Does the epidemic have a great impact on Pattaya's tourism?

Pattaya is a very famous characteristic tourist destination in Thailand, which attracts 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 has also had a direct impact on the enterprises serving tourists in China. In addition, due to the sharp drop in the number of tourists, ship catering operators and businesses directly serving China tourists have to make a decision to close down 1 month.

According to the latest news, Eckaster, President of Pattaya Business and Tourism Association.

Mr. Ngamphichet told the reporter that recently, the TourismAuthorityofThailand

) I learned from my meeting with the prefect of chonburi province that many countries have issued travel safety warnings to their citizens and stepped up the inspection of Thai tourists, which has 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, and tourists from Japan and Singapore, as well as tourists from Thailand to Japan and Singapore, will also be strictly investigated, resulting in 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 greatly 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. However, due to the support of the European market, the impact is less. But after March, the impact will definitely intensify.

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

At present, it is impossible to predict this trend, mainly depending on the ability of countries 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 epidemic will be up to 6 months. According to the current tourist data, the number of tourists in China has decreased by as much as 95%, and the cancellation rate of tourist orders is 100%. Tourists from other countries have also cancelled their trips. For example, the cancellation rate of Korean tourists to Thailand is 95%.

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

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