TAT boost Thai tourism profile in Central and Eastern European countries

[rooster59]

TAT boost Thai tourism profile in Central and Eastern European countries

 

Thai umbrella painting

 

Czech Republic, 16 January 2020 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has stepped up its marketing in the Central and Eastern European countries with a Partner-Country sponsorship presence at the GO and Regiontour 2020: featuring the 5 Continents Festival in Brno city, the Czech Republic.

 

Held between 16-19 January, 2020, at the Brno Exhibition Centre, the combined show is the largest travel and tourism event with emphasis on regionsin Central and Eastern Europe. The Regiontour is a key project to support domestic and incoming tourism in the Czech Republic. Its participants include crucial entities and decision-makers in tourism of the Czech Republic and its regions. The GO Fairfocuses on outbound tourism. In addition to domestic travel agencies, providers of tourism services in popular foreign destinations and foreign tourist centres take part. This event attracting more than 30,000 visitors is organised by BVV Trade Fairs Brno. 

 

The Thai pavilion is featuring demonstrations of Thai umbrella painting, Thai spa and massage, Thai cooking class, Thai boxing and Thai folk dance. The exhibitor line-up includes Thai Airways International, Globair, YachtNet, Yaro Golf, Eso Travel, Siam travel, Time Travel and Marco Polo.

 

Thai spa and massage

Mr. Tanes Petsuwan, Deputy Governor for Marketing and Communications, TAT said,   The Thailand pavilion will showcase to our visitors the differences and varieties of “Amazing Thailand” that can be found everywhere in the Kingdom. We hope that visitors to our pavilion and their friends will be encouraged to visit Thailand and enjoy our Kingdom as an ideal location not just for sightseeing and leisure, but also as a true holiday destination.”

 

Mr. Tanes Petsuwan, TAT Deputy Governor for Marketing and Communications

Since TAT selected Prague as the site of first TAT office to cover the Central and Eastern Europe market in 2016, visitors from this region have grown from over 379,000 to more than 487,000 at an annual average growth rate of 8 percent. Visitors from the Czech Republic alone grew from about 43,000 in 2016 to more than 55,000 in 2018.

 

The growing sophistication of the Central and Eastern European traveller has given great opportunity to promote Thailand’s diverse range of tourism products to first-time visitors, honeymooners, golfers, yachting holