Phuket sandbox bookings ease amid uptick
Growth in hotel reservations dips as infections increase
published : 31 Jul 2021 at 07:00
108 Daybeds on Patong beach in Phuket. The island has seen a gradual influx of foreign visitors in the Phuket sandbox scheme.
Forward bookings for the Phuket sandbox in August are decelerating as cases of Covid-19 mount on the southern island province.
Siripakorn Cheawsamoot, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) deputy governor for Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, said hotel reservations for August over the last few days had grown 10%, down from more than 15% per day prior to the latest outbreak.
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Hotels face grim outlook
published : 26 Jul 2021 at 04:20
11 A desolate atmosphere along Walking Street in Pattaya, as Covid travel restrictions force businesses to remain closed. Nutthawat Wichieanbut
Domestic demand for hotels remains gloomy because of the steady daily rise in new infections, forcing hoteliers to hope for a big reopening scheme for foreign visitors to shore up travel demand.
Tighter travel restrictions on locals to curb the new outbreak have caused domestic tourist arrivals in Phuket, Krabi and Phangnga to hit rock bottom, said Kongsak Khoopongsakorn, president of the southern chapter of the Thai Hotels Association (THA).
The number of tourists using the Phuket sandbox scheme, which reached around 10,000 in the first month, had a limited impact given there are 30,000 rooms available on the island, which is used to welcoming 1 million tourists per month. Hotel operators are looking forward to an improved s
New five-star hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand, first since pandemic began, to be opened by Spanish chain Melia A room at the Melia Chiang Mai, which will open in the city centre of Chiang Mai, Thailand, in the fourth quarter of this year. Photo: Handout
Like many cities in Southeast Asia that rely heavily on tourism, Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. With no international tourists having arrived for 18 months, most small tourism-related companies have simply gone out of business.
Occupancy in 40 Chiang Mai hotels surveyed by the Northern Chapter of the Thai Hotels Association has been less than 10 per cent throughout 2021, according to its president, La-iad Bungsrithong, and more than 70 per cent of people in tourism-related businesses have lost their jobs since the pandemic began.
Strict rules bar hotels from asset warehousing scheme
published : 17 Jul 2021 at 04:00
More Thai hotels may opt to sell their properties if the stringent measures set for financial aid schemes, such as asset warehousing, prevent them from accessing soft loans.
Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi, president of Thai Hotels Association (THA), said the third wave of the pandemic, which prompted the government to impose a two-week lockdown on Monday, continues to wreak havoc on hotels cash flow as there are few domestic guests remaining.
She said small hotels were the first group to feel the impact and they started to close permanently since the first lockdown early last year.
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