Thread: Mainland China Tourists . . . the bad and the ugly (there isn't a good)

555...I hope you really belted their doors !

BTW, as you are a new returnee to TD, you need to know : when posting Youtube vids, you have to delete the "s" from https, otherwise the page gets screwed up.

15AUG19 https://thethaiger.com/news/opinion/...ts-to-thailand

The Chinese now account for 57.48% of all tourists in Thailand and what makes this even more staggering is only 8.7% currently have passports (120 million).
According to Jing Travel this could double by 2020 – that means 240 million Chinese able to travel (363% of the UK population – 66 million). They also go on to state that first time Chinese travellers are more likely to travel more close to home to begin with, so places like Vietnam and, you guessed it, Thailand.



Lots and lots of yuan to be had. And, as they are the temporary "tourists" they are a whole lot more desirable than us "longstayers".

Best get used to it. Actually I'm quite adept at avoiding the crowds, fortunately they all follow their flagbearers. Care in selecting hotel accommodations though.

One time in a Bangkok hotel with five buses of chinese (two full floors I think). We were on a different floor - no problem at all 'til the breakfast buffet - then...

555...I hope you really belted their doors !

Oh yes . . . and the four or five phonecalls to each was good too

Originally Posted by Latindancer

BTW, as you are a new returnee to TD, you need to know : when posting Youtube vids, you have to delete the "s" from https, otherwise the page gets screwed up.

Got it, thanks. Will do

(Actually, a mod must have done it within seconds . . . impressive)

Originally Posted by bowie

no problem at all 'til the breakfast buffet - then...

. . . see video . . .

Astounding numbers . . . frightening

Damn troublesome Chinks.
They're everywhere.

Long weekend here, loads of the parasites also.��

Meh, lower end sexpats are arguably worse. Thailand needs big spenders, not some penny pinching wanker always carping about how unfair exchange rates are. Conservative boomers getting their knickers in a twist about free market capitalism are hilarious, but idiots.

Originally Posted by Mandaloopy

Meh, lower end sexpats are arguably worse. Thailand needs big spenders, not some penny pinching wanker always carping about how unfair exchange rates are. Conservative boomers getting their knickers in a twist about free market capitalism are hilarious, but idiots.

Are you saying Chinese tourists are big spenders ?

The number of Chinese tourists is only going to grow.

Seems to be quite a bit of difference in manner between the ages of the mainlanders. Younger Chinese (in my experience) seem to be a lot more polite and aware of their surroundings than their elders.
Maybe it's to do with the old Communist brainwashing that manners were bourgeois and counter-revolutionary, as per Mao's little red book that makes the older ones behave the way they do.?

Originally Posted by kmart

Maybe it's to do with the old Communist brainwashing that manners were bourgeois and counter-revolutionary, as per Mao's little red book that makes the older ones behave the way they do.?

Possibly a little but it also comes from not having had any contact with the outside world and being ignorant of how others behave

Originally Posted by TizMe

number of Chinese tourists is only going to grow

https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...pected-in-2019

Bangkok Post 28JAN2019 Thailand saw a record 38.27m tourists in 2018;
41m expected in 2019

So, do the math, very rough numbers and projections, but:

Of the 37.27m tourists (57.48% Chinese) = 21.42m Chinese tourists in 2018
41m expected in 2019 (57.48% Chinese) = 23.57m Chinese tourists in 2019 (Tentative)
Chinese travelers may double in 2020 = 44m Chinese tourists in 2020 (Possible/Projected)

Yup, the streets and hotels are gonna be crowded with a capital C and there ain’t no way TAT is going to overlook or not pay significant attention/effort to attracting as many as possible. A shit load of money at stake here. Quality deep-pocket tourists be damned – the sheer volume of “on-the-cheap” tightwad Chinese spending money justifies a most concentrated effort to get ‘em here.

Brace yourself.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

They tend to stay in low class accommodation,

Like with everything there are tiers . . . they stay at the Shang, Hilton, 5* resorts etc... as well.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Like with everything there are tiers . . . they stay at the Shang, Hilton, 5* resorts etc... as well.

Unlike our more discerning western friends who stay at quality establishments like Daengs short time hotel.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Unlike our more discerning western friends who stay at quality establishments like Daengs short time hotel.

A few yes, but fortunately not in herd-like numbers.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Like with everything there are tiers . . . they stay at the Shang, Hilton, 5* resorts etc... as well.

Yup, last week was at the Shangri La.

Fortunately you don't see a lot of them at the pointy end.

They tend to stay in low class accommodation, travel economy and go to the major tourist sites en masse.

Angkor Wat is teeming with them.

Originally Posted by bowie

Quality deep-pocket tourists be damned – the sheer volume of “on-the-cheap” tightwad Chinese spending money justifies a most concentrated effort to get ‘em here.

A large part of my consulting is done for clients that are in the tourism and hospitality sector, both private and government and the chasm of what they each want is massive. Government want LOADS of tourists, whereas private wants quality, preferably thee-week stays

Chinese government can turn off the tap to any given country on a whim if they are 'displeased' with anyone so governments also need to be wary of an over-reliance on China

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Unlike our more discerning western friends who stay at quality establishments like Daengs short time hotel.

Oh the memories! I went there the same day it was opened and all the girls had just arrived.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Unlike our more discerning western friends who stay at quality establishments like Daengs short time hotel.

Absolutely . . . hence the last sentence of the thread start:

Originally Posted by panama hat

(Yes, I know others can be bad tourists as well, but this is a focus on mainland Chinese)

"My grass is green, let's talk about that . . . "

"Oi, I've seen grass that is brown in xyz . . . "

Yes

Opposite the Concord? Nice place . . . and inexpensive. One of the good things about KL, accommodation pricing is very low. Stayed at the Park Royal downtown last time for a week - worked in the building, so it just made sense. RM400 Corp rate

Genting Hong Kong bought out the American cruise line Crystal Cruises a couple of years ago. The new owners comped their high roller gamblers from China and turned them loose on their ships with unsuspecting Americans. Apparently, the Chinese were spitting in the elevators and stairways, smoking, screaming at the top of this lungs, and otherwise exhibiting uncouth shipboard behaviors. Makes me giggle to hear of Americans experiencing Chinese behavior for the first time. And, stuck on a ship with them.

Originally Posted by misskit

And, stuck on a ship with them.

I thought Genting Bhd is Malaysian

^ Genting Group is Malaysian.