Tuesday, January 31, 2023
No Result
View All Result
  • Login
NEWSLETTER
Google Publishers
  • World
    • Africa
    • China
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Europe
    • India
    • Middle East
    • United Kingdom
  • Politics
  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Diet and Weight Loss
    • Fashion
    • Health
    • Relationships
    6bb3190152ab12e838b109108103e8a0

    Day 62: Flowers, Characters, and More Nail Art

    81315603a9d6774923a97a75278779cc

    Day 64: Mermaid Tail Nail Art

    fitshape x400 thumb

    Forbidden Fitness Secrets Used By Legendary Japanese “Shadow Warriors” Reinforce Your Joints, Ligaments And Tendons With An Almost Supernatural Breaking Point

    46dbdbe8fed2455a8e1ba615373bf78a

    Nail Art Studio: Flamingo Power

    0201 oped dreessen

    Dreessen: Wellington Street — it’s time to think beyond the vehicles

    mh 1 10 vday gifts

    44 Thoughtful Valentine’s Day Gifts That He’ll Actually Keep

    73a9af4958c00e07c0816a1e951835b1

    Nail Art Studio: Frosted Florals

    4K675ZGB7BH3NMDDWIMOMGDZKI

    Ron Howard pays tribute to late ‘American Graffiti’ co-star Cindy Williams

    eacd4ad5af8b62a22fa89bd88054e93e

    Nail Art Studio: Spring Blossom

    230130 alzheimer brain scan se 1244p 495eb3

    Obesity can cause similar brain changes as Alzheimer’s, new study shows. Does losing weight help?

    Trending Tags

    • Golden Globes
    • Mr. Robot
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Climate Change
    • Flat Earth
    • food
    • Fashion
    • Diet and Weight Loss
    • Mindfulness
    • Relationships
  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Sports
    terry bradshaw jalen hurts

    Jalen Hurts Super Bowl Berth Has Alabama, Oklahoma Fans Debating His True School

    reboot 103 md 05122rt 3

    Johnny Knoxville Says Hulu Axing ‘Reboot’ Is ‘Pretty Unbelievable,’ Hopes Show Finds New Home That ‘Knows How to Properly Support’ It

    The Kings Dilemma

    The King’s Dilemma: Chronicles Ruling Today on Steam

    BWBeAxrLrBFHHdNreUhfgW 1200 80

    Decipher, decrypt, detect? The four biggest myths of encryption

    gettyimages 74301338

    ‘The soul of L.A.’: 20 years after his death, the stars are aligning for Warren Zevon

    college basketball rim

    How to watch Wyoming vs. Fresno State: NCAAB live stream info, TV channel, time, game odds

    ncaa 2022 bracketology

    Bracketology’s No. 1 seeds wouldn’t want to face mid-majors St. Mary’s or Florida Atlantic

    2 drake

    Drake’s Skills Described As ’Just Old-Man YMCA Game’ By NBA All-Star

    index kindred

    ‘Kindred’ Has Been Cancelled at FX

    • Celebrities
    • Gaming
    • Movie
    • Music
    • Television
  • Sports
  • Business
    • Market
    • Media
    • Perspectives
    • Success
    • Tech
    • Videos
  • Travel
    • Destinations
    • Food & Drinks
    • Stay
  • Style
    • Architecture
    • Arts
    • Beauty
    • Design
    • Luxury
  • Tech
    DHw9brCkWMvEqmjWeQeLUh 1200 80

    Microsoft Defender is getting much better at protecting Linux endpoints

    Mac password

    Forgotten your Mac password? Here’s what to do next

    la et ct video game industry union movement

    How ‘crunch’ time and low pay are fueling a union drive among video game workers

    e751c020 a155 11ed bff4 918b2c5d6f11

    The US government is reportedly cracking down harder on exports to Huawei | Engadget

    GettyImages 1273260594

    How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb voice assistant

    de influencing tiktok

    TikTok’s ‘De-Influencers’ Are Here to Tell You What Not to Buy

    Trending Tags

    • Sillicon Valley
    • Climate Change
    • Election Results
    • Flat Earth
    • Golden Globes
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Mr. Robot
    • AI World
    • Future
    • Gadget
    • Innovate
    • Innovative Cities
  • World
    • Africa
    • China
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Europe
    • India
    • Middle East
    • United Kingdom
  • Politics
  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Diet and Weight Loss
    • Fashion
    • Health
    • Relationships
    6bb3190152ab12e838b109108103e8a0

