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Tourism chiefs mull ways to open safely
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) says that if the country remains closed in the last quarter of the year, the number of foreign tourists will dramatically shrink to seven million for 2020.TAT deputy governor for tourism products and services Thapanee Kiatphaibool said while domestic ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thailand's domestic travel: A way out for our economy [Video]
We have a special report for you today in which we examine the “We Travel Together” program. This initiative provides discounts and stipends to people interested in domestic travel and is expected to revive the tourism scene in Thailand as well as jump start the ...
Travel stimulus scheme may run till year-end
The deadline of the “We Travel Together” campaign may be extended to increase tourism momentum for the rest of the year, while travel bubbles for tourists will take place in October, says the Tourism and Sports Ministry.Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, the tourism and sports minister, said the ...
Dusida Worrachaddejchai
T-Together campaign records 4.56 million travelers [Video]
Moving on, the Travel Together (T-Together) campaign is selling like hotcakes as more than 4.5 million people have already signed up for the travel subsidy.Keep watching ...
Govt plans B100bn soft loans to help tourism, services
The government plans 100 billion baht of new soft loans to help small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the tourist and services sector hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the finance minister said on Monday.The loans will offer more relaxed conditions than the central bank’s 500-billion baht ...
Govt eyes medical tourism trips
The government is giving the green light to local tour operators to tap foreign medical and wellness tourists from next month while the “travel bubbles” tourism scheme is tipped to start in September, a senior spokesman said yesterday.Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Travel influencers begin quest to stimulate tourism [Video]
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and numerous tourism related agencies have officially launched a new campaign, teaming up with online media content creators and influencers to stimulate the tourism sector.Keep watching ...
Tourism in Thailand to lose up to $47bn from Covid-19: UN study
Global tourism revenues are expected to fall by up to US$3.3 trillion due to Covid-19 restrictions, with Thailand standing to lose $47 billion, according to a UN study published on Wednesday.The ‘Covid-19 and Tourism’ report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ...
List of ‘travel bubble’ countries finalised today ahead of Aug reopening
Foreign tourists will be allowed back into the country in August under “travel bubble” arrangements, Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn confirmed on Thursday, (July 2).The “travel bubbles” will cover countries at low-risk of Covid-19 contagion, while the tourists would be allowed to travel on ...
The Nation Reporter
May factory output down 23%
The manufacturing production index (MPI) for May dropped 23.19% from a year earlier, led by lower production of cars, petroleum and air conditioners due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, the industry ministry reported on Monday.That compared with a forecast for a drop of ...