"Tourism Industry"

Appreciative of the easing of travel restrictions, tourism operators said they will keep working towards boosting the country’s tourism industry, which they believe will be key to Thailand’s recovery.

A total of 34,000 foreign workers have been approved to enter the tourism industry in order to tackle its labour shortage, says Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister

Human resource shortages plague the tourism industry even as tourism, transport and other services are resuming, Ho Chi Minh City authorities said.

A total of 23 hotels in Thailand worth a cumulative 13.2 billion baht were sold to local and foreign investors in 2021, marking a 550 per cent jump from 2020, global property broker Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) reported recently.

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Expedia Group, a travel platform with over 200 travel sites across 70 countries, has advice for Thai accommodation operators on how they can expand amid weaker growth in the country’s tourism industry.

Despite the appreciation of the baht, Thailand has attracted as many as 21.08 million tourists in the first half of this year, marking a 0.81 per cent growth year on year, outgoing Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat said.

Tourism industry seeks tough measures to protect reputation after boat tragedy

The Lao tourism industry is not only playing a significant role in boosting economic growth, but is also creating a huge number of job opportunities for local people, experts have noted. 

AS THE GOVERNMENT plans to use its “Thailand 4.0” policy to escape from a middle-income gap and make the nation a high-income country, one of the key economic drivers – tourism – needs to accelerate its strategy to cope with the change, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) says.

SHORT-TERM gain has all too often been the driving force in the tourism industry, despite the long-term pain that this attitude can lead to. This cautionary view is worth bearing in mind when it comes to safeguarding and nurturing the health of the sector here in Thailand over the coming years.

THE THAI Tourism industry is on the right track but needs to be well managed in terms of infrastructure capacity, faster immigration processing and developing new tourist destinations, says the chairman of Dusit International.