Domestic tourism expected to generate Bt772 billion revenue
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The government's "12 cities you can't say no to" project, a part of its Discover Thainess 2015 campaign, together with improved taxing measure to stimulate more domestic tourism by Thais would help to generate over Bt772 billion of revenue, Kasikorn R
The cities included Lampang, Nan, Phetchabun, Loei, Samut Songkram, Ratchaburi, Trat, Chanthaburi, Chumpon, Trang and Nakhon Sri Thammarat. They are expected to help earn revenue of around Bt3.5 billion from increasing number of visitors and spendings.
The research further predicted that, with the government's scheme to encourage more domestic tourism by the people by using travel expenses to reduce individual income tax, more Thais would travel within the country, generating a revenue of about Bt772 billion for domestic business, which is higher than 2014's Bt705 billion targeted revenue.
The centre said the highest growth in domestic tourism would be seen in the northern, northeastern or Isarn, and in the southern regions, with tourists in all three regions cumulatively accounting for more than half of the total of visitors for the whole year.//Thai News Agency
The centre said the highest growth in domestic tourism would be seen in the northern, northeastern or Isarn, and in the southern regions, with tourists in all three regions cumulatively accounting for more than half of the total of visitors for the whole year.//Thai News Agency
