😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 - Hua Hin: 100K foreigners spending 1.2 billion is highly likely to achieved. ASEAN NOW did the maths. Let's say that's about 40 flights over about 13 weeks. If the foreign tourists all arrived by air that would mean 2,500 passengers on each flight. Siam Rath didn't think to question the advisor about that absurdity in the numbers. ASEAN NOW

Picture: Siam Rath

 

A transport ministry advisor named Udon Olsan told Siam Rath that ambition plans to target 100,000 foreign tourists spending 1.2 billion baht in the fourth quarter were "very likely to be achieved" when Hua Hin reopens.

 

The plans for the reopening of the resort in Prachuap Khiri Khan are ready and set to roll from October 1st along with several other tourist areas.

 

Many have said that 100,000 foreigners from October to December in Hua Hin is unrealistic especially after the Phuket Sandbox has only attracted just over 30,000 in two and a half months. 

 

Udon begs to differ.

 

He pointed to the fact that seven airlines from China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and Malaysia will be operating three direct flights a week into Hua Hin starting next month.

 

These are charter and scheduled flights. 

 

ASEAN NOW did the maths. 

 

Let's say that's about 40 flights over about 13 weeks. If the foreign tourists all arrived by air that would mean 2,500 passengers on each flight. 

 

Siam Rath didn't think to question the advisor about that absurdity in the numbers.

 

They also reported a former political leader called Suwat Liptaphallop as saying that Hua Hin was ready and able to open up. 

 

He claimed that almost 50% of the Thai population in the country had been vaccinated and that "herd immunity" was in touching distance. 

 

These claims, when placed alongside the necessity of at least two doses being administered, are also somewhat economical with the truth, notes ASEAN NOW.