    Day 62: Flowers, Characters, and More Nail Art

    81315603a9d6774923a97a75278779cc

    Day 64: Mermaid Tail Nail Art

    fitshape x400 thumb

    Forbidden Fitness Secrets Used By Legendary Japanese “Shadow Warriors” Reinforce Your Joints, Ligaments And Tendons With An Almost Supernatural Breaking Point

    46dbdbe8fed2455a8e1ba615373bf78a

    Nail Art Studio: Flamingo Power

    0201 oped dreessen

    Dreessen: Wellington Street — it’s time to think beyond the vehicles

    mh 1 10 vday gifts

    44 Thoughtful Valentine’s Day Gifts That He’ll Actually Keep

    73a9af4958c00e07c0816a1e951835b1

    Nail Art Studio: Frosted Florals

    4K675ZGB7BH3NMDDWIMOMGDZKI

    Ron Howard pays tribute to late ‘American Graffiti’ co-star Cindy Williams

    eacd4ad5af8b62a22fa89bd88054e93e

    Nail Art Studio: Spring Blossom

    230130 alzheimer brain scan se 1244p 495eb3

    Obesity can cause similar brain changes as Alzheimer’s, new study shows. Does losing weight help?

    Trending Tags

    • Golden Globes
    • Mr. Robot
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Climate Change
    • Flat Earth
    • food
    • Fashion
    • Diet and Weight Loss
    • Mindfulness
    • Relationships
  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Sports
    terry bradshaw jalen hurts

    Jalen Hurts Super Bowl Berth Has Alabama, Oklahoma Fans Debating His True School

    reboot 103 md 05122rt 3

    Johnny Knoxville Says Hulu Axing ‘Reboot’ Is ‘Pretty Unbelievable,’ Hopes Show Finds New Home That ‘Knows How to Properly Support’ It

    The Kings Dilemma

    The King’s Dilemma: Chronicles Ruling Today on Steam

    BWBeAxrLrBFHHdNreUhfgW 1200 80

    Decipher, decrypt, detect? The four biggest myths of encryption

    gettyimages 74301338

    ‘The soul of L.A.’: 20 years after his death, the stars are aligning for Warren Zevon

    college basketball rim

    How to watch Wyoming vs. Fresno State: NCAAB live stream info, TV channel, time, game odds

    ncaa 2022 bracketology

    Bracketology’s No. 1 seeds wouldn’t want to face mid-majors St. Mary’s or Florida Atlantic

    2 drake

    Drake’s Skills Described As ’Just Old-Man YMCA Game’ By NBA All-Star

    index kindred

    ‘Kindred’ Has Been Cancelled at FX

    • Celebrities
    • Gaming
    • Movie
    • Music
    • Television
  • Sports
  • Business
    • Market
    • Media
    • Perspectives
    • Success
    • Tech
    • Videos
  • Travel
    • Destinations
    • Food & Drinks
    • Stay
  • Style
    • Architecture
    • Arts
    • Beauty
    • Design
    • Luxury
  • Tech
    DHw9brCkWMvEqmjWeQeLUh 1200 80

    Microsoft Defender is getting much better at protecting Linux endpoints

    Mac password

    Forgotten your Mac password? Here’s what to do next

    la et ct video game industry union movement

    How ‘crunch’ time and low pay are fueling a union drive among video game workers

    e751c020 a155 11ed bff4 918b2c5d6f11

    The US government is reportedly cracking down harder on exports to Huawei | Engadget

    GettyImages 1273260594

    How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb voice assistant

    de influencing tiktok

    TikTok’s ‘De-Influencers’ Are Here to Tell You What Not to Buy

    Trending Tags

    • Sillicon Valley
    • Climate Change
    • Election Results
    • Flat Earth
    • Golden Globes
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Mr. Robot
    • AI World
    • Future
    • Gadget
    • Innovate
    • Innovative Cities
No Result
View All Result
Google Publishers
No Result
View All Result
Home Business

Asia’s travel hotspots Bali, Chiang Maiquiet quiet, await Chinese tourists

by Google Publishers
January 25, 2023
in Business
0
1539323002 036
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Tumblr






Just a handful of Chinese visitors were posing for photos and basking in the sun this week in the market and plazas near Chiang Mai’s ancient Tha Phae Gate, one of many tourist hotspots still waiting for millions of Chinese travellers to return.


