Traveling in Times of Coronavirus
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:20 pm
This is intended to be a general thread on how the coronavirus affects international travel. Any information from recent travellers is very welcome. Please share any current information of your experiences on travel restrictions to and from countries blocked by the coronavirus: For example, if you have flown through or from restricted Asian countries such as China, Korea, Singapore or Thailand, to western countries recently.
Because less people are traveling, it is also a time where you can find cheap flights and cheap hotel offers, and this is the place to tell us about them; either from personal experience, or if you've seen cheap airline or hotel promotions in South East Asia.
For example, Thailand is scrambling to attract holiday goers right now:
Airlines scramble to slash ticket prices
25 Feb 2020 at 07:00
The unease caused by Covid-19 is expected to drag down Thai tourism for more than six months, triggering airlines to slash ticket prices to steer the market, while Nok Air and Nokscoot cut pilots and cabin crew to save cost.
Thai Airways International (THAI) is partnering with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to offer discounts such as free domestic tickets to international tourists. Low-cost carriers plan to focus on local tourists opting for domestic travel as there is a limited number of outbound choices free from the virus.
Thai AirAsia is providing 100-baht discounts for any domestic routes within a designated period, while Nok Air is offering one-way ticket prices for domestic routes starting from 680 baht this month. Vietjet Air has marked down all routes across Thailand by 50%.
As the outbreak spreads to more countries, Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) believes the impact will last longer than six months, and the losses will be larger than the TAT's projection of 250 billion baht, said Chairat Trirattanajarasporn, president of TCT.
"Operators are ready to comply with stimulus plans from the authorities to secure at least 36 million international tourists this year. But the government has to think and act faster than this, or most businesses will collapse because of the impact," said Mr Chairat.
The THAI-TAT collaboration -- Amazing Flight, Amazing Thailand -- will be launched in March at ITB Berlin 2020, one of the biggest trade shows in Europe, for travel during May to October, said Tanes Petsuwan, deputy governor of marketing communications at TAT.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/18 ... ket-prices
Because less people are traveling, it is also a time where you can find cheap flights and cheap hotel offers, and this is the place to tell us about them; either from personal experience, or if you've seen cheap airline or hotel promotions in South East Asia.
For example, Thailand is scrambling to attract holiday goers right now:
Airlines scramble to slash ticket prices
25 Feb 2020 at 07:00
The unease caused by Covid-19 is expected to drag down Thai tourism for more than six months, triggering airlines to slash ticket prices to steer the market, while Nok Air and Nokscoot cut pilots and cabin crew to save cost.
Thai Airways International (THAI) is partnering with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to offer discounts such as free domestic tickets to international tourists. Low-cost carriers plan to focus on local tourists opting for domestic travel as there is a limited number of outbound choices free from the virus.
Thai AirAsia is providing 100-baht discounts for any domestic routes within a designated period, while Nok Air is offering one-way ticket prices for domestic routes starting from 680 baht this month. Vietjet Air has marked down all routes across Thailand by 50%.
As the outbreak spreads to more countries, Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) believes the impact will last longer than six months, and the losses will be larger than the TAT's projection of 250 billion baht, said Chairat Trirattanajarasporn, president of TCT.
"Operators are ready to comply with stimulus plans from the authorities to secure at least 36 million international tourists this year. But the government has to think and act faster than this, or most businesses will collapse because of the impact," said Mr Chairat.
The THAI-TAT collaboration -- Amazing Flight, Amazing Thailand -- will be launched in March at ITB Berlin 2020, one of the biggest trade shows in Europe, for travel during May to October, said Tanes Petsuwan, deputy governor of marketing communications at TAT.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/18 ... ket-prices