Information Corrections Authority - A chance for TD members to help

**Topper** · 07-02-2008, 12:44 AM

Saw this on the Bangkok Post:

Bangkok Post: Top Stories

Corrections Authority
target groups:

• Thailand Amazing Deals will promote travel products via the new site (amazingthailand.TourismThailand.org) and e-mail campaigns targeting an estimated 1.1 million global travellers, travel trade businesses, media representatives and bloggers.

• Her Own Way will promote travel products including golf, shopping, beauty and spa services via HerOwnWay.TourismThailand.org, with e-mail acquisition campaigns and e-brochures targeting female travellers from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Middle East.

• Thailand Portfolio will distribute content including photos, videos and travel articles through the world's top user-generated media websites such as flickr.com, igougo.com, and youtube.com.

• The Amazing Shot ... Amazing Experience Contest will encourage domestic and international travellers to post stories of their travel experiences in Thailand through video clips in order to win prizes.

• The Wiki Mission for Thailand will attempt to involve travellers in improving and editing all of the information about Thailand on Wikipedia.org and on Wikitravel.org.

According to the official press release announcing the five part plan, the "WIKI Mission for Thailand Tourism Project (will) improve and edit all the information about Thailand on Wikipedia (all true facts) and Free Worldwide Travel Guides - Wikitravel (the travel guide) targeting digital citizen, to make them have a better understanding of Thailand by uploading complete, accurate and up-to-date information on to the websites in order to promote tourism in Thailand."

TAT will be the first government agency in the world to set out a plan to try to change Wikipedia, which is set up in such a way to resist such a campaign. It could be interesting to watch the battle, if any develops, between the TAT and the world's [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]online [COLOR=blue! important]community[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR].
The TAT also aims to help members of the local [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]travel [COLOR=blue! important]and [/COLOR][COLOR=blue! important]tourism[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] industry by allowing them to post details of their travel products, deals and related information online. More details are available at the TAT's main online portal,

I think this would give TD members to share their experiences in a more formal manner than normal. I would suggest the knickers page for a start...but thats just me.

**lom** · 07-02-2008, 12:50 AM

TAT can do their work themselves

**Gerbil** · 07-02-2008, 01:00 AM

Good luck with the wikipedia changes. The editors there don't take kindly to 'political corrections', etc.

**Topper** · 07-02-2008, 01:24 AM

I was thinking more of the photographic contributions that could be made to help explain Thailand.

**Thetyim** · 07-02-2008, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by CSFFan

I would suggest the knickers page for a start...but thats just me.

I never realised all those pictures were you.

**kingwilly** · 07-02-2008, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by CSFFan

TAT will be the first government agency in the world to set out a plan to try to change Wikipedia

erm no they aint.

**keda** · 07-02-2008, 10:02 AM

Looks like TAT have nominated themselves to change the world, like so many Thai institutions before them, and again in a way so clearly demonstrating an abysmal intelligence that travellers the world over must see LoS as a great destination if only because leaders with such a childish mentality could only be leading people that are dead easy to screw for a meal and a few bucks.

Well done TAT, you're almost reached the same screen as the Junta and its YouTube obsession.

**obsidian** · 07-02-2008, 10:04 AM

how do people even think of poo like this. silly.

**Thetyim** · 07-02-2008, 10:17 AM

A couple of days ago there was an advert for Search Engine Marketing Director for "a leading player in the tourism business"
I wonder if this was it. The pay was 100k per month

**Spin** · 07-02-2008, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by CSFFan

targeting female travellers from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Middle East.

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Her Own Way will promote......

Oh goody, lets hope the girl up there in the north with the now-shot-dead-by-police ex boyfriend submits her story

Oh hold on shes not from the areas mentioned

**dirtydog** · 08-02-2008, 06:33 PM

There was the Jap bird murdered in Sukothai over christmas so they can list that one for the Japanese tourists, hell they could aim at the English market and mention the English birds Thais have killed and raped, that will help their website get recognition.

**Topper** · 08-02-2008, 06:41 PM

Heck...I was thinking that the "lady" in DD signature might get her 10 seconds of fame!

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