Now it's Low Season in Thailand

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If you can stand the heatwave temperatures, now is a good time to travel to Thailand. Easier to get the hotel room you prefer, cloudless skies for going to the beach, much less competition for the boy of your choice in the bars, plenty of free tables in your favorite restaurants, less crowded transportation, quicker service at the airports, etc.
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Thailand Enters Low Tourism Season: Industry Faces Challenges Post-Songkran, Hopes Rest on Chinese Visitors

By Kittisak Phalaharn

24 April, 2024

On April 22nd, 2024, Mr. Sisdivachr Cheewarattanaporn, the President of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA), publicly revealed that Thailand is officially entering the low season. Thai Tourism operators may struggle with low incoming tourists after the Songkran Holidays.

Right after the Songkran Celebrations, Thailand would officially enter the low season as it does every year. Many tourism-related businesses might have to keep the business alive and meet the tourists’ demand with alternative tourism, according to Sisdivachr.

This was the nature of the tourism sector that did not change for the past decade. The low season caused the number of western, eastern, and European tourists to gradually decrease. However, China visitors were estimated to visit Thailand as there was a current visa exemption between Thailand and China, stated Sisdivachr.

Additionally, Taiwanese and Indian visitors generally stayed strong during the low season months.

Despite the World Songkran Festival 2024 events in Thailand, the number of Chinese tourists who visited Thailand during that time was considerably low as flight tickets were expensive, according to Sisdivachr.

Sisdivachr further added that the trend of Chinese tourists visiting Thailand was averaging approximately 20,000 to 22,000 individuals daily which was considered to be a good result. If the number was maintained until the 4th quarter of 2024, it would likely meet the goal set by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) at 8 million Chinese individuals by the end of the year.

The current situation is stable concerning the ongoing Middle East conflict between Israel and Iran. However, if the war zone breaks out into a further war, it would definitely affect the global economy, and the Thai tourism economy accordingly, said Sisdivachr.

https://thepattayanews.com/2024/04/24/t ... -visitors/

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If you can stand the heatwave temperatures, now is a good time to travel to Thailand. Easier to get the hotel room you prefer, cloudless skies for going to the beach, much less competition for the boy of your choice in the bars, plenty of free tables in your favorite restaurants, less crowded transportation, quicker service at the airports, etc.

All valid arguments.

On the other hand, the weather in northern hemisphere countries ought to be improving soon, so there's less of a "push" to leave home.

Also some of the working boys will have gone home for the low season. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as I suspect the lads who spend most of the year in Pattaya know they have to look after their customers well to get repeat trade. More so than those who show up for a couple of months.