Cabinet Approves Long-Term Tourist Visa
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved long-term tourist visas of up to 270 days as the government prepares to reopen to foreign tourists to support tourism reeling from the pandemic.
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved long-term tourist visas of up to 270 days as the government prepares to reopen to foreign tourists to support tourism reeling from the pandemic.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) welcomes the government’s plan to announce extended holidays to stimulate tourism late this year as nearly 10 billion baht changed hands
The Cabinet approved employment of 260,000 new graduates for 12 months and the Minister of Labour will hold a job expo to offer about one million job vacancies for the unemployed.
Crowds of tourists flocked into the eastern province and sought local home stay services during the extended weekend. Their arrival proved to stimulate local tourism and economy.
Chill started in the northern province as the temperature on the country’s highest mountain Doi Inthanon dropped to 9 degrees Celsius this morning and tourists gathered to feel the cold weather and admire sunrise.
The Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports are promoting tourism with the 3C principle of Care, Clean and Clear to ensure good health for tourists.
The Thai tourism is recovering but has not been restored to its normal level yet, according to the Economic Intelligence Center of Siam Commercial Bank which urges for more stimulus measures.
The government plans to ease travel restrictions to welcome foreign tourists from low- risk countries in a bid to revive the local economy.
Tourists’ reservation of about 200,000 hotel rooms was still not enough and the government would come up with new tourism campaigns, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said.
The Tourism and Sports Ministry presented “Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration” (SHA) logos to about 500 tourism-related operators in Bangkok to create confidence in “New Normal” tourism.
Thailand’s GDP will contract by 8.5 percent this year due to the global pandemic, says the Finance Ministry.
The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion and the Tourism Council of Thailand introduced the “Thailand SURE 2020” logo to certify the safety standard