Private tourism is expected in the year 65, 5-8 million foreigners will travel to Thailand, just ask the state to not open and close the country again.
Mr. Wichit Prakobkosol, Vice Chairman of the Tourism Council of Thailand (TAT) revealed that the important thing is the government’s policy. to open the country how to open more or less But what must be requested is When the government has opened the country, it must not open and close, including if during the next 1-2 months. Covid-19 outbreak situation slow down more The number of infected people has decreased. would like the government to consider opening the country more and reduce the rules or conditions for receiving more national tourists. In 2022, there will be 5-8 million foreign tourists, from only 427,869 in 2021, representing only 1%, compared to 39.91 million in 2019. people, which is a very shocking number. because from a business perspective no matter what business If you come across something like this, you’ll be ruined for sure. Because if you look at the year 2020, which is the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak, Thailand still has about 6.7 million foreign tourists coming in, or 20% of 2019. If in 2022, we have foreign tourists coming in. 8 million people will be able to generate income to the country up to 400 billion baht, which believes that no business can generate this much income.
“I would like the government to consider easing the measures to enter the Kingdom. and canceling the conditions for RT-PCR testing both times when entering Thailand to help it compete in attracting more foreign tourists because if there are still conditions like this Real tourists probably won’t come, especially if assessing from countries that open countries as well, such as Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, the Maldives and Turkey, stipulating conditions for tourists to get vaccinated with complete doses and having a test result by RT- method. PCR is negative, only 72 hours prior to departure from the country of origin. It found that the number of foreign tourists has recovered about 35% compared to 16.7 million in 2019 before the Covid-19 crisis. The Maldives recovered 77 per cent of the 1.7 million people and Turkey recovered about 20% of the 42 million people, while Thailand had 4.27 hundred thousand, recovering only 1% of the nearly 40 million people in 2019,” Mr Wichit said.
Mr. Wichit said that the concern at the moment is During the high season (high season) in January-March It is also a travel period for European and US tourists, causing if the high season is over. Enter the low season page. or the season that tourists do not like to travel because it is the rainy season causing if there is no market for tourism in other countries to support especially the Asian market who have to open the country can travel without quarantine when returning to the country of origin, which if 2022 still cannot attract foreign tourists more than the year 2021 or adding new countries able to travel to Thailand more The opening of operators in the tourism sector will increase even further. In the first half of 2022, there should not be a chance to see the Chinese market to travel to Thailand recover. But there will be an opportunity in the second half instead. If the Thai government hastened to negotiate for travel Bubble with China As with other countries in ASEAN, travel demand can be created through travel agencies. including markets like India with a large population and ready to travel abroad But the problem now is There are no commercial flights that can take regular passengers. Most are still chartered. This part would like the relevant agencies to help negotiate. because he believed that if he could open it up It will definitely be an opportunity for the Thai tourism sector.
