Thailand’s tourism revenues jumped by 44% year-on-year, and a few attribute it to the prolonged working hours of bars and nightclubs.
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Vacationers at a pub on Soi Cowboy road in Bangkok, Thailand. Picture by AFP |
In line with the Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor Thapanee Kiatphaibool, in December, Thailand noticed a 44% enhance in tourism income, reaching 54.4 billion baht ($1.6 billion), as reported by Thai PBS World.
Bangkok Put up states that from Dec. 15 the federal government allowed night time institutions in 5 areas, Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Samui, Pattaya, and Chiang Mai to stay open till 4 a.m., a two-hour extension.
This has persuaded hundreds of vacationers to increase their keep and open their purse strings, as reported by Nikkei Asia citing authorities spokesman Chai Watcharong.
An official on the Tourism Authority of Thailand expressed the hope extra Chinese language vacationers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia would come to have a good time the Lunar New 12 months in Thailand and offset the decline in vacationer numbers from mainland China, Nikkei Asia reported.
Thailand, for whom tourism contribute 18% to GDP, has carried out numerous measures to revive the trade post-Covid, together with the permanent scrapping of visas for Chinese nationals.
In 2023 Thailand achieved its goal of getting 28 million guests. Its high 5 markets have been Malaysia (4.4 million), China (3.4 million), Korea (1.6 million), India (1.5 million), and Russia (1.4 million).
However the determine of 28 million stays far beneath the pre-pandemic stage of 39.8 million recorded in 2019.