Berlin, 7 March 2024 – Thailand’s Prime Minister, H.E. Mr. Srettha Thavisin, delivered a press release on the “Superb Thailand Networking Occasion with the Prime Minister of Thailand” as a part of the nation’s forty ninth participation within the ITB Berlin 2024 in Germany.
Organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the “Superb Thailand Networking Occasion with the Prime Minister of Thailand” at ITB Berlin 2024 was held on 7 March 2024, the CityCube Berlin.
Prime Minister Srettha said the significance of tourism in socio-economic improvement and shared the federal government’s imaginative and prescient to drive the Thai tourism trade to the subsequent degree and generate 90.36 billion euros in general tourism income for this 12 months. Of those, 59.38 billion euros shall be from worldwide tourism, together with 17.15 billion euros in income and eight.5 million guests from the Europe, Africa, and Center East markets.
His Excellency indicated the numerous enchancment within the ease of travelling over the previous 5 months, together with the momentary visa exemptions for Indian, Russian, Kazakhstani, and Taiwanese guests and the just lately launched Thailand-China mutual visa exemption. As well as, talks are underway with the EU for Schengen visa exemption and ASEAN counterparts for the “One Visa, Free your Vacation spot” settlement.
PM prolonged an invite to vacationers to discover secondary locations past world-renowned cities like Bangkok and Chiang Mai to take pleasure in native cultures and distinctive experiences. He cited his journey experiences of many attention-grabbing native cultures and hidden gems in lesser-known cities.
He talked about the plans to regulate the working hours of leisure venues and ease guidelines on the sale of alcoholic drinks. It will comply with the current extension to the opening hours of leisure venues in key vacationer areas and the discount in liquor tax.
The PM reiterated that the federal government locations ‘Thai Gentle Energy’ on the core of its tourism coverage. Thailand’s distinctive and delightful festivals are being leveraged to place the nation as a world-class pageant vacation spot. The “Maha Songkran World Water Pageant” shall be organised to have fun its UNESCO ‘intangible cultural heritage’ standing. Incentives shall be launched to draw main worldwide festivals, live shows, and occasions to be held in Thailand.
Lastly, Prime Minister Srettha expressed his imaginative and prescient to see Thailand change into the aviation hub of Southeast Asia inside this decade. He highlighted renovation and enlargement plans for current airports and the event of two new airports – the Lanna Worldwide Airport in Chiang Mai and the Andaman Worldwide Airport in Phang-nga.
He burdened the plans to enhance the effectivity of floor dealing with providers to accommodate the growing variety of passengers. Aside from offering high quality providers to clients, security and safety requirements are vital parts of main ahead to be a worldwide aviation hub.
He additionally talked about discussions with airways to extend flights and new routes to Thailand, and the upcoming “Air-mazing Thailand: The Superb Airways Fam Journey” being organised by the TAT to showcase the nation’s expansive aviation capabilities.
“With the funding and dedication from the federal government, Thailand is poised to see an explosive development within the tourism sector within the coming years. We wish to encourage travellers to embrace their experiences, share their journey tales in Thailand that can flip into lifelong reminiscences, and encourage others around the globe to hunt countless journeys in Thailand,” Prime Minister Srettha concluded.
The Superb Thailand Networking Occasion with the Prime Minister of Thailand was attended by greater than 200 invited European and Thai tour operators and media members.
TAT additionally use the networking occasion as a platform to launch for the primary time on the ITB Berlin 2024, its newest TVC: “Superb Thailand: Your Tales By no means Finish” communication idea. It goals to instil ‘unforgettable experiences’ into travellers by means of significant journey or memorable journeys throughout their journey in Thailand. It will lead the travellers to change into storytellers who share their very own tales in Thailand with others and encourage the world to embark on countless journeys and create unending tales.
