Playa del Ingles Gran Canaria: Asia back on the agenda
When the tsunami devastated five years ago, many coastal regions in Asia, came in addition to hundreds of thousands of locals and many tourists died. Tourism in the popular travel destinations in Thailand and Sri Lanka after 26 December 2004 a serious future predicted. has
Half a decade later, this assumption is not confirmed: Tsunami-term consequences are felt in booking patterns are long gone, according to leading German tour operators. Also this winter, it attracts many German "cold refugees" in the rebuilt and newly built resorts on the Indian Ocean where the sea is 30 degrees is warm.
"For years" were no effects of tsunamis on the travel behavior to observe more, says Andrea Probst of Dertour and Meier's world tour in Frankfurt, the Asia travel market leader. Only in very few cases, there were still questions about tsunami in travel agencies, Anja Braun supplemented by TUI. In particular, Khao Lak in Thailand, where in 2004 many German were killed, had again "established as a popular holiday destination." Similarly, the travel group Thomas Cook sees the situation in the resort north of Phuket, Khao Lak, did it again "has become one of the most important beach destinations with an excellent hotel product," said spokesman Mathias Brandes.
Who comes five years after the devastating tsunami in the region met, but still shows traces of the disaster. In southern Thailand, for example, several memorials have been erected for the victims. "One of the best known is the Tsunami Museum on Highway 4 in Bang Niang," said Suwalai Pinpradab, the director of the Thai Tourist Office in Frankfurt. There also the police boat was lying there, the tsunami was more than a mile carried far inland - an image that many people remained in the memory. Another memorial is shaped like a giant wave, says Pinpradab. It can be found in the "Tsunami Memorial Park in the village of Ban Nam Kem south of the town Takuapa. In Sri Lanka
Tourists can visit several monuments. One is in the Yala National Park in the southeast of the island, says Sonia Salzinger by the tourist office in the land in Munich. Adds that "very few" still to discover ruins of houses that were never rebuilt. Many beach hotels have been rebuilt but - as in Thailand. In the Destination Spa Khao Lak as it was "important for most guests, a hotel to have near the beach," says Pinpradab. An early warning system and marked escape routes in the mountains will help to prevent another disaster.
on the number of visitors of the tsunami had initially significant. In Thailand, for example, many travelers departing at that time to other parts of the country, says the Tourist Office. Sri Lanka experienced a decline in 2005 the number of German guests a good 20 percent. Later, there were fewer visitors with a German passport, perhaps most notably because of the civil war situation in the country: halved from 2004 to 2008 The number nearly good 31,000. Since the fighting ended in May 2009, the number of visitors increase but again, it is with Sri Lanka Tourism. In November, for example, 17.5 percent more German came to the island state than in the previous month.
also to pack for the holidays, many Germans back the case to fly to Colombo and Phuket. The number of deals for Sri Lanka over Christmas and New Year lies slightly above that of 2008, in Thailand it was last year's level, Anja Braun says of the TUI. Also at Thomas Cook says that both countries were "well booked. Dertour and Meier's world travels in Thailand and Sri Lanka come so far but not by the end of the year customer numbers 2008th But I have to do with the economic crisis, says Andrea Probst - the tsunami play in this context does not matter anymore.
Half a decade later, this assumption is not confirmed: Tsunami-term consequences are felt in booking patterns are long gone, according to leading German tour operators. Also this winter, it attracts many German "cold refugees" in the rebuilt and newly built resorts on the Indian Ocean where the sea is 30 degrees is warm.
"For years" were no effects of tsunamis on the travel behavior to observe more, says Andrea Probst of Dertour and Meier's world tour in Frankfurt, the Asia travel market leader. Only in very few cases, there were still questions about tsunami in travel agencies, Anja Braun supplemented by TUI. In particular, Khao Lak in Thailand, where in 2004 many German were killed, had again "established as a popular holiday destination." Similarly, the travel group Thomas Cook sees the situation in the resort north of Phuket, Khao Lak, did it again "has become one of the most important beach destinations with an excellent hotel product," said spokesman Mathias Brandes.
Who comes five years after the devastating tsunami in the region met, but still shows traces of the disaster. In southern Thailand, for example, several memorials have been erected for the victims. "One of the best known is the Tsunami Museum on Highway 4 in Bang Niang," said Suwalai Pinpradab, the director of the Thai Tourist Office in Frankfurt. There also the police boat was lying there, the tsunami was more than a mile carried far inland - an image that many people remained in the memory. Another memorial is shaped like a giant wave, says Pinpradab. It can be found in the "Tsunami Memorial Park in the village of Ban Nam Kem south of the town Takuapa. In Sri Lanka
Tourists can visit several monuments. One is in the Yala National Park in the southeast of the island, says Sonia Salzinger by the tourist office in the land in Munich. Adds that "very few" still to discover ruins of houses that were never rebuilt. Many beach hotels have been rebuilt but - as in Thailand. In the Destination Spa Khao Lak as it was "important for most guests, a hotel to have near the beach," says Pinpradab. An early warning system and marked escape routes in the mountains will help to prevent another disaster.
on the number of visitors of the tsunami had initially significant. In Thailand, for example, many travelers departing at that time to other parts of the country, says the Tourist Office. Sri Lanka experienced a decline in 2005 the number of German guests a good 20 percent. Later, there were fewer visitors with a German passport, perhaps most notably because of the civil war situation in the country: halved from 2004 to 2008 The number nearly good 31,000. Since the fighting ended in May 2009, the number of visitors increase but again, it is with Sri Lanka Tourism. In November, for example, 17.5 percent more German came to the island state than in the previous month.
also to pack for the holidays, many Germans back the case to fly to Colombo and Phuket. The number of deals for Sri Lanka over Christmas and New Year lies slightly above that of 2008, in Thailand it was last year's level, Anja Braun says of the TUI. Also at Thomas Cook says that both countries were "well booked. Dertour and Meier's world travels in Thailand and Sri Lanka come so far but not by the end of the year customer numbers 2008th But I have to do with the economic crisis, says Andrea Probst - the tsunami play in this context does not matter anymore.
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