Surin Tourism Authority of Thailand creates “Thai-AEC Civilized Route” campaign to promote Isan
The Director of the Surin Office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Chookiat Pothito has announced that Surin TAT is promoting tourism in Isan and the lower northeast of Thailand to the AEC market, by organizing the “Thai-AEC Civilized Route” campaign, during 2014. The route through Buriram province, Surin province,…
Pattani’s Department of Internal Trade holds a grand sale
Pattani’s Department of Internal Trade (DIT) has announced it is again holding the Pattani Blue Flag Grand Sale that sells goods at lower-than-market price. Pattani’s DIT is conducting the grand sale on March 19th and 20th in front of the Kok Phoe Municipal Office from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm….
Russia Tops European Visitor Arrivals to Thailand
The European market has long played a major role in the development of Thai tourism. According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), European visitor arrivals in 2013 totalled 6.3 million, up 11.62% over 2012. Russia topped the list with 1.73 million arrivals (31.93%), followed by the UK with 906,312…
Academy dinner on how to be an OTA
Invitations went out to top travel agencies over the weekend with a cut-off date for confirmations set for 11 March. Organised by Bangkok-based Insourceasia, TravPax’s inaugural academy dinner event will focus on the challenges facing travel agents when they switch from a traditional trading model to an online agency platform…
Famous tourist destination Koh Mak developed as low carbon island
Koh Mak island in the eastern province of Trat is developed as a low carbon tourist destination by the Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA). The environmental initiative is hoped to help stimulate tourism of the island and nearby areas and tap a larger market after the AEC is…
The Tourism Authority of Thailand has launched the Cha-Am International Kite Festival 2014
The Tourism Authority of Thailand has launched the Cha-Am International Kite Festival 2014. It runs through the weekend of March 8-9, 2014, at Cha Am North Beach, Cha Am, Petchburi. At the event, over 100 sets of amazingly fancy kites from many countries, in various forms and dazzling colors, are…
Indian tourists best bet for Thailand
Tourism Council of Thailand is recommending a shift in travel promotions to markets that are less sensitive to Bangkok’s civil disturbances. The national council, that draws experts from the private sector to represent the industry in business dialogues with the government, recommends the industry eases the throttle on promotions in…
Raveena Tandon goes kayaking in Thailand
Raveena Tandon was recently in Krabi, Thailand, on a vacation with husband Anil Thadani and kids. While the family was exploring interesting adventure sports, they came across kayaking. Raveena was initially hesitant, but she eventually gave in and tried it for the first time. “When I saw that my son,…
Thai tourists are better prepared for overseas trips and generous in spending spree
Affluent Thai people have been wiser in taking their trips abroad by planning ahead of their journey and taking along electronic devices or new communication tools, according to the Visa Global Travel Intention Survey 2013. The survey shows that 60 percent of high-income travelers use such devices as smartphones and…
India still on track to cross one million visitor arrivals to Thailand
Indian arrivals to Thailand are set to cross the one million mark again this year, thanks to a continued flow of tourists in December, news reports about the political demonstrations notwithstanding. “Despite what travellers may have recently read or heard in some of the international media, they can be confident…