Thread: Thailand : Foreign tourists drops 14.1%

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Originally Posted by gjbkk

It’s so pathetic how they can dismiss the airport hijacking by the PAD as the one of the main reasons for the fall in tourism.

But that was last year, its the pig flu I tell you, thats whats stopping the tourists, look how bad Malaysia has done this year, they only had a 5 percent increase in tourist arrivals, its the pig flu honest

Those bloody pigs have a lot to answer for

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I was held up for five days when the yellow shirts blockaded the airport.
When i visited the airlines office to rearrange my flight details there were more angry tourist/business men and women then i had ever seen.
Some people had to stay an extra two weeks thanks to the yellow peril.
The fact is the only people i meet that were happy during this time were the Brits,everyone else was swearing never to return to Thailand.
The yellow peril have really helped to mess up the tourist business,lets hope they don't get chance to mess it up anymore.

Originally Posted by bretby

Those bloody pigs have a lot to answer for

Especially the ones tightly dressed in brown

Loads of people are figuring Thailand out and the more people that come the more word will get round.

The airport shutdowns and political rallies only add fuel to an already burning pyre.

Thailand is in terminal decline, and it's only a matter of time.

Originally Posted by Dancing Priest

Thailand is in terminal decline, and it's only a matter of time.

Blah, blah, blah.........get yourself another script wank.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Blah, blah, blah.........get yourself another script wank.

I don't read from any script mate.

Originally Posted by Dancing Priest

Loads of people are figuring Thailand out and the more people that come the more word will get round.

So what you are saying is that the more that people come here, the less people will come? Do you get your logic from The Beano?

Originally Posted by Warwick

So what you are saying is that the more that people come here, the less people will come?

The more people have been coming the more Thailand is being exposed as a giant, dirty, dishonest brothel. If you can't work out what was inferred by my post then life must be tough.

Originally Posted by Warwick

Do you get your logic from The Beano?

I don't read the Nation or the Bangkok Post mate.

Mate of mine has just given up his tuk tuk after 14 years as there are not enough tourists to go around.
CM gets quieter every year.
Many of my friends and family have stopped coming over as it's just too much hastle here.
Good luck Thailand!

Airport closure cost me £600,no refunds or change of flight,thanks evaair for looking after a regular customer.

Originally Posted by dirtydog

look how bad Malaysia has done this year, they only had a 5 percent increase in tourist arrivals, its the pig flu honest

We went to the coast for a long week-end and ALL hotels were booked solid . . . The manager of the place we usually stay (Swiss Garden Resort) says his overseas bookings have increased at a phenomenal rate . . . (Germans, British, French, Scandis and Dutch)

Although it was full, the types of tourists are happily lacking the lager louts and general thugs . . . Thailand can keep them

down 14% ? that's actually quite reasonable,

France tourism was down more than 20% but retailers said the season wasn't as bad as expected, the fewer tourists were spending more apparently on lower priced items

Thailand has experienced an incredible gain in tourists over the last decade or so. During this period in which the number of foreign tourists have more than doubled there is one thing that is exactly the same in 2009 as it was in 1998: there will always be a critical mass of internally perturbed farangs chanting that unless Thailand changes no one will come here.