effects of tourism in thailand
How do you feel when you plan to visit the country that is in war, protests or coup d’état? It feels dangerous, and most of people have good possibilities to cancel trip to that country. Thailand is not the exception from this statement; Thailand lost significant amounts of tourists in 2014.
Thailand’s main business is tourism. More than twenty million people visit Thailand yearly, and there are so many cities such as Bangkok, Phuket, or Chiang Mai that can attract numerous amounts of tourists. Tourism parts more than 10% in country’s GDP as well. However, bloody protests and coup d’état caused decrease in numbers of earnings and tourists.
There were various statistics that supports this result. More than 800 hotels and 25000 rooms were canceled for winter, and passengers in Bangkok airport dropped for more than 2%. For first six months of 2014, Thailand lost more than 900 thousands of tourists, and 1.6 billion pounds of revenue for whole year. Also, Bangkok loses from list of world’s top 10 best cities for travel because of protests.
Protests made Thailand to lose so many elements. Those protests not only made deaths of innocent lives, but also tourists who were extremely valuable and wanted to spend money in its domestic market. Consequently, people’s greed made themselves to lose and to suffer.
Thailand’s main business is tourism. More than twenty million people visit Thailand yearly, and there are so many cities such as Bangkok, Phuket, or Chiang Mai that can attract numerous amounts of tourists. Tourism parts more than 10% in country’s GDP as well. However, bloody protests and coup d’état caused decrease in numbers of earnings and tourists.
There were various statistics that supports this result. More than 800 hotels and 25000 rooms were canceled for winter, and passengers in Bangkok airport dropped for more than 2%. For first six months of 2014, Thailand lost more than 900 thousands of tourists, and 1.6 billion pounds of revenue for whole year. Also, Bangkok loses from list of world’s top 10 best cities for travel because of protests.
Protests made Thailand to lose so many elements. Those protests not only made deaths of innocent lives, but also tourists who were extremely valuable and wanted to spend money in its domestic market. Consequently, people’s greed made themselves to lose and to suffer.