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The Commerce Ministry will promote 10 organic products for sales in the domestic and overseas markets to help increase the incomes of farmers . Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn said the ministry’s Provincial Trade Offices in each province will this year select two products each for the ministry’s consideration as part of a plan for product commercialisation. Products likely to be selected include organic ginger beer and organic processed garcinia tea.
The ministry will host ‘Organic & Natural Expo 2016’ during July 28-31 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre in Bangkok.—The Nation

TOURISM WILL CUT POVERTY
The Chinese government aims to help 12 million people out of poverty by boosting tourism in the next five years, Premier Li Keqiang announced on Thursday.
Li made the remark at the opening ceremony of the first World Conference on Tourism for Development, held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
The four-day conference, proposed by the Chinese government and jointly hosted with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, drew more than 600 representatives from 107 countries.
Most of China’s poverty-stricken regions are in remote and mountainous areas, and such places have natural advantages for developing the tourism industry, Li said, adding that tourism is an important means for poverty reduction.
Tourism plays an important role in China’s supply-side economic reform and the upgrade of China’s industrial structure, and the government will develop tourism and protect the environment at the same time, he said. The premier called on all countries to ease visa policies, simplify entry procedures and protect travellers’ interests to boost tourism worldwide. China will carry out 50 tourism projects with international cooperation in the next five years to help the global economy recover, he said. - China Daily