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Korean, Chinese tourists nearly disappear;
Russians drop 20% amid Bangkok protests: TAT
Auttaphol Wannakij, director of TAT’s Pattaya
office.
Phasakorn Channgam
Hong Kong and South Korean tourists have nearly disappeared from Pattaya
while Russian arrivals are down 20 percent due to protracted anti-government
protests in Bangkok, the Tourism Authority of Thailand said.
Speaking at the Pattaya Business & Tourism Association’s Dec. 18 meeting at the
Grand Sole Hotel, TAT Pattaya Director Auttaphol Wannakijsaid the organization
has abandoned projections that 4-5 million Chinese would visit Thailand this
year in the face of protests that have persisted despite the dissolution of
Parliament and plans for new elections.
TAT is monitoring closely tourist arrivals by all Europeans, but said the
Russian business is already down 20 percent due mostly to official government
travel warnings that are prohibiting Russian travel agents from offering package
tours.
As for China and Hong Kong, the rise of discount airlines in China may be
diverting holiday business away from Thailand, Auttaphol said.
The TAT director said, however, that local governments are still organizing
promotions to attract tourists and that the year-end holidays will lead at least
a temporary resurgence. Auttaphol said he remained confident that for all of
2013, Pattaya will have netted 1 billion baht in tourist-related revenue.
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