Tourism Authority of Thailand sets new arrival target to 15 million The Tourism Authority of Thailand yesterday set its 2011 targets for international arrivals - 15.5 million adding Bt600 billion to the economy - and domestic trips - 91 million generating ...

Tourism Authority of Thailand register 16% increase in Tourism arrivals The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced that Thailand received 6,563,099 visitor arrivals during January-May 2010, registering a 16.07 per cent year-on-year growth. Tourism receipts were estimated at 242,559.35 million baht, or about US$7.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 20.26% in comparison with January-May 2009.

Thailand has new recovery plans for tourism sector The Royal Thai Government has given full support to a quick recovery of the Thai travel and tourism industry in recognition of its importance to Thailand's economy as well as ...

Tourism situation in Pukhet worse than after 2004 tsunami As resort managers and marketing directores have told Phuketwan, Phuket's plight is worse than after the 2004 tsunami. The tsunami was followed by a wave of international generosity that put tourists back on Phuket fast, and along the Andaman coast soon after. This will take longer. Phuket is going to suffer a lot of pain. Jobs will be lost, and so will investment.

Tourism Council drops arrivals target The Tourism Council of Thailand yesterday further dropped its tourist arrival target from 14 million to 13 million this year, and revenue target from Bt600 billion to Bt480 billion, as ...

Thailand’s tourism industry lost more than US$150 million Due to the protracted protests of the anti-government Red Shirts, Thailand in April has already lost over 100,000 tourist visitors and around more than Bt5 billion (US$156 million) in revenues, according to Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) estimates.

Two million tourists to keep away from Thailand due to political turmoil The Federation of Thai Tourism Association (Fetta) estimates that the country would lose about 2 million tourists with expected loss of Bt100 billion during April and May due to the ...

Phuket tourism holding up despite Bangkok clashes After speaking to hotel executives about Phuket, it is evident that for the moment the nation's capital remains an isolated epicentre of both metrics and opinion. It is a ...

Federation of Thai Tourism Associations (FETTA) fears huge loss The continued anti-government rally by the red-shirts is severely hurting the country’s tourism sector, spokesman for the Federation of Thai Tourism Associations (FETTA), Charoen Wangananont, said on Thursday.

Prolonged rallies may cost 4.7% contraction in tourism sector The prolonged demonstrations of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) is expected to have adverse effects on the Thai economy, according to Deputy Prime Minister of Economic Affairs, ...