Thailand increases tourism development budget

SGGP 06/10/2023 07:21

According to the Bangkok Post, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has just announced its guidance for fiscal year 2024 with a budget of 5 billion baht (144.25 million USD) from 3.25 billion baht in fiscal year 2023, which sets out some key goals such as increasing the number of visitors outside the peak season, promoting a 7% increase in spending per trip and distributing income to more destinations.

Visitors visit the Royal Palace in Bangkok. Photo: AFP/VNA

TAT expects Thailand's tourism revenue next year to fully recover to the equivalent of 3,000 billion baht of the year before the Covid-19 pandemic.

TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn said TAT hopes to see better distribution of tourists to secondary provinces, as well as improved dispersion of tourists from peak season to the whole year.

According to Mr. Supasorn, lessons learned from the pandemic have helped TAT conduct crisis management for possible future situations, accordingly, it should build “tourism security” to be able to recover itself through combined development between the public and private sectors.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/thai-lan-tang-ngan-sach-phat-trien-du-lich-post693126.html