Post-pandemic comeback? Not yet! The dive industry is still crashing.

[Jcp2]

From my recent experience with trying to inquire about diving in the Caribbean, many dive operations, especially the smaller ones or ones in areas where scuba is not a primary attraction, are still suffering from the effects of the pandemic shut down. Either their website is not up to date or defunct, their Facebook or Instagram sparsely populated with fresh posts, or there is no response to inquiries via email, messenger, or WhatsApp. Some operations have moved and changed names. Sometimes I complain to my wife that it’s like a third world country and then she points out that it is.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

I think the biggest thing that will eventually kill scuba is needing to travel to do it.

 

[Centrals]

I think the biggest thing that will eventually kill scuba is needing to travel to do it.

No difference from eg. skiing. It was NOT the travelling, it is my knees.
Peoples are more than willing to travel to see the world if they believe the trip is worthwhile.

 

[MidOH]

If the airlines dont give me space, its going to sway my decision greatly.

 

[Centrals]

Such a deal! Cocos taxes/fees are:

Park fee - $490 US plus 13% govt tax
Emergency Evacuation Plan Fee - $30 US

How many people made it to Cocos every yr as compare with Thailand.

Thailand beats 2022 tourism target with 11.15 mln foreign arrivals

Thailand received 11.15 million foreign visitors in 2022, a surge from just about 428,000 the previous year when broad pandemic-related travel curbs were in place, tourism ministry data showed on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

The proposed tourist tax(US$9.00 pp) will generate minimum of US$100m.

I paid US$100.00 for just a tourist visa to Vietnam 30yrs ago.
Tourist will pay because we are sucker!!

 

[Marie13]

If the airlines dont give me space, its going to sway my decision greatly.

Last week I booked a flight to Cancun for cave diving diving in early December. Business class from O’Hare. At least a quarter of the seats on the entire plane were already booked, ten months ahead. That surprised me.