Articles tagged “tourism authority of thailand”

Tourism

Skift India Daily: Indians Turn to Metasearch Engines for Travel Bookings

Indian travel and aviation sectors have managed to rebound faster than expected and well beyond pre-pandemic levels. But how will travel and tourism leaders work to ensure sustained growth and profitability, remains to be seen.

Amrita Ghosh | 3 months ago

Skift India Daily: Indians Turn to Metasearch Engines for Travel Bookings

News Blog

Southeast Asian Destinations Steer Tourists Towards Road Trip Holidays

In a bid to encourage tourists to explore the region by road, the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have come up with a driving tourism manual. The guidebook contains information on driving in Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam and also includes a list…

Peden Doma Bhutia | 8 months ago

Tourism

Thailand Drops Test Requirements Just as It Plans to Woo Indian Tourists

After a great deal of will they or won't they, Thailand has finally decided to simplify travel for visitors. But in the absence of some of its most important source markets, like China and Russia, the country has its sights set on Indian tourists.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 year ago

Thailand Drops Test Requirements Just as It Plans to Woo Indian Tourists

Tourism

Will Rising Visa Fees Stifle a Full Travel Recovery?

Destinations taking baby steps towards travel recovery should look to turn entry barriers into opportunities. Governments should reflect and review their pre-Covid traditional visa policies to make way for technology-enabled progressive approaches and the visa fee, though small, plays its part in determining travel decisions.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 year ago

Will Rising Visa Fees Stifle a Full Travel Recovery?

Tourism

Thailand to Receive 80 Percent Fewer Foreign Tourists in 2020

Pity all of the Thai individuals who depend on tourism for their livelihoods.

Satawasin Staporncharnchai, Chayut Setboonsarng, and Orathai Sriring, Reuters | 3 years ago

Thailand to Receive 80 Percent Fewer Foreign Tourists in 2020

Coronavirus

Thailand’s Social Enterprises Help Small Tourism Businesses Hit by Crisis

More of this, please. Thailand’s social enterprises, or organizations with virtuous missions, have been helping the country's tourism companies find creative new ways to earn revenue.

Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Reuters | 3 years ago

Thailand’s Social Enterprises Help Small Tourism Businesses Hit by Crisis

Tourism

Thailand to Spend $722 Million to Reward Health Workers With Cheaper Domestic Travel

What a great idea! The Thai government will reward 1.2 million medical workers and health volunteers with subsidies to pay for domestic trips, including for hotel rooms, meals, and train rides.

Orathai Sriring and Panarat Thepgumpanat, Reuters | 3 years ago

Thailand to Spend $722 Million to Reward Health Workers With Cheaper Domestic Travel

Coronavirus

Thailand to Launch Tourism Marketing Campaign With a Theme of Trust

Thailand plans to launch later this year a tourism marketing campaign positioning itself as a trusted destination, especially for Asian tourists, after the pandemic. Many tourism marketers will be eying similar efforts.

Chayut Setboonsarng, Reuters | 3 years ago

Thailand to Launch Tourism Marketing Campaign With a Theme of Trust

Tourism

Virus Cuts Thailand’s Tourist Arrivals Projection This Year by 6 Million

For Thailand's tourism, which is much more used to a growth narrative, plunging visitor numbers is a sobering reality the industry is now facing. Unfortunately, the tourism free fall hasn't stopped.

Orathai Sriring, Reuters | 3 years ago

Virus Cuts Thailand’s Tourist Arrivals Projection This Year by 6 Million