PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged all authorities companies to get behind the “Amazing Thailand New Chapter” tourism marketing campaign being readied for launch by the tip of January. According to a government spokesperson, the administration is pushing forward with tourism plans that the floundering economy so desperately wants, despite the growing spread of the Omicron variant and Covid-19 infections across the country.
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has created the new slogan and journey marketing campaign to advertise varied vacationer activities in Thailand. They are predicting between 5 million and 15 million individuals travelling to Thailand in 2022, with the projection primarily based on no new lockdowns or border closures being enacted. With that range of tourist numbers, the government hopes between 1.three and 1.eight trillion baht might be generated in revenue.
Various authorities companies including the Tourism Authority of Thailand and Tourism Ministry plan on aggressively launching other campaigns aimed at boosting home tourism. For these tourism campaigns, the federal government will encourage travelling while on the similar time calling on strict adherence to Covid-19 management and safety regulations.
While Thailand is desperately making an attempt to entice worldwide travellers to come regardless of the advanced process to enter, they have additionally confirmed plans to enact something that travellers undoubtedly won’t like – a 300 baht entry tax on all international arrivals, scheduled to start in April.
Many countries have had these fees for years, however most are rolled into air ticket prices (along with departure airport taxes, arrival taxes, state, native and federal taxes, gasoline surcharges and more) and hardly observed. Thailand is unsure but how they will implement the extra charge.
Though it will be yet another turn-off for potential travellers to the nation, the Thai government intends to use the additional 300 baht per arrival to develop and keep tourism and vacationer attractions.
The cash may also be used for funding insurance coverage to handle accidents, infections or deaths of tourists whereas they are in Thailand, something of nice concern during a pandemic. Last chance : if Thailand then has protection to handle Covid-19 hospitalisations and deaths, it might result in the eventual elimination of the US $50,000 insurance requirement for Thailand Pass entry..