Not safe to go? The popularity of traveling out to Thailand on May Day is still at the forefront, and the popularity has risen by 150%: Chinese people are still traveling vigorously.
Responding to the recent topic of “Thailand is too expensive to afford”, a person from Ctrip said that since the “Class B and B Regulations”, the price of outbound travel has actually been gradually decreasing.
In fact, at present, Thailand is still one of the most popular destination countries for domestic outbound travel. Mafengwo’s big data shows that as of March 23, Thailand is the foreign destination with the highest volume during the “May New Year” holiday, and tourism popularity has increased by 150% in the past week.
On March 23, the Thai embassy in China issued a document to clarify the content and comments about unsafe tourism. The Thai embassy in China said that Thailand attaches great importance to the quality and safety of Chinese tourists and their good impression of Thailand, and fully understands the concerns of tourists about security issues. Relevant agencies in Thailand attach great importance to the this issue, and will also take corresponding measures to fully protect it, and ensure the safety of tourists.
After a three-year absence, when large numbers of Chinese people flooded into Southeast Asia again, they lamented that “New Malaysia and Thailand are not so fun anymore” and that “Thailand is no longer the Thailand it used to be three years ago.” “This year, I spent more than three times the amount of money I used to go to Thailand, and I may reduce the number of trips in the future.” Said Wang Xin, a Chinese tourist. Due to the increase in flight supply, air ticket prices in Southeast Asia have decreased slightly, but are still at a high level compared to pre-2020.
“I just landed in Thailand, and I spent almost 1,000 yuan. Is the price in Thailand so expensive?” Chinese tourist Li Meng said that after landing at the Thai airport, he spent 2,200 baht for visa fees, 700 baht for phone cards, 500 baht for taxis, and pineapple fried rice, and Tom Yum Kung 600 baht, a total of 4,000 baht (equivalent to about 800 yuan). Li Meng said that the cost of taking a taxi in Thailand has risen a lot now, and you can stop on the side of the road, whether it is a motorbike, tuk-tuk or taxi, the starting price is 200 baht (about 40 yuan ) On the first day, you go to the hotel from the airport It cost 500 baht. As the “hangover” of tourism consumption, the cost of accommodation in Thailand has also risen significantly.
Senior observers in the tourism industry said there were three main reasons for the increase in the price of outbound travel: firstly, due to the sharp decline in flights in recent years, the overall demand for air tickets on international routes is greater than the supply, and even tour groups may not be able to obtain group fares; Secondly, the scarcity of ground resources in some foreign destinations has led to increased costs; thirdly, most of the tour groups that leave after the restart of group tours out are small elegant groups of less than 20 people, and the cost per person also increases.
On the Ctrip platform, the average one-way price of an outward air ticket in March was 2,124 yuan, a decrease of 51.5% compared to the same period last year. The price is 1632 yuan.
Qunar data also shows that between March 1 and 20, 2023, the number of air ticket bookings for international flights (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) increased 1.4 times compared to the same period in a month January 2023, and the average price paid for Air tickets decreased by 7% month on month The top 5 popular destinations are Bangkok, Hong Kong, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Macau.
On March 24, several travel agencies told The Paper that essentially no orders related to Thailand destinations had been cancelled. A person from a travel agency told The Paper: “The impact on group travel has not been reflected, and the group will not be going to strange places.” At the same time, many online travel platforms also said that they have not received relevant feedback for the time being. An insider at an online travel platform told The Paper: “At the moment the total complaint about unsubscriptions caused by Thailand is in the single digits for hotels and holiday travel products.”
