TAT targets expats in bid to resurrect sport tourism

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will organise a golf event targeted at the expatriate community in the country as part of the efforts to restore confidence in domestic tourism.

The Amazing Thailand Expat Golf Tournament Series 2021 event will be held on June 4 at Siam Country Club in Chon Buri, Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn told a recent press conference.

The event is being organised to promote domestic travel among the expatriates in Thailand under the “Stay Play Safe” campaign, he said.

Phiphat said the event was aimed to re-energise the tourism sector that has been badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thailand’s tourism industry in particular and economy in general has been severely affected by the coronavirus outbreak, he said.

“The government has started to look for ways to revive the industry from within, targeting the domestic…