Foreign tourists favour Khao San for Songkran
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Most foreign tourists say they hope to wade into the fray at Khao San Road and other waterfight venues during this weekend's Songkran celebration.
The Bangkok Poll released Wednesday said the survey was conducted among 640 foreigners aged over 15 in main tourist attractions in Bangkok between March 30 and April 1.
Sixty per cent of the respondents said they wanted to enjoy themselves in the water festival, with Khao San Road named as the favourite destination of choice, followed by Chiang Mai and Pattaya.
Meanwhile 15 per cent of those surveyed said they are not joining the festival, while another 23 per cent said they had no information about the day's activities.
However, tourists are worried about personal safety and their possessions while joining the waterfights (about 25 per cent), followed by traffic jams (23 per cent), and aggressive water throwing (17 per cent).
Foreign travellers said what attracted them to visit Bangkok are the city’s monuments and historic sites (33 per cent), culture and local art (19 per cent), and shopping areas (16 per cent).
Regarding overall satisfaction of their trips to the Thai capital, those surveyed gave 7.42 points out of 10. Food and beverages received the highest score at 8.29, while air quality garnered the lowest points at 5.36.
About three-quarters of foreign travellers said they would come back to Bangkok, 20 per cent said they were not certain, while 4 per cent said they would not return. Eighty-six per cent said they would recommend the City of Angels to their families and friends, 11 per cent said they were not certain, and 2 per cent said they would not do so.
Asked why they would not recommend Thailand, tourists said that flooding and haze problems were the main factors they would avoid Thailand (29 per cent), followed by concerns about their personal safety and possessions (23 per cent), political instability (22 per cent), terrorism (17 per cent), and the deterioration of tourist attractions (6 per cent)
