BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) believes the country will generate 16.82 billion baht in revenue from 280,447 foreign tourists this year, marking a 95.81 per cent drop from the 6.7 million visitors last year.
TCT expects 40,000 arrivals in the third quarter and 200,000 in the fourth quarter once Bangkok and nine other provinces open their doors to vaccinated tourists in November.
TCT president Chamnan Srisawat said this number was low due to several factors, such as the Covid-19 situation in Thailand, problems in distributing vaccines in tourism provinces and flooding.
Hence, TCT is calling on the government to make some adjustments, such as:
• Making the application for Certificate of Entry (COE) easier and allowing travel agents to apply on behalf…
