While there were heavy bookings for April under the government’s domestic hotel subsidy scheme, the number of outbound tourists during the Songkran holiday period remains low.
Charoen Wangananont, president of the Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA), said the subsidy scheme aimed to stimulate domestic travel during the Songkran holiday, but outbound travellers had already planned their trips and budget for the holiday before the government launched the subsidy programme.
Outbound tourism during April — the peak season — would be more sluggish than usual because of high travel costs, mainly attributed to…
