http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2009/10/tours-pick-up-in-september/ FIRST with the FACTS on Thailand and Mekong Region TRAVEL Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2009/10/tours-pick-up-in-september/comment-page-1/#comment-706 John Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:30:04 +0000 http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/?p=8465#comment-706 Atta should watch itself, because playing with numbers like this will make them wet their beds, it is like playing with matches. The analysis is totally unscientific. The spike is almost entirely due to the relative stability and the pent-up demand, but with Asia's major economies such as South Korea only now showing signs of a turnaround, Thailand has a long way to go. The ongoing bad publicity about the country has been ill-managed as always by TAT, and the political situation is more volatile than ever, making risk assessment a risky business in itself. Playing with numbers/matches is an immature game because what these arrivals are spending is where the real issue lies. They are not blowing the farm, that is for sure, and Atta makes itself guilty like TAT of punting numbers without proper and fully-substantiated facts. Atta should watch itself, because playing with numbers like this will make them wet their beds, it is like playing with matches. The analysis is totally unscientific. The spike is almost entirely due to the relative stability and the pent-up demand, but with Asia’s major economies such as South Korea only now showing signs of a turnaround, Thailand has a long way to go.
The ongoing bad publicity about the country has been ill-managed as always by TAT, and the political situation is more volatile than ever, making risk assessment a risky business in itself.
Playing with numbers/matches is an immature game because what these arrivals are spending is where the real issue lies. They are not blowing the farm, that is for sure, and Atta makes itself guilty like TAT of punting numbers without proper and fully-substantiated facts.

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