Northeastern TAT aims to attract 22.2 million visitors in 2013

Published on January 13, 2013 by TFP   ·   No Comments

BANGKOK, 11 January 2013 (NNT) â€" The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Northeastern Office is determined to continue promoting religious tourism and to attract more than 22 million visitors to the region in 2013.

TAT Deputy Governor for Domestic Marketing Thawatchai Arunyik revealed on Thursday that the TAT Northeastern Office has set a goal to draw 22.2 million travelers, who will spend around 47 billion baht in the region throughout this year.

The targeted visitor numbers and spending represent a 2-percent and a 6-percent on-year increase.

Mr. Thawatchai said that, in order to help the Northeast achieve its ambitions, the TAT will join the Queen Sirikit Convention Center in Bangkok to organize a tourism promotion during January 24-27.

The upcoming event is expected to see around 30,000 visitors, who will spend about 10 million baht throughout the 4-day event.

The TAT Deputy Governor stated that tourist routes in the Northeast found popular among travelers from within the country and neighboring Laos and Vietnam are mostly related to Buddhism.

He added that a marketing budget of 72 million baht has been allocated to promote northeastern tourist market in 2013.

In addition, Mr. Thawatchai said that the tourism industry is forecast to see 115 million local holidaymakers roaming the country and injecting approximately 537.8 billion baht into the economy this year.

(NNT: Nopparat Chaichalearmmongkol Nopparat Chaichalearmmongkol)

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