 are expected, that would more likely generate around 160 to 200 million THB. So I wonder ...... If there is only 30 million baht flowing in to the local economy in who's pockets are the other 130 Million baht flowing? Yeah that's the first thing I did was some basic math, such as 30 million baht/ 30 thousand tourists = they expect to get a whopping 1,000 baht per tourist??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulfsailor Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I seriously doubt Phangan has 25,000 rooms. Maybe 25,000 beds, counting 2 persons per room and all the hammocks. And that's still pushing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 With so many places to stay on West and North side of KP where prices don't vary with the seasons.... people do not need to pay the Haad Rin, Ban Tai prices or book a minimum stay... Taxi services are set up to get to and from the party (s)...are usually posted at front desk.... 400 or 450 baht if memory serves... But these places may not be suitable for "hard core" types... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeLing Posted January 5, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) I seriously doubt Phangan has 25,000 rooms. Maybe 25,000 beds, counting 2 persons per room and all the hammocks. And that's still pushing it. Statistics published in 2004 in the Ampur of Koh Phangan said 55'000 beds and around 50'000 inhabitants. Now considering when I came here first in 1978, there was only about 250 inhabitants and around 50 beds in Koh Phangan and Koh Tao together. (Statistics started only in 1983 - although I recon, those numbers should be double) So, over 30 years there was an average increase of about 2000 beds per year and around 1'600 inhabitants. Now the last few years, there has been a real building boom with several resorts build or expanded with over 200 rooms per resort. Drive around Koh Phangan and you will be amazed how many new houses have been build in the last 5 years. And I guarantee you, most of them do not belong to native Koh Phangan people. So I recon, today's numbers would be more like around 65'000 inhabitants and around 80'000 beds. Edited January 5, 2015 by JoeLing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLing Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) With so many places to stay on West and North side of KP where prices don't vary with the seasons.... people do not need to pay the Haad Rin, Ban Tai prices or book a minimum stay... Taxi services are set up to get to and from the party (s)...are usually posted at front desk.... 400 or 450 baht if memory serves... But these places may not be suitable for "hard core" types... Jimmy, there are definitely not many resorts in the north or the west of Koh Phangan who do not have seasonal prices. Those resorts where the prices don't vary with the season, those are the ones who vary depending your nose all year round Edited January 5, 2015 by JoeLing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 With so many places to stay on West and North side of KP where prices don't vary with the seasons.... people do not need to pay the Haad Rin, Ban Tai prices or book a minimum stay... Taxi services are set up to get to and from the party (s)...are usually posted at front desk.... 400 or 450 baht if memory serves... But these places may not be suitable for "hard core" types... Jimmy, there are definitely not many resorts in the north or the west of Koh Phangan who do not have seasonal prices. Those resorts where the prices don't vary with the season, those are the ones who vary depending your nose all year round Not wanting to get into a debate here, Joe, But I could name a few, Mae Haad area, comes to mind, for sure, I sometimes stay there several times a year... always same same, even same same it was 9 years ago, when I first stayed in the area! Even some in See Thanu areas (probably spelt that wrong!) .... but my nose is pretty good at finding these places, without a lot of trouble 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKr Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Happy Partying! with some 20.000 rooms that have single occupancy enough place to rest and recover! Edited January 5, 2015 by KKr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLing Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 With so many places to stay on West and North side of KP where prices don't vary with the seasons.... people do not need to pay the Haad Rin, Ban Tai prices or book a minimum stay... Taxi services are set up to get to and from the party (s)...are usually posted at front desk.... 400 or 450 baht if memory serves... But these places may not be suitable for "hard core" types... Jimmy, there are definitely not many resorts in the north or the west of Koh Phangan who do not have seasonal prices. Those resorts where the prices don't vary with the season, those are the ones who vary depending your nose all year round Not wanting to get into a debate here, Joe, But I could name a few, Mae Haad area, comes to mind, for sure, I sometimes stay there several times a year... always same same, even same same it was 9 years ago, when I first stayed in the area! Even some in See Thanu areas (probably spelt that wrong!) .... but my nose is pretty good at finding these places, without a lot of trouble I still have all year round low season price in Haad Yao - well, depends on your nose Otherwise, I had to adapt to the resorts around me, as I don't want to have problems with the BIG locals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Jim Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Happy that the FMP morons continue to support the local mafia. Curious how many will either end up in jail, get their passport taken, end up in the hospital, getting their drinks spiked, raped, beaten, and killed this month. Party on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrilled Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I know it's A fantastic place to be during the full moon.Can't wait to go back again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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