Proposed additional two-day holiday for officials rejected

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Proposed additional two-day holiday for officials rejected

By The Nation

 

Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said he has rejected a proposal of the Tourism and Sports Ministry for government officials and state enterprise employees to take two days off in October to promote tourism.

 

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakan sent the proposal to the Cabinet for deliberation on Tuesday, saying it would promote tourism.

 

But Prayut said he rejected the proposal out of concern that critics were finding fault with his government.

 

“There are those finding fault with the government all the time these days,” Prayut sasid.

 

Besides, Prayut said, the government has already approved a measure to boost tourism by subsiding Bt1,000 of the travel costs for each citizen touring in the country. To be eligible for the subsidy, Thais must register for an e-wallet with the government and the Bt1,000 in the e-wallet must be used in certain shops taking part in the government programme.

 

Prayut said he was fed up with critics who also attacked the e-wallet measure for boosting tourism.

 

He added that he was happy to see that the tourism situation during the first eight months of this year was better than last year. He said the next four months will be a high season for foreign tourists and the government expects some 40 million foreign tourists will visit the kingdom.

 

The prime minister said tourism has already generated Bt2 trillion revenue from January to August, an increase of 3.27 per cent compared to last year. A total of 26.5 million foreign tourists visited the kingdom during the period, an increase of 2.61 per cent.

 

Spending by foreign tourists generated revenue of Bt1.29 trillion, a growth of 3.04 per cent. Chinese, Malaysians, Indonesians, South Koreans and Laotians were the top five groups of foreign tourists during the period.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30376060

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-09-11

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[Eric Loh]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

“There are those finding fault with the government all the time these days,” Prayut sasid.

 

Get use to it. This is democracy, well maybe quasi democracy.

[poohy]

Ah shame its my birthday on 14 October, i believe quite an auspicious day in the Thai calendar (well for the army anyway)

[PatOngo]

33 minutes ago, webfact said:

“There are those finding fault with the government all the time these days,”

Inconsiderates! 

[timendres]

One of the few reasonable decisions this man has made. Credit where credit is due. 

[Cadbury]

5 minutes ago, timendres said:

One of the few reasonable decisions this man has made. Credit where credit is due. 

Not really because he canned the recommendation for the wrong reason, that being his dread of criticism which he admits is making him "fed up".

He should have rejected it because it was stupid idea but he didn't do that, nor could he even admit that it was stupid. 

He rejected it out of concern that critics were finding fault with his government; which they surely would have given it was a totally hairbrained idea dished up by a Minister who is proving himself to be a complete fool. 

 

 

[jerojero]

Finding fault..... It's called democratic process of free speech. Get used to it.

[jollyhangmon]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

There are those finding fault with the government all the time these days,” Prayut sasid

 

 ... whining like a lil' girl, hilarious ...

 

Gonna call her Brittany henceforth ... 

[worgeordie]

Common sense prevailing for a change,civil servants only work mon-fri,while

most of the working population have to work 6 day weeks,notwithstanding,

it would have inconvenienced a lot of other people.

regards worgeordie

[bkk6060]

Good decision.

[RichardColeman]

PM invents new device to stop Thais picking their noses !

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 

[PatOngo]

11 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

PM invents new device to stop Thais picking their noses !

 

I thought it was a jewel encrusted rubber on his finger!

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1. Nowhere in the article as translated does it actually make any case for how giving a bunch of lazy civil servants extra days off would do anything to expand tourism here.

 

2. Another dead on arrival proposal from the Tourism Ministry, following hard on their heels of their keep the bars open until 4 am in tourism areas proposal that also appears to be going nowhere. Not off to a very auspicious start for the new minister.

 

[newatthis]

51 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

PM invents new device to stop Thais picking their noses !

 

Or a new sex toy?

[DavisH]

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

Common sense prevailing for a change,civil servants only work mon-fri,while

most of the working population have to work 6 day weeks,notwithstanding,

it would have inconvenienced a lot of other people.

regards worgeordie

You think civi servants only work Mon - Fri...? Officially yes, but  lot put in may more hours than that. My wife works at least 12 hours a day in office and also at home. And when there ARE extra holidays....she uses them for meetings! I asked her why - she said there is not enough time in the week to have meetings during the week. Last weeked she was at work both Saturday and Sunday in meetings. Look at immigration; they are open well beyond office hours many days. Not all civic servants do this, as it depends on their position, but it's wrong to think all civil servants work 8am-4pm weekdays. 

[upena]

40 million arrivals not necessarily tourists

[DLock]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Prayut said he was fed up with critics who also attacked the e-wallet measure for boosting tourism.

"To be eligible for the subsidy, Thais must register for an e-wallet with the government and the Bt1,000 in the e-wallet must be used in certain shops taking part in the government programme."

 

Yeah, I don't understand why people might be critical...because its stupid.

 

[30la]

It seems that the tourism minister is only interested in appearing more often in the media!
Today the news he gave was that tourism has increased again.
General, send him into exile, he does more harm than anything else!

[Cake Monster]

4 hours ago, PatOngo said:

I thought it was a jewel encrusted rubber on his finger!

Prostate Examination anybody ?

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He said the next four months will be a high season for foreign tourists and the government expects some 40 million foreign tourists will visit the kingdom.

 

He hopes!

[Reigntax]

3 hours ago, newatthis said:

Or a new sex toy?

If It was a c@£k ring surely he would wear it around his neck?

[Thaidream]

5 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

2. Another dead on arrival proposal from the Tourism Ministry, following hard on their heels of their keep the bars open until 4 am in tourism areas proposal that also appears to be going nowhere. Not off to a very auspicious start for the new minister.

1.  Stop all the double pricing of foreigners when entering  parks and attractions and charge the same price as Thais pay.

 

2.  Double the Amount one can bring in duty free/

 

3. Reduce the tax on alcoholic drinks by 25%

 

4.  Reduce the tax on Hotels by 30%

5.  Stop harrasing tourists who enter the country.

[Golden Triangle]

Sorry I have to point out yet again to whomever penned this but HE IS NO LONGER A FREAKIN GENERAL, please stop using that abomination of a title for the little git.

[monkfish]

Didn't stop them the past 5 years poor civil servants less hols now,