Ua loaʻa i ka mākaʻikaʻi Thai kāna puʻupuʻu mua mai ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka wā i hoʻopau ai nā hui ʻekolu, e like me ka mea hoʻokele Thai ʻo Andrew J. Wood, i hoʻopau i nā hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kakahiaka Poalua.
"Ua hele mai ka hoʻopau ʻana mai ka ʻāpana aupuni, akā he hana MICE kūloko, a ke loaʻa nei mākou i nā kāpae ʻana mai FIT Corporate Japanese," kākau ʻo Wood i kahi leka i hoʻouna ʻia i eTN. "ʻO ka nīnau inā hiki i ʻelima a ʻoi aku paha nā kaʻa ke hui ma lalo o ke kauoha ulia pōpilikia e hoʻopau i ka mākeke kūkā. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi inā hoʻokō ʻia. "
Wahi a Wood, ua emi ka noho ʻana i ka 55 pakeneka a hāʻule. Hiki ke piʻi i ka 40 pakeneka inā ʻaʻole maikaʻi ke kūlana. "Ma ka maʻamau, manaʻo mākou i ka 75 pakeneka i Kepakemapa, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka wā ua a ʻo kekahi o kā mākou mau mahina mālie," wahi āna.
Ua hoʻokō ʻia nā ana mai ka ʻaoʻao o nā hōkele no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kūlana o kēia manawa, e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā limahana maʻamau a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā manawa keu, a me ka pani ʻana i nā papahele lumi moe e mālama i ka ikehu. "ʻO nā kuʻi e pili ana i ka wai, ka uila a me ka lawe ʻana e alakaʻi i kekahi mau palena i nā mākaʻikaʻi, akā i kēia manawa ke hana maʻamau nei nā mokulele āpau," wahi a Wood.
"He kanaiwakūmāiwa pākēneka o Thailand e noho nui ʻole ʻia," wahi a Wood. "ʻO ka 'wahi wela' aia ma loko a ma kahi o ka Hale Aupuni, kahi e pale ʻia ai."
"ʻO ka hopena o ka pūʻali koa ma nā alanui e hāʻawi i kahi leka e ʻoi aku ka hewa o nā mea ma mua o lākou," wahi a Wood.
Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Wood, "ʻO ke kaʻa ʻana i ka hana [Poalua] kakahiaka, maʻamau nā mea āpau, maʻamau ke kaʻa a ʻike ʻia nā poʻe e hele wale ana i nā mea e like me nehinei. ʻAʻohe hōʻailona o kekahi pūʻali koa a ke alakaʻi nei nā mākaʻi i nā kaʻa e like me ka mea maʻamau.
Ma ke ʻano o ka loaʻa kālā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wood ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻopilikia ʻia ka ʻoihana ʻo Kepakemapa ma nā wahi waiwai nui ʻekolu - nā lumi, nā hale ʻaina a me ka hālāwai kūkā / ʻahaʻaina. Ke manaʻo nei ʻo ia "ʻo ka nui o ka poho e like me Baht4 miliona (US$116,000) no kā mākou waiwai Bangkok wale nō."
ʻO nā hanana nui e like me ke kipa ʻana o HRH Prince Andrew i Bangkok, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka British Chamber of Commerce, a me ka hana ahiahi ma Grand Hyatt i kēia pō ua kāpae ʻia, ma hope o ka haʻi ʻana o ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Samak Sundaravej i kahi kūlana pilikia no ke kapikala Thai.
Ua haʻi aku ka pelekikena o ka Association of Thai Travel Agents, ʻo Apichart Sankary, iā TTG, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana no ka wā kiʻekiʻe e hiki mai ana, mai ʻOkakopa a Malaki a ʻApelila paha, ua hāʻule i ʻelima pakeneka "ma kahi hapa mai ka hoʻokele honua a ʻo kekahi hapa mai nā kūʻē ma Bangkok a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Thailand."
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻālohilohi, ʻaʻole i loli ka nui o nā huakaʻi charter mai Scandinavian a Phuket a me Krabi i nā kau kiʻekiʻe e hiki mai ana, e like me Sankary. Ua haʻi ʻo ia iā TTG ua hoʻokuʻu pū ʻo TUI Nordic lāua ʻo Thomas Cook i nehinei i ka lele mua o nā mokulele hoʻolimalima ʻelua pule mai Scandinavia a hiki i Phuket.
“Pomaikai ua wehe hou ke kahua mokulele; Inā ʻaʻole, he moʻolelo ʻē aʻe ia a pili paha i ka hoʻolālā no nā huakaʻi hoʻolimalima hou aku, e hoʻomaka ana mai ka hopena o ʻOkakopa, "i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ʻo ia.
Ua kāhea aku ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o Thailand, (TCT) i ke aupuni Thai a me ka poʻe kūʻē e hoʻokau mua i ka pono aupuni, e hōʻike ana i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ʻike ʻia i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko a me ka honua. "Inā hoʻomau ke kūlana, e hopena ia i kekahi mau ʻāina e hoʻopuka ana i nā ʻōlelo aʻo huakaʻi, e paʻakikī ai ka hoʻohuli ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻi mai (i Thailand)," i ʻōlelo ai.
Ma ka haʻi ʻana i kahi ʻike mai kahi mea loiloi, ua hōʻike ʻo Forbes.com e hoʻomau ka emi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai Thai ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana i ka haʻahaʻa loa i loko o 19 mau mahina i ka Pōʻalua ma luna o nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka haunaele politika i alakaʻi ʻia i kahi kūlana ulia pōpilikia.
I kēia manawa, ʻo nā ʻāina i hoʻopuka i nā ʻōlelo aʻo huakaʻi e komo pū me South Korea, United Kingdom, Kanada, Iapana a me Australia.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Association of Thai Travel Agents president Apichart Sankary told TTG that onward bookings for the coming high season, from October to March or April, have dropped by five percent “partly from the world economy and partly from the protests in Bangkok and elsewhere in Thailand.
- Major events such as HRH Prince Andrew’s visit to Bangkok, organized by the British Chamber of Commerce, and evening function at the Grand Hyatt tonight have been cancelled, following Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's declaring a state of emergency for the Thai capital.
- The Tourism Council of Thailand, (TCT) too has called for the Thai government and the protesters to put national interests first, citing the already visible negative impact on domestic and international tourism.
