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India pinpointed for TAT tourism bonanza

India pinpointed for TAT tourism bonanza

Officials want restrictions lifted

Indian tourists throng Humayun’s Tomb. They are a major source market for Thai tourism. (Photo: Dusida Worrachaddejchai)

Thailand should grant Indian tourists permission to visit after Covid infections on the subcontinent improved significantly, as pent-up demand is starting to flood into other countries, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

The Indian market is forecast to have 21,000 tourists generating at least 938 million baht in the fourth quarter under a best-case scenario that assumes Indian tourists can access the sandbox programme without quarantine, as well as commercial flights to six key cities resuming services, said Cholada Siddhivarn, director of TAT’s…

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