Thailand Tourism Industry To Recover In 6 Months

Another relevant article to support this subject :

TAT launching campaigns to raise number of Arabian tourists to Thailand Posted Image

BANGKOK, 29 June 2010 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Dubai and Middle East Office predicts the rise by 15% for Arabian tourists to Thailand in 2011, while the TAT marketing plan is to promote new destinations in Thailand in those markets.

Director of the TAT Dubai and Middle East Office, Pramot Sapyen cited that the TAT had planned to stimulate the market in 2011 by arranging a project called “Thailand Summer Special Offer”, participated by five touring companies, with the support of Siam Niramit, a producer of world-class performance of Thailand's arts and cultural heritage. Tourists from Middle East will get free 1,000 tickets to the shows and 4,000 of 20% discount coupons. This project has been launched in Abu Dhabi of UAE as the first place.

Another project is the medical tourism road shows which will be launched in UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain. Several leading hospitals in Thailand will join in the road shows as well including Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok Hospital and Piyavate Hospital. These two projects cost around 15 million THB.

Mr Pramot added that most destinations of Arabian tourists were Bangkok, Pattaya, and Phuket. The TAT aims to promote other places such as Hua Hin, Cha-am and Chiang Mai among them. He said that in 2011 the number of Arabians visiting Thailand would rise by 15%, as Middle East market was likely to recover quicker than others.

Today, Jul 06/2010 there are again some news article's which indicates a recovery of Thailand Tourism Industry.

Also again the usual reply of ridicule about the number projected.

Let us see what really happens this year and keep this topic alive with ones in while adjustments, real experiences, new's articles, etc.

In my opinion (with rosy glasses), this industry will recover, because basically Thailand has all the ingredients to recover.

Their will be some swifting, maybe less tourist from traditional markets, towards more from within Asian countries and probably more and more from also South America and Africa.

The economic crisis will also play part in this all, but also this economic crisis will rebound.

2 articles today also posted in new forums at Thai Visa

Tourism Council eying to raise target of arrivals after political tension eases

BANGKOK (NNT)-- The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) is eyeing to adjust the number of tourists expected to visit Thaiand this year up by 5-10% after the political situation has eased while next year’s target is set at 15.5 million visitors with an estimated revenue of 600 billion THB.

TCT President Kongkrit Hiranyakit said the overall tourism situation this year had recovered promisingly as evident in the number of foreign tourists visiting Thailand in June. He anticipated the number to rise by another 5-10% from a total of 14.1 million visitors last year.

The TCT will hold a meeting on 15 July to confer about the situation and revise the visitors’ figure which was earlier set at 13 million as a result of the prolonged street protest in the capital. However, the domestic situation has now returned to normal and other countries have already lifted travel warnings against Thailand.

Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor Suraphon Svetasreni said the number of foreign tourists is targeted at 15.5 million in 2011, or 9% higher than this year, with an estimated revenue of 600 billion THB. Meanwhile, domestic tourism will also expand by 3% next year with at least 91 million trips to be made by Thai tourists, generating around 432 billion THB to the industry.

The TAT will still emphasize on the campaign “Amazing Thailand Always Amazes You” next year while additional marketing plans will be made on spa and green tourism businesses.

Emergency Decree not affecting tourism growth

BANGKOK (NNT) -- The domestic tourism will not receive negative effects if the government decides to extend the state of emergency in Bangkok and 23 other provinces.

Tourism and Sports Minister Chumpol Silapa-archa stated that the Emergency Decree enforcement was aimed at safeguarding people in the kingdom. Moreover, Thai people had already been used to the special law, he noted.

Mr Chumpol also voiced his confidence that many foreign countries now had better understanding in the current situation of Thailand since they had already cancelled travel warnings against the kingdom.

The minister hence believed that the domestic tourism for 2010 would grow continuously although the cabinet on Tuesday would decide to extend the state of emergency on one-third of the country’s area.

Lately, the Center for the Resolution of Emergency Situation (CRES) has unanimously resolved to maintain the activation of the Emergency Decree due to unstable situation.