TravTalk India Online Magazine
As part of its ‘Thailand Build Back Better Together Campaign’ Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) India Offices, New Delhi and Mumbai are engaging the Indian travel trade through several activities on social media platforms, with month long engagement, allowing them to participate in contests on different themes, polls, articles and situation updates.
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VachirachaiSirisumpan, Director, TAT, New Delhi Office, stressed, this is the right time to kickstart‘Thailand Build Back Better Together Campaign’as the COVID situation has improved globally, especially in India. “As we all know vaccination drives have been carried out by many countries, including India. Things are moving very fast and people are looking forward to travel again, both domestically and internationally. At the same time, Thailand has started opening to welcome back international travellers, beginning with Phuket Sandbox, which commenced on 1st July, 2021, followed by Samui Island. Then PhangNga and Krabi have opened as combined destination with Phuket Sandbox,” he pointed out.
CholadaSiddhivarn, Director, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Mumbai, further shared, “Though there are cases in Thailand, it has started declining now, which is a good sign for us as well as for India. I We hope that by the fourth quarter of this year, we will have good news for you.”
Vachirachai highlighted that through the campaign, they would like to provide update about the changing situation in Thailand. “We would like to share the current scenario as well as the procedures in Thailand, with the trade partners. This would give them some information about Thailand. Also, this plays an important role to reconnect, as we would like to have our Thai partners to connect directly with Indian partners.”
The campaign will go on till 30th September and each week will have a different theme and destination, in focus. “Thailand has a lot of variety to offer, and we have many products across the country, to fascinate everyone.” said Vachirachai. Speaking about the opening, Cholada added, “We are hoping it to happen by mid-October or November this year, but it is based on many factors, as our policy makers have to balance between economy and health.