The beaches and temples of destinations like Bali and Chiang Mai are the busiest they have been since the pandemic struck three years ago, but they’re still relatively quiet.


Still, Chanatip Pansomboon, a soft drinks seller in the Chinatown district of Chiang Mai, a scenic riverside city in northern Thailand, was upbeat. He trusts that with the number of flights from China steadily increasing, it’s only a matter of time.


If a lot of them can return, it will be great as they have buying power, Chanatip said.


The expected resumption of group tours from China is likely to bring far more visitors. For now, it’s only individual travellers who can afford to pay, with flights costing more than triple what they normally do, who are venturing abroad.


This includes people like Chen Jiao Jiao, a doctor who was posing for pictures with her children in front of Tha Phae Gate’s red brick wall, escaping the damp chill of Shanghai to enjoy Chiang Mai’s warm sun and cool breezes on her first overseas vacation since the virus surfaced in China in early 2020.


After three years of pandemic and a severe winter, now it’s opening up,” Chen said. For we Chinese, the first choice is to visit Chiang Mai because the weather is warm and the people here are very warmhearted.


In 2019, 1.2 million Chinese tourists visited Chiang Mai, generating 15 billion baht (USD 450 million) of tourism-related income, money sorely missed across the region as countries shut their borders to most travel.


Group tours are due to resume from February 6, but the number of tourists who will come will depends on how many flights are operating, said Suladda Sarutilawan, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Chiang Mai office. She said the hope is for about 500,000-600,000 visitors from China this year.


Of course more Chinese would like to visit, said Li Wei, a businessman from Shanghai, as he visited the ancient wall with his extended family of seven.


Since visas and flights are not back to normal yet, maybe tourists will come in the next three months, Li said.


Far to the south, on the tropical Indonesian resort island of Bali, the shops and restaurants some decorated with festive red lanterns and red and gold envelopes used for Lunar New Year cash presents were still relatively empty.


Bali’s first post-pandemic direct flight from China arrived on Sunday, bringing 210 tourists from the southern city of Shenzhen who were greeted with garlands of marigolds and dance performances.


Before COVID, we worked with travel agents who handled Chinese tourists who brought us guests from China everyday, but since they closed down there are far fewer guests,” said Made Sutarma, a seafood restaurant owner in Bali’s Jimbaran area.


After three long years of almost no customers, Nyoman Wisana, the general manager of a Chinese restaurant, said he was very happy to see Chinese tourists return.


Fewer than 23,000 Chinese tourists visited Bali from January-November of last year and only a quarter of the island’s 80 tour operators who mostly handle Chinese clients are operating, said Putu Winastra, chairman of the Bali Association of Indonesian Tours and Travel Agencies.


Actually, we’re very concerned about this,” he said.


Indonesia is developing programs to attract more Chinese tourists, including exploring starting direct flights from major cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, he said.


Those who did visit this week seemed elated after enduring many months of strict pandemic controls that put international travel beyond the reach of almost all Chinese.


I’m feeling fantastic since I haven’t gone abroad and haven’t come to Southeast Asia to spend my holidays for the last three years,” said Li Zhaolong, a tourist enjoying a day at the beach. Bali is a very beautiful place so I’m very happy coming here.


Closer to home, casinos in the gambling enclave of Macao and popular tourist spots in Hong Kong, a former British colony, drew bigger crowds than usual but were still empty compared to the days before COVID-19.


Normally, places like Hong Kong’s scenic Ocean Park and Wong Tai Sin temple, with its Nine-Dragon Wall, would be packed with visitors from the Chinese mainland.


Leo Guo, who works in the travel industry, brought his wife, daughter, sister and parents for a week filled with visits to Hong Kong Disneyland, Victoria Peak and the skyline-studded harbour, and of course, shopping.


For mainland Chinese, Hong Kong is a special city different from other Chinese cities,” said Lee. It’s a top destination for us.”

