Tourism Ministry to seek 25 billion baht to prop up tourism
28 December 2008
Wanitcha Sumanat

Ministry of Tourism and Sports weighed asking for additional budget amounting to 25 billion baht from the Government to prop op local tourism by speedily circulating cash to private entrepreneurs adversely affected by global economic and local political crises.

Ministry of Tourism and Sports’s Head of Inspector Mr. Seksan Nakwong said on Saturday (December 27) that the additional budget would be a supplement to the ministry’s existing budget of 10 billion baht. Apart from shoring up the industry, he said the stability of the entrepreneurs’ businesses in tourism industry would help build positive image and confidence to the country.

Mr. Seksan claimed that foreign tourists have declined by 50 per cent in 2008, while hotels' booking has decreased to a mere 10 to 20 per cent of total number of hotels' rooms. At the same time, Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Advertising and Marketing Miss Phatmat Wongphatthanasiri added that it should take at least four to six months to get the embattled tourism industry back on track.

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prop op local tourism by speedily circulating cash to private entrepreneurs adversely affected by global economic and local political crises.
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