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Travel desires changing in 2021
Spending more quality time with loved ones is the top thing people look forward to this year, according to the “What Matters 2021” survey of Agoda.The online survey was conducted between Dec 10-16. The total sample size was 16,064 adults. It found that one in ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Tourism fee to help insure foreigners visiting the kingdom
The National Tourism Policy Committee has approved the proposed guidelines for the collection of a 300-baht tourism fee from each international visitor for the management of local tourist destinations.The money will also be used to provide insurance benefits to international tourists visiting the country.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Association of Domestic Travel upbeat on domestic tour goal
The government’s domestic tourism goal of 200 million trips this year is achievable, though it depends on state support via more stimulus plans, says the Association of Domestic Travel (ADT).Operators would like the government to flatten the infection rate curve from the hundreds daily to ...
Dusida Worrachaddejchai
Thailand’s tourism sector seeks government support to face Covid-19 slump
Thailand’s tourism sector is asking the government for more soft loans, a repayment holiday on other credit, and a relief fund, to help stay afloat as business is devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, a minister said Monday.Affected hotels are also asking for a 15-per-cent discount ...
Turbulent times for travel
If 2020 was wretched for tourists and the flying public, 2021 looks to be a year full of calibrated plans for recovery for both the tourism and aviation sectors that are desperate for the year-long Covid-19 crisis to bottom out.Indeed, the past year has brought ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
TAT: New infections weigh on trips
The Covid-19 infections that spread from the seafood market in Samut Sakhon are likely to ruin tourism sentiment, hobbling domestic trips to 95 million this year, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said if there were no cases in Samut Sakhon, ...
Dusida Worrachaddejchai
Ministry sees four-year test for tourism sector
The tourism industry, which accounts for 12% of Thailand’s GDP, is expected to take at least four years to recover to the pre-pandemic levels, says the Finance Ministry.While several financial authorities and think tanks project Thailand’s economy will fully recover over the next two years, ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
New community-based route launched for post-Covid tourism
The government has unveiled a model tour for its community-based tourism policy tapping Thailand’s many canals and waterways. The model route is located in Ratchaburi, 80 kilometres west of Bangkok.It consists of four historical and agricultural sites – Chotikaram Temple, Jek Huat’s house, Lao Tak ...
The Nation Reporter
TAT to design special packages for unique group of tourists
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will next year launch campaigns and special travel packages that target a new, unique group of tourists.Thapanee Kiatphaibool, TAT executive director of tourism products, said the aim was to create travel packages for single people, such as boat trips ...
The Nation Reporter
Thais encouraged to travel to help stimulate economy [Video]
With more public holidays coming up in November and December, the government is encouraging people to travel to different parts of the country and use the government’s spending stimulus measures.Keep watching ...