Further afield in Australia, Sydney-based travel agent Eric Wang said the high cost of travel still appears to be keeping Chinese away even as Chinese airlines increase flights.


Chinese accounted for nearly a third of all tourism spending in Australia before the pandemic, with more than 1.4 million visiting in 2019. Australia, like Japan, the US and some other countries, is requiring visitors coming from China to take COVID-19 tests before departure. But Wang, who works for CBT Holidays, a company specialising in travel to and from China, said he didn’t view that as a serious obstacle.


It’s more about the airlines, because flights are not back to normal frequency yet so air fares are like five times more expensive,” he said.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)


Tags: BaliChiang MaiLi WeiMarketplaceNew YearSoftware (NEC)
Google Publishers

Google Publishers

Related Posts

1665644110 5706
Business

Adani FPO sails through Hindenburg storm; issue fully subscribed

by Google Publishers
January 31, 2023

The Adani group on Tuesday pulled off the 20,000-crore follow-on public offering (FPO) for...

diagnos gets the green light for the use of its diabetic retinopathy screening technology in quebec hospitals
Business

DIAGNOS Gets the Green Light for the Use of its Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Technology in Quebec Hospitals

by Google Publishers
January 31, 2023

BROSSARD, Quebec, Jan. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Diagnos Inc. (“DIAGNOS”, the “Corporation” or ”we”) (TSX Venture: ADK) (OTCQB: DGNOF)...

1481724244 079

RBI partially eases curbs on SBM Bank till Mar 15 for customers’ relief

January 31, 2023
Next Post
3600

Brazil, Kenya, the US – tech giants are putting democracy in peril the world over | Odanga Madung

Recommended

flirtmstr x400 thumb

The Official Flirting Master Program – Attract and Keep Her

3 days ago
GettyImages 1246130243 scaled e1674662751978

National Archives Refuses To Give House Republicans Information On Biden Docs By Deadline

6 days ago

Popular News

  • artworks Ys14lfEKvuhrcJBW s0eTRw

    Ek Husn Ki Devi Se Mujhe Pyar Howa Ta Pashto Mix .Pathan version

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Mere Rubaru Tu Hi Tu Song (Male Version) | Jamai Raja | Zee Tv

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Wadih El Cheikh – Ana Aw La Ahad وديع الشيخ – أنا أو لا أحد

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Jab Koi Baat – DJ Chetas | Full MP3 | Ft : Atif Aslam & Shirley Setia | Latest Romantic Songs 2018

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Americano x Heads Will Roll (Dance till you’re dead) TikTok Songs Remix & Mashup by DJP

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Connect with us

Facebook Twitter Youtube RSS

About Us

GOOGLE PUBLISHERS NETWORK is the largest local-to-national digital media organization in the country. Our national flagship brand, sits at the center of the NETWORK, surrounded by hundreds of local media properties reporting on the stories and cultural moments happening across America and in our communities.

Recent News

terry bradshaw jalen hurts

Jalen Hurts Super Bowl Berth Has Alabama, Oklahoma Fans Debating His True School

January 31, 2023
AFP 3386999 scaled e1675180756710

Ukraine on mission to ban Russia from Paris Olympics

January 31, 2023
original 506 1675178797 10

Ashton Reflected On His And Mila’s Awkward Age Difference On “That 70s Show” And Said There Was “Zero Romantic Connection”

January 31, 2023

Site Links

  • About Us
  • Corrections & Clarifications
  • Ethical Principles
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Contact

© 2023 Google Publishers -

No Result
View All Result
  • World
    • Africa
    • China
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Europe
    • India
    • Middle East
    • United Kingdom
  • Politics
  • Lifestyle
    • food
    • Fashion
    • Diet and Weight Loss
    • Mindfulness
    • Relationships
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrities
    • Gaming
    • Movie
    • Music
    • Television
  • Sports
  • Business
    • Market
    • Media
    • Perspectives
    • Success
    • Tech
    • Videos
  • Travel
    • Destinations
    • Food & Drinks
    • Stay
  • Style
    • Architecture
    • Arts
    • Beauty
    • Design
    • Luxury
  • Tech
    • AI World
    • Future
    • Gadget
    • Innovate
    • Innovative Cities

© 2023 Google Publishers -

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In