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Transforming Thai Tourism: Amazing Green Fest 2024
Published on 26/07/2024
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) in collaboration with The Cloud will host the Amazing Green Fest 2024 and The Hotelier 2024 forum to promote sustainable tourism by inviting travellers to embark on their journeys with responsibility. The events aim to support organisations involved in tourism to enhance their responsibility to society and the environment, increasing opportunities and understanding towards a balanced well-being with nature. The events will be held from 15-18 August 2024 at Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon, Bangkok.
How did it start?
Life, Published on 09/02/2017
» It's hard to say who was the first tourist in Siam, because tourism as we know it didn't exist until a few centuries ago. Indian merchants sailed here in the 5th century, the Chinese came to trade and later to settle, and one of the earliest European travellers were the Portuguese, arriving in Ayutthaya in 1511. In 1680, Ibn Muhammad Ibrahim, a Persian, visited the land and recorded his impressions -- "All around us were trees that never feel the withering touch of autumn" -- while the first guidebook to the Kingdom was written by local resident J. Antonio in 1904. (Its most highly recommended activity is the shooting of birds and mammals.)
Thailand's domestic tourism
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 14/01/2016
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand aims to push domestic tourism revenue from 7.99 trillion baht to 8.7 trillion this year, up 8%.