Did you know that it may no longer be possible to travel around Thailand on a budget?

With the end of the epidemic and the rise of tourism craze, the cost of traveling to Thailand has also risen!

Recently, Chinese tourist Wang Xin discovered that she spent three times more money on her trip to Thailand this year than before, and she will go less frequently in the future.

Wang Xin gave an example. In the past, freshly squeezed juice on the roadside only cost 10-20 baht (about 2-4 yuan), but this year it costs 60 baht (about 12 yuan).

The old cheap restaurants have also increased their prices.

Moreover, the price of going to sea in Thailand has doubled. In the past, the price of chartering a ship to go to sea was about 30,000 baht (about 6,000 yuan), but this year it rose to 100,000 baht (about 20,000 yuan).

Cheap travel to Thailand no longer exists, Wang Xin lamented!

I used to often travel to Thailand because of its close location and high cost performance. "Now it is much more expensive. If Thailand no longer has the price advantage, I will reduce the number of trips to Thailand or move to other places. I think the price of travel has increased now.

It’s understandable. After all, the epidemic has been under lockdown for three years, and everyone has been depressed. Now that everyone is allowed to go out and play, prices will naturally rise. Dear netizens, what do you think?

One of our favorite overseas travel destinations. Beautiful scenery, cheap prices, convenient visas, and cultural proximity... these are all reasons that attract us to Thailand. However, recently, Thailand has encountered unprecedented difficulties due to the epidemic.

The tourism industry has been almost at a standstill for three years. It was not until February this year that the Chinese government resumed the pilot program for outbound group travel and listed Thailand as one of the first destinations to be opened. This should have been good news for countless Chinese who wanted to travel abroad.

People have set their sights on Thailand. But when they actually start planning their itinerary, they find that tourism in Thailand is no longer the same as before. First of all, the price of travel to Thailand has soared, according to the Beijing News.

The price of city air tickets is 1.5 times that before the epidemic, and the average expenditure of Chinese tourists per trip has soared from 50,000 to 54,000 baht to 60,000 or even 150,000 baht,” which is approximately RMB 12,000 to 30,000 yuan. This means that going to

A trip to Thailand may cost about the same as a trip to Europe, and this does not include additional expenses such as visa fees, testing fees, and insurance fees. Secondly, the experience is reduced due to the fact that many restaurants, hotels, and attractions have closed or laid off employees during the epidemic.

The service quality has been greatly reduced after the reopening. Some netizens complained, "I went to Phuket and Bangkok twice last year, and the wait time at restaurants was more than an hour; I also had to wait a long time in line for transportation at attractions;

When checking into a hotel, I found that the room was dirty and messy; when taking a taxi on the street, I was extorted by the driver..." What's more, "a coconut is 15 yuan, the starting price of a taxi is 40 yuan, and a pair of slippers is 45 yuan..." These make people feel that "

"Thailand's consumption is almost catching up with Sanya." So the question is: Why does this happen? Is it because there are too many Chinese people and they are too rich? Or is it because Thai people are too poor and greedy? In fact, the reason is not simple. 1

On the one hand, it is true that some businesses want to take advantage of the opportunity to increase prices and make profits after seeing the recovery of Chinese customers; on the other hand, there are also many objective factors that lead to rising prices and declining services, such as inflation.

In December of this year, Thailand’s consumer price index rose 7.4% year-on-year, hitting a 13-year high. Among them, energy prices rose by 23.8%, and food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rose by 9.6%. Another example is the shortage of manpower. Due to the epidemic, many people engaged in tourism

Thais in the industry have lost their jobs or changed careers, resulting in a shortage of staff after reopening. Moreover, due to the low vaccination rate, many employees are still worried about the risk of infection and are unwilling to contact foreign tourists. Finally, due to the imbalance between supply and demand in Thailand.

source countries, while other countries have not yet fully opened their tourism channels, resulting in a one-sided situation in the Thai tourism market.

This creates a "seller's market" phenomenon, where supply is small and demand is high, and prices naturally rise.

And due to reduced competition, service quality is difficult to guarantee.

So, under such circumstances, should we still travel to Thailand?

In fact, there is no standard answer to this question.

Everyone’s expectations and tolerance for travel are different.

Some people may feel that as long as they can go abroad and see the scenery, they will be satisfied; some may feel that it is not worth spending so much money; some may feel that they will wait for a better time before going.