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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.
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.
EEC tabbed for tourism lift
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 16/11/2018
» The Tourism and Sports Ministry says the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) initiative could help boost tourism and small business in a greater area along the Eastern Seaboard.
Operators despair amidst Chinese lull
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 26/10/2018
» Tourism operators used to Chinese arrivals are close to laying off staff or even shutting down operations if arrivals from the mainland fail to bounce back soon.
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.
Chinese choose other options for Golden Week
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 02/10/2018
» Thailand is expected to lose some 50,000 Chinese tourists during China's Golden Week period as a result of incidents that happened over the past three months.
Premier stepping into THAI turnaround plan
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 01/10/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is taking part in a plan to help Thai Airways International (THAI) recover from years of losses.
CBRE: Real estate moving towards the elderly
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 15/03/2018
» Leading Thai real estate companies are focusing more on senior housing and aged-care facilities as the country is, by definition, an ageing society, says Phil Smith, head of retirement and healthcare business for CBRE in Australia.
Chinese tourist throng coming
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 16/02/2018
» Thailand is set to welcome more than 300,000 tourists from China during the Chinese New Year holiday, about a 20% rise from a year ago.