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Tourism Council predicts 40.3m arrivals for 2019
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 19/12/2018
» The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) predicts international arrivals to Thailand will increase to 40.3 million in 2019, mainly because of lowered visa barriers.
Visa fee waiver extension sought for Songkran
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 30/11/2018
» The government has been asked to extend the waiver of visa-on-arrival (VOA) fees past Jan 13 and to the end of April to lure international visitors during Songkran.
Arrivals up 20% in wake of VOA exemption, officials claim
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 28/11/2018
» Tourist arrivals to Thailand are reportedly up 20% in the latter half of November in response to the government's visa-on-arrival (VOA) fee waivers, with India the star market.
THAI teams up with Spring Airlines to woo Chinese tourists
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 27/11/2018
» Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) is teaming up with China's largest low-cost airline to help bring back tourists from the mainland over the next three months.
Tourism sector told to brace for visitor influx
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 17/11/2018
» Both the public and private sectors have been urged to prepare plans to cope with an influx of tourists over the next two months.
Tourism operators press for policy salve
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 22/10/2018
» Tourism business leaders have called for the government to use measures and campaigns to boost tourism from other markets if there is no concrete plan to reclaim arrivals from China.
Ministry backtracks on visa fee waiver plan
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 19/10/2018
» The government's plans to exempt tourists from visa-on-arrival fees to attract foreign travellers is unlikely to happen this year, according to Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat.
Thailand tops tourism list for Chinese in H1
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 13/09/2018
» Thailand remained the top destination for Chinese travelling abroad in the first half of the year, according to a joint report by the China Tourism Academy and online travel firm Ctrip.
Chinese arrivals could fall 8% in August
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 03/08/2018
» The number of Chinese tourists travelling to Thailand is expected to drop by 5-8% this month in the wake of last month's Phuket boat accident.
Visa fee waiver for Chinese proposed as arrivals fade away
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 24/07/2018
» Tourism operators have urged the government to waive visa fees for Chinese tourists in a bid to draw them back after arrivals fell following the fatal boat accident in Phuket earlier this month.