Does the epidemic have a great impact on Pattaya tourism?

Pattaya is a famous tourist destination in Thailand, attracting a large number of tourists from all over the world every day. However, this year's epidemic has disrupted the local tourism planning and may encounter the severe winter of tourism. Let's introduce it in detail below.

Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, Pattaya, a tourist city with bustling tourists from China every year, lacks its usual prosperity and its streets are deserted.

At the same time, the epidemic situation has also had a direct impact on enterprises serving tourists in China. In addition, due to the sharp decline in the number of tourists, China's ship catering operators and businesses that directly serve tourists have to make a decision to suspend business for one month.

according to the latest news, teacher EkkasitNghichet, chairman of Pattaya Business and Tourism Association, told reporters that in the recent meeting between Thailand Tourism Bureau and chonburi province prefect, it was learned that many countries have issued travel safety warnings to their citizens and strengthened the inspection of Thai tourists, which had a direct impact on Thailand's tourism industry.

For example, Korean tourists start to worry about or cancel their trips, Indian tourists postpone their trips, tourists from Japan and Singapore, and tourists from Thailand to Japan and Singapore will also be censored when they return to China, which leads to a very pessimistic tourism prospect.

as for the number of tourists, only the number of tourists in China has decreased before. Now affected by various factors, the scope of affected tourists is gradually expanding. It is estimated that the number of tourists will be significantly reduced in early March, when the tourism industry will be deserted and the streets will be deserted.

hotels serving China tourists are the most seriously affected, while hotels serving international markets are affected, but the impact is less, because they are supported by the European market. But after March, the impact will intensify.

Therefore, many hotels hope to welcome local Thai tourists to replace foreign tourists, so as to reduce their losses. However, Thai tourists are still uncertain, and whether to spend depends mainly on their trust in the hotel and related preferential activities.

at present, it is impossible to predict this trend, which mainly depends on the strength of countries' ability to prevent and control the epidemic. For example, the China government can prevent and control the epidemic, but can Japan, South Korea and Singapore prevent and control the spread of the epidemic? These factors are closely related.

It is estimated that the impact or duration of the initial epidemic will be as long as 6 months. At present, according to the number of tourists, the number of tourists in China has decreased by as much as 95%, and the order cancellation rate of tour groups is 1%. Tourists from other countries also canceled their trips. For example, the cancellation rate of Korean tourists to Thailand is 95%.

If this situation continues, how the tourism industry will develop depends on the business development model of the operators.

The Association will also actively negotiate with member associations of all parties and invite them to take their families to visit Pattaya during the holidays and participate in various colorful activities, so as to stimulate the consumption economy and promote the development of tourism in Pattaya.