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State measures have muted effect
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Extra government holidays and stimulus schemes struggle against weak consumer spending, but operators remain hopeful
published : 15 Feb 2021 at 04:02
12 Consumer confidence fell to a nine-month low in January because of a fresh outbreak of Covid-19 cases. Varuth Hirunyatheb
February is characterised by rosy red colours to usher in auspicious occasions and highlight affection, as people celebrate both Chinese New Year and Valentine s Day this month, but questions linger about consumer spending amid the ongoing pandemic.
The allure of spending and travel linked with these special occasions is far less enticing than in previous years, when many Thais and foreign tourists soaked up the atmosphere of the Lunar New Year celebrations.
Lacking vaccination plan, TAT sees Q3 return for foreigners
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published : 12 Feb 2021 at 06:36
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The plan to welcome back international tourists in the third quarter is on track even though there is no timetable for vaccination of locals, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said it is important for the tourism industry to start the first batch of vaccine distribution to gain tourists confidence.
If tourism workers are part of the second batch to be vaccinated, following medical staff on the frontline, provincial administrations and companies may not have to purchase vaccine supplies themselves to kick-start the tourism industry, said Mr Yuthasak.
/ Posted on 5 February, 2021 17:46
Landmark of Nakhon Pathom city, the stupa of Phra Pathom Chedi is the biggest and highest in all of Thailand.
The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT), comprising a group of experts from the private sector, has proposed a new Tourism Labor Bank scheme to support Thai tourism workers whose jobs are at risk due to Covid-19.
“Looking ahead at the future of tourism, we don’t think it will go back to normal soon, especially seeing the situation in Europe and other places. While Thailand has the capacity to welcome 40 million visitors a year comfortably, we are very concerned that if we don’t meet this year’s target of 10 million visitors – for example, if only 25 per cent of that number come – then 75 per cent of the tourism labor force will lose their jobs,” shared TCT’s new president Chamnan Srisawat.
Above: N., a sex worker at a bar in Pattaya, Thailand. The sex trade has offered good-paying jobs for many people from rural areas who were facing a life of tending rice paddies and digging up cassava roots.
Mos, 26, was a moneyboy a sex worker at a gay bar in the Thai tourist hub of Pattaya. For him, it was a dream come true. Now the pandemic has put his dream on hold.
Mos grew up in a poor province on Thailand s northeastern border, eating fish from the river and leaves foraged from the forest. He wanted to eat pork and pizza.