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Thailand received almost two million foreign tourists in the first half of 2022, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

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

With the government removing travel restrictions at the country’s land borders on May 1, Ranong has witnessed 8,108 people travelling in and out of the province, most being via the Grand Andaman Pier, which provides ferry services to a casino at Grand Andaman Hotel on Myanmar’s Thathay Kyun Island.

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul presided over “Thailand Moving Together: Hug, Eat, Fly, Travel, Live Together” meet and greet session and hosted a public hearing with operators in tourism and transport sectors examining ways to make the transition to the endemic phrase of Covid-19, allowing increasing numbers of tourists to enter the kingdom.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) expects most of the 2.5 million government officials to take advantage of the “Rath Tour Tua Thai” travel scheme and generate up to 50 billion baht in revenue.

The Tourism and Sports Ministry has devised the “Rath Tour Tua Thai” scheme, which will encourage government officials to go on “workations” in different provinces in a bid to stimulate domestic tourism.

The easing of travel restrictions has brought as many as 1.61 million tourists to Thailand so far this year, up 3,895 per cent from 2021.

The scrapping of the Test & Go scheme from May 1 has given a significant boost to Thailand’s tourism industry, said Laura Marie Arens, Google’s chief of Travel Vertical Search for Asia-Pacific.

Southeast Asian countries are jostling for attention as tourism slowly gathers pace again. With more and more nations easing coronavirus-related entry restrictions, hopes are running high that sluggish tourism-dependent economies can be revived by reattracting visitors.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is working hard to attract Chinese tourists after the Asian giant eased travel restrictions for nine of its southern cities.

A cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved a budget of 338.8 million baht for six tourism development projects in five Andaman coast provinces – Satun, Trang, Phuket, Phang-nga and Krabi – government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said.

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) on Tuesday upped its forecast for Thailand’s economic growth from 2.7 per cent to 2.9 per cent, citing recovery in the tourism and service sectors.