Locals and tourists watch a sunset from Phuket Island’s Phromthep Cape on April 9, 2022. (Reuters photo)
The budget for the tour package subsidy scheme “Tour Teaw Thai” should be extended until October and there should be a new initiative to boost travel to secondary destinations, according to the Association of Domestic Travel (ADT).
Chaiyapruk Thongkam, the newly elected ADT president, said it was imperative to have a tourism stimulus scheme that can benefit tour operators and he plans to urge the government to use the remaining budget for Tour Teaw Thai, which is scheduled to end this month.
As of Tuesday, 67,233 of 200,000 Tour Teaw Thai packages had been sold.
Mr Chaiyapruk said the government should extend the deadline to…
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