BANGKOK, 26 May 2011 (NNT) – The number of European travellers visiting Thailand during the first four months of 2011 increased by 18% year-on-year, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). TAT Deputy Governor Chuthaporn Roengronasa reported that the majority of the European tourists were Russian, accounting for 40% of the total figure. The […]
The Tourism Department reveals the results of a survey of Thai tourism saying that problems of illegal tour operators and taxi drivers needs to be resolved quickly in order to improve the tourism industry. According to a survey conducted by 5,000 local and foreign tourists around Bangkok, the Tourism Department Director-General, Surapol Sripan says the […]
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BANGKOK, March 31 – Thailand’s sole aircraft carrier HTMS Chakri Naruebet carrying 753 tourists, including 551 foreign visitors from Koh Tao Island in Surat Thani province to safety docked at the Sattahip naval base in the eastern province of Chonburi Thursday as Thailand’s flood crisis took its toll on the southern provinces leaving at least […]
Bangkok, March 27, 2011 — The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is continuing to promote the country as Asia’s leading shooting location as well as maintaining the momentum of filmmaking activities by inviting 23 foreign film industry leaders to visit Thailand. They will explore potential filming locations and facilities in the country’s central, northern and […]
CHIANG MAI, 23 March 2011 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Chiang Mai Office expects the Chiang Mai Fest 2011 to help boost local tourism and generate 1 billion THB of income before the Songkran Festival. Speaking of the tourism atmosphere in Chiang Mai, Mr Chalermsak Suranan, Director of the TAT Chiang Mai […]
BANGKOK, 3 March 2011 (NNT) – The Association of Domestic Travel (ADT) has forecast that the Thai tourism sector will fully recover this year, provided that there is no political turmoil. As a continuation of the 8th Thai International Travel Fair last week, which was a tremendous success, ADT President Maiyarat Pheerayakoses said the association […]
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has urged the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the private sector to focus on “quality tourists”, though operators are calling on the government to improve the country’s stability to raise tourist confidence. Abhisit urged all parties in the tourism business to focus on the quality of tourists, rather than […]
