15 Nov 2022
Tourism
Active domestic tourism at year-end; full-year 2022 domestic tourism projected to reach 150.8 million trips (Current Issue No.3359)... Read more
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22 Oct 2019
During October-December 2019, 76.9 percent of people living in Bangkok have planned to travel, up slightly from the survey in the same period last year; 22.2 percent of the sampled group said the government’s tourism stimulus measures (in October-November 2019) affect their decisions to travel.... Read more
20 Aug 2019
On August 20, 2019, aside from the extension of visa-on-arrival fee waiver for Chinese and Indian citizens, which is scheduled to expire at the end of October 2019, to the end of April 2020, the Cabinet also approved a number of measures, aimed at stimulating domestic tourism. These include: 1) A 1,000-Baht cash handout to be allocated to the first 10 million people, who register via an application developed by the Ministry of Finance. Qualified recipients must be at least 18 years old and they are required to visit destinations outside their home provinces. The measure requires a budget of THB10 billion; 2) A 15 percent cash rebate of up to THB30,000 on their tourism spending. The registration is open from September 23 to November 15, 2019. The recipients must use those rights from September 27 to November 30, 2019. These measures are part of the second round of tourism stimuli after tax measures, which expired on June 30, 2019.... Read more
24 Dec 2018
Tourism activities in the last five days of 2018 or between December 28, 2018 and January 1, 2019 are expected to generate THB47.43 billion of tourism revenue, up by 9.3 percent over-year, according to an estimate by KResearch. The buoyant sentiment from both local and international holidaymakers is attributed to the government’s supportive measures together with marketing promotions by hospitality companies. ... Read more
26 Nov 2018
Since early 2018, Bangkokians have recorded more domestic trips, which have been stimulated by the government’s policy to promote secondary cities via tax deduction measures, along with active campaigns of both public and private sector to introduce new tourist spots in Thailand. For the last quarter of the year, Bangkokians’ trips are expected to rise in terms of the numbers of persons and trips.... Read more