TAT luring short-haul visitors as zero-$ crackdown hits China market
THE TOURISM Authority of Thailand is trying to boost arrivals from short-haul markets in the remaining weeks of this year to compensate for the huge drop from China following the crackdown on “zero dollar tours” over the past few months.
Tourism Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said Wednesday that TAT aimed to lure more than 300,000 visitors from Southeast Asian markets such as Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia during the rest of the year.
They would be mainly individual travellers, families and company employees.
Growth in inbound numbers has slowed over past few months, particularly from the China market.
China is Thailand’s largest source of foreign visitors, with 7.9 million coming last year and 10 million projected to head here this year.
