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TAT ratchets up focus on domestic trips
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 12/06/2015
» Thais travelling abroad will present a major challenge to increasing domestic tourism next year, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Operators urge Korea Mers checks
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 09/06/2015
» Thai tourism operators are calling on authorities to check travellers from South Korea carefully after six people died from the Mers virus there.
Indian big spenders catch TAT's interest
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 08/06/2015
» Indian visitors cannot be overlooked as their spending per head in Thailand has risen to the top four, surpassing that of European and Japanese tourists so far this year.
ATTA: Screen future travel mart buyers
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 04/06/2015
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) should carefully screen foreign travel agents who will be buyers at the Thailand Travel Mart fair next year to ensure they are genuine, say private tourism operators.
Chinese influx boosts full-year target
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 30/05/2015
» A big rise in the number of Chinese tourists in the first four months of 2015 has prompted the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to raise its full-year forecast for Chinese arrivals to 6 million from 5.4 million.
People power against coal gains steam
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 20/05/2015
» Tourism operators and local communities in the South have urged the government to choose between energy security and sustainable tourism.
N.C.C. urges marketing drive
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 19/05/2015
» N.C.C. Management & Development Co, operator of Bangkok's Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, is urging fair organisers and exhibitors to step up marketing campaigns to encourage consumer spending during these difficult times.
Small Phuket hotels feeling the pinch
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 09/05/2015
» A number of small hotels in Phuket that cannot shoulder their financial burden look set to be sold in 2016 despite tourism picking up again since late last year.
ATTA sees signs of resurgence
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 01/05/2015
» The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) is confident this will be a good year for tour businesses, predicting a new record of 6 million foreign visitors through its members.
Chiang Rai expects fall in Europeans
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 30/04/2015
» Chiang Rai expects its tourism business will have flat growth this year due to the sharp drop in European tourists as economic problems hit the euro zone.