Floods first and Bombs now - What is the impact

[SlaveDriver]

arty Hi Guys

One after another for this beautiful country. Floods and now |Bombs

Can members give qualitative and quantative analysis on the impact these incidents have caused to the tourist industry in general and to the gay sector in particular?.

What are the immediate and the near future impacts? Please try give resons with examples such as hotel reservations, bars, how the hosts are surviving during these difficult times, have they given up and left, or have this situatio created more supply and less demand so drop in going rates/flexibility in the attitudes of the hosts?

How is the public in general and the tourist in particular are reacting towards the Arab tourists in light of the current/recent incidents?

Let us make this a intellectual and meaningful topic to share information that would help fellow travellers like me who are planing holidays this year in Thailand

Cheers ..... Let's go ......... arty

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[jinks]

My next trip remains unaltered, 6 weeks and counting.............

...Can members give qualitative and quantative analysis on the impact these incidents have caused to the tourist industry in general and to the gay sector in particular?.

What are the immediate and the near future impacts? Please try give resons with examples such as hotel reservations, bars, how the hosts are surviving during these difficult times, have they given up and left, or have this situatio created more supply and less demand so drop in going rates/flexibility in the attitudes of the hosts?

How is the public in general and the tourist in particular are reacting towards the Arab tourists in light of the current/recent incidents?

Let us make this a intellectual and meaningful topic to share information that would help fellow travellers like me who are planing holidays this year in Thailand...

My next trip remains unaltered, 6 weeks and counting.

jinks - that'll be a "NO" to SlaveDriver's question then.

:sign5:

[jinks]

I found no difficulty in making all the bookings and reservations that I required.

I am slightly well known so reservations without a deposit are normal for me.

Apart from my main hotel, most costs are paid for in the two weeks prior to the journey.

Just for you, I'll make notes on the differences between December '11 and April '12.

I will then be in a position to give advise.

For anyone who will be around in April = 2nd to 6th Koh Samui. - 6th to 13th The Venue (where else ?)

[pong]

ohh-all these worrymakers and pessimists!
Am tomorrow 30 days here in BKK/TH-and travelled around TH in nov during floodtime. NOW-in this part of BKK where most of you have no notion of-as its well out of the Silom-safety-bubble- its cramming with young tourists -the legs come out of the doors at night, haha-and you see dozens of backpacked people trundling around in the eve as they find their guidebook listed places full and think that elsewhere is not safe or so-weird inexperienced minds.
Just happened to walk across soi Hotmale yest-eve and it was crammed full-with ladies too (beergirls, to be precise).
WHY, WHY are there so many people who are so black looking that any minor newsppr trouble looks like the end of the world and of all gay tourism to LOS here?
PS-those leg-loosing Irany bombs were about 10 kms as the crow flies from thet Silom-zone-or about 8 from the Sukhumvit tourist ghetto. And then we do not even talk Pattayan.

[christianpfc]

Can members give qualitative and quantative analysis on the impact these incidents have caused to the tourist industry in general and to the gay sector in particular?.

What are the immediate and the near future impacts? Please try give resons with examples such as hotel reservations, bars, how the hosts are surviving during these difficult times, have they given up and left, or have this situatio created more supply and less demand so drop in going rates/flexibility in the attitudes of the hosts?

You might get a few opinions on the situation, but probably no qualitative and quantative [sic] analysis and resons [sic] with examples. I can only speak for myself: neither flood nor warnings of terrorist attacks (nor terrorist attacks that really take place) will influence my travel behaviour.

[aot871]

Will only not go if the embassy advises against travel to thailand , as travel insurance then , becomes null and void

Back in December at the height of the floods one of my co workers and her friends were due to travel to Bkk and throughout Thailand, they DID cancel their entire trip and went elsewhere ( more as they were two girls who didn't want any hassles and risk any water bourne infections etc which were being reported as possible in the media at the time.

I then also was due to fly into Bkk for three weeks over Christmas and new years which I went ahead with ( with no travel issues in the end whatsoever of course).

The threat of terrorism would almost certainly not deter me from traveling to a place, unless there was perhaps a concerted targeted campaign, over a short time and in a small area ( and then I would just avoid that area perhaps which isn't so much as giving in to terrorists but more just common sense).

Like a few other posters the only time I would have to seriously consider changing my plans would be if there was a blanket "do not travel" advisory from my government, solely down that then invalidating my travel and medical insurance (and even then I "might" risk it but probably not) and would just go somewhere else as the medical / repatriation costs should anything happen ( even something as daft as tripping on a kerbstone and breaking your ankle/leg etc) can be quite scary and can mount up quickly.

Hope that answers your question.

[joe552]

I've only changed my plans once, and that was last year during the Red Shirt protests in Bangkok, and simply for the reason already mentioned - travel insurance is invalidated if your Government advises against travel. Otherwise, I wouldn't change my plans.

[lonelywombat]

I have made over 60 trips to Thailand, during coups,during the war zones and floods. I have never let myself be deterred from travelling then or in the future.

If you are serious forget it all and travel. If you have an excuse then you don't have a valid reason for travel.