1/14/2023

Rich Chinese tourists on the march... with plenty of cash to spend

 Commentary: Staying open to China travellers is a huge economic gamble for Southeast Asia 

Chinese tourists arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand, Jan 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) 

Thailand is welcoming Chinese tourists with the familiar Thai charm and hospitality, and would be happy to get 5m tourists from China this year. By the look of things going on around the world, with many silly countries playing dirty politics, more Chinese tourists can be expected in Thailand and friendly countries.

China should put a ban on its tourists from visiting hostile countries at least for a year to let them salivate in pain and anger without the big spending Chinese tourists visiting them.

This would be a good lesson to silly little countries that chose to be coerced by the Americans to attack Chinese tourists and China and to lose the tourist dollars that could come to them. The first two Asian countries deserving such a ban should be Japan and South Korea. The USA should be the top country to be out of bound for Chinese tourists, and also western countries that joined the hostile bandwagon.

Let them stay at the sideline to watch the money flowing everywhere except into their pockets for their silly antics. Every country showing hostility or unfriendliness can standby and wait long long. There are many countries around the world to go to that welcome Chinese tourists. 

The Chinese tourists are famous for being big spenders, spending in the tens of thousands each everywhere they visited. Many countries and their retail industries and hotels would be laughing all the way to the bank.

5 comments:

Virgo49 said...

Good morning Mr RB and All

That's why Thailand now wanted to impose a $12.00 charge on Foreign Tourists.

Like our GST. Matland long time ago had RM10.00 for Hotels Stays.

SinkiesLAND GST beats All. Collects Millions if not Billions.

Aiya same same All these ASEAN countries only these types of Revenues lah.

Now they start cajoling the younger Sinkies to go for technology courses and Industries.

Should have headstarts long long ago and followed our predecessors visions.

Anonymous said...

But wait. The fabricators of propaganda will spin it around and accuse China of putting pressure on Thailand as they did with Vietnam. Just wait and see.

And some Chinese traitors will be bribed to spread fake news about why Thailand is opening its arms to Chinese tourist. Money talks and bullshit walks. US$300 million is able to do lots of things.

Anonymous said...

China has retaliated over the restrictions by South Korea and Japan in a tit for tat move.

South Korea is in trouble, especially those business people having to travel to mainland China and will face visa problems. That is just the beginning. China is a big market for South Korean and Japanese manufacturers as well, and these two countries are cutting their noses to spite their faces. They just want to please the USA, like the Europeans in supporting Ukraine and destroying themselves and their industries.

Chinese travellers do not need unessential travel to South Korea or Japan, just for vacation, which they can do without. Not those South Koreans having businesses in China. When China banned rare earth exports to South Korea earlier, South Korea's electronics industry faced big problems. Now South Korea is asking for more trouble.

Anonymous said...

Britain's Biggest Charlatans. That is the BBC. Go figure!

Anonymous said...

Chinese tourists have a lot of money to spend now that they are the biggest savers in the world, and also because they have not been allowed to travel during these 3 years. Now the world will see what the Chinese tourists can do for their countries.