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[tonglen]

The Nation reported the reds would 'march its protesters on Saturday to "thank Bangkokians" for their support.'

Along with their thanks, they may want to also express their condolences to the TAT and all the business theyre hamstringing whilst marching.
After a while I believe thay may not be so welcomed in Bangkok....

[brahmburgers]

merlen10002, on 2010-03-19 16:10:27, said:

I dont think any of the protest has achieved anything for either parties (Red or Yellow) so far, the red party was put out of power by a court order not the yellow protest, the red people have not achieved anything so far as I can see with their protest.

The Yellow Shirts were quite successful in the big picture of things. You may not agree with their agenda(s) or the repercussions of their actions, but they accomplished much of what they set out to achieve.  Not so with the Reds, by any yardstick.

[Fore Man]

I live in Chiang Mai and have acquaintances in the hotel and resport business.  They are all seeing dramatic downticks to their occupancy rates lately.  We expect that room bookings will decline after the end of the high season, but nothing as dismal as they have become over the past 2 weeks.  These people are convinced that the red shirt rallies are the spoiler involved, as tourists, even the hardier or braver ones, are rethinking their travel plans and heading off to a less risky location.  These include Vietnam, Malaysia and selected areas in China.  CM is also beset by terrible air quality right now but that is not well broadcast outside of Thailand and has not been the subject of multiple diplomatic warnings.

[shawndoc]

I'd think poor tourism in CM would have more to do with all the reports about the poor air quality than with a few protests in Bangkok.

[george]

Saturday March 20 Live update topic:
http://www.thaivisa....da-t349041.html

[LuckyLew]

Tourism in Thailand will be down for a long time to come
This year is down the drain for sure
If you were in Europe planning your summer holidays now
would you book Thailand for a nice family get away?
Or would you book elsewhere?

Even if the protests end this weekend ... tourism is in
trouble for a long time to come

Then as soon as it picks up, a mob of  ........ will start
a new protest, you can fill in the blank with your choice of color

[YouYouYou]

Wait till you see the 'year end figures' for tourism ...it will be Millions down

Sure this protest is hitting BKK tourism, but it's having a knock on effect. I was in Kanchanaburi last week and oh so quiet. Good friends of mine who have a restaurant there are on the point of folding as customers are becoming non-existant; he and she have been in business for 6 years ...this, as they say, is because of the prolonged protests in BKK.

The stories are abound from many others around the land, and the damage to the tourism industry IMHO will suffer this year and the next year; many a traveller in their decision making process of where to spend their dollar/euro.pound will steer away from Thailand as they could have lost faith in this country.

God/Buddha/Allah bless Thailand and may these troubles cease soon ..it's soooo sad to see in the land I love

[KireB]

britmaveric, on 2010-03-18 19:51:39, said:

Well it's silly to cancel at the end of the day unless it was the yellows protesting since they have blessed approval to take over airports/govt buildings.

Uhhhh,  did you read any newspaper recently? Or are you living in the past?

[ozfarang81]

KireB, on 2010-05-16 03:25:21, said:

britmaveric, on 2010-03-18 19:51:39, said:

Well it's silly to cancel at the end of the day unless it was the yellows protesting since they have blessed approval to take over airports/govt buildings.

Uhhhh,  did you read any newspaper recently? Or are you living in the past?

Lol yes he is living in the past, that post was from March!

[mommysboy]

shawndoc, on 2010-03-20 09:15:37, said:

I'd think poor tourism in CM would have more to do with all the reports about the poor air quality than with a few protests in Bangkok.

Europeans in particular cannot currently afford holidays as their income stream is likely far less and their currency often devalued. These are major factors too, it's not just about the protests.

[anotheruser]

Took a mini bus from Poi Pet to Pattaya a few days ago. The guy selling the tickets came up to me and said the bus is usually full but today I was their only passenger. He then proceeded to try and charge me more LOL. I refused and then he said okay but we will stop on the way to find more passengers.  Nobody in their right mind is flying into BKK now.

International flights to other Thai cities are very limited so it won't be just BKK that is impacted by this as some others claim.

[Fishbucket]

Everything down the shitter.

Anticlockwise in Thailand.