Thailand hopes to revive its battered tourism sector by welcoming round a million Middle Eastern vacationers by the tip of this 12 months. Government spokesperson Traisulee Traisornkul says the restoration of ties with Saudi Arabia, after a 30-year freeze, will assist revive the tourism trade in the kingdom.
“Restoring relations between Thailand and Saudi Arabia would play an important function in rising the variety of tourists from the Middle East in Thailand. The Tourism Minister had aimed that by 2022, the variety of vacationers from the Middle East could be growing up to 1 million.”
According to a Pattaya News report, the Thai authorities has its eyes on the Middle East after tourism minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Emirates airline in Dubai. Under the agreement, Emirates will promote Thailand to its clients, beneath the TAT’s “Visit Thailand Year 2022: Amazing New Chapters” marketing campaign.
Etihad Airways, the UAE’s second provider, has additionally signed the MOC and can promote the marketing campaign to its customers. According to Traisulee, the Thai government is confident airlines in Saudi Arabia may even sign as much as a similar settlement. Report says the latest restoration of ties between Saudi Arabia and Thailand has provided a big alternative to increase tourism from the Middle East. Phiphat is because of lead a delegation of tourism operators to Saudi Arabia in March, as part of efforts to strengthen ties with Saudi tourism companies..