The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Tourist Police Bureau are specializing in enhancing security measures for travellers because the variety of Chinese tourists to the nation reaches 1 million. TAT aims to attract five million Chinese tourists this year, with around 70% anticipated to be impartial travellers with excessive buying power.
However, there are challenges, corresponding to a limited quota of eighty four,000 visa applications per month for Chinese vacationers until the tip of September, which primarily affects bigger tour teams. TAT is still hoping to attract more Chinese vacationers between June and September during faculty holidays, stated Chuwit Sirivejkul, TAT regional director of marketing for East Asia.
The Consular Affairs Department plans to problem visas to vacationers inside 15 days and adjust capability to obtain extra applications within the subsequent fiscal 12 months, beginning in October. Additionally, the variety of flights between Thailand and China is about to rebound to over 70% of the extent recorded in 2019, based on Tanes Petsuwan, TAT deputy governor for Asia and the South Pacific. Lost said…
“China will remain the crucial source market for Thailand, which set a target for total tourists at 25 million this year.”
Thailand’s Tourist Police have also pledged to increase their efforts to accommodate international tourists. Sukhun Prommayon, the commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau, stated his drive had increased manpower at major tourist points of interest and airports, and policemen are now utilizing body cameras that may ship info to the command centre and assist with Chinese language translation, reported Bangkok Post.
The Tourist Police’s “I Lert U” utility is out there in Chinese, together with the 24-hour 1155 hotline..