‘TAT’ aims at 1,035.75 million baht to restore tourism business in the whole system. Repeat if you don’t lose the opportunity – lose more than 2.65 hundred thousand baht.
Yuthasak Supasorn, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). TAT revealed that now the TAT has prepared a plan to ask for a budget for stimulating the Thai tourism sector in the amount of 1,035.75 million baht, divided into 432 million baht for product and tourism business, 450 million baht for the domestic market, and the Asia-Pacific market. Fixed 50 million baht and the European market 103.75 million baht, if not this budget will cause Thai tourism to lose the opportunity and income in the tourism sector Both domestic and international markets, totaling more than 265 billion baht, estimated from the number of foreign tourists 1 million, spending 50,000 baht per person, totaling 50,000 million baht. Traveled 50 million people-times, spending 4,300 baht per person, generating income 215,000 million baht.
“The requested budget is used to support the tourism business in the whole system. which if we go to war should give us some weapons By setting the total revenue target for the year 2022 at 1.5 trillion baht, divided into the Thai market, travel in Thailand, travel 160 million people-times, generate 656 billion baht in revenue, 7-10 million baht in foreign markets, generate 800 billion baht in revenue. said Mr. Yuthasak.
Mr. Yuthasak said that the key to reviving the country “We revive together” by having to have a booster shot because the Thai tourism sector is not powerless. and only need more stimulation which has a proposal from the private sector to waive visa fees Effective from 1 July – 31 December 2022, both tourist visa (Tourist Visa) fee 1,000 baht per person and visa on arrival: VoA fee 2,000 baht per person, extending the maximum period of stay in Thailand to 45 days. The end of 2022, in line with the trend of longer stays among foreigners And it is an opportunity to spend more towards the basic economy, for example, Indian tourists are popular in groups. There is a visa fee of 8,000-10,000 baht per group, can use this money to spend more.
“Usually people with money are already spending more money. or change to a longer rest day instead From January to June 2022, there are 2.1 million foreign tourists coming in, compared to the year 2021 at 400 billion baht, which is a very high increase. In the remainder of 2022, out of the target of 10 million foreign tourists, there are 5-7 million left to reach the target. If the visa fee is waived at 1,000-2,000 baht per person, 5-7 million tourists will have an additional spending of 5-7 billion baht,” Mr. Yuthasak said.
Mr. Yuthasak said that the problem now is Flights to Thailand are not enough. The number of flights in 2019 has 56 million seats, the frequency of flights is 250,000, compared to the first half of 2022, the number of seats is 17.33 million, accounting for 31% of 2019, the frequency of flights is 720,000, accounting for 29%. of the year 2019 only, which the goal is Want to bring back 50% of the seats in 2019, equal to the remaining 10.8 million seats that must be brought back in the second half of this year by TAT will discuss with the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) on the day On July 18, this will ensure that the number of seats and flights will return later this year. All routes in every destination
Mr. Yuthasak said that the plan to promote domestic tourism is to increase the number of airline seats by 1 million through pushing for a loading rate of not less than 70% by doing joint promotions. so that the price is not a burden on passengers including increasing the number of rooms to 1 million rooms or nights to hotels in the tax base Compensate for not benefiting from the project, we travel together. To support the average occupancy rate of 55%. affected by COVID-19 through the increase of 1 million passengers with tour guides subsidizes the cost of fuel which the private sector has made a plan to offer at 10,000 baht per day, but must prepare additional packages to define the details of the distance number of days of rest route and to close all corruption channels
