EU Q4 arrival forecast plummets on downturn

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EU Q4 arrival forecast plummets on downturn

Published: 22/09/2011 at 03:19 AM
Newspaper section: Business

The EU's economic woes will result in the number of European tourists to Thailand growing by only 5% in the fourth quarter, markedly down from an earlier projection of 20%, says the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT).

It recommends Thai operators monitor the situation closely.

In the January-August period, European tourist arrivals rose by 29.6% to 2.52 million. Based on this, the TCT projected a 20% increase in the fourth quarter, which is the high tourism season, but the slump in Europe has now resulted in the 5% figure.

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Discussion 1 : 26/09/2011 at 08:13 AM1
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There'll always be those who can afford to holiday here but are deterred by what returning farangs tell them about what they've experienced - such as scams, police and bureaucratic corruption, double pricing, unexplained falang deaths and the like... If the Tourist Council of Thailand and Thais in general want to attract more tourists, they'd best forget about meaningless slogans and concentrate on cleaning up their act because word of mouth is the best form of advertising and bad news travels fast.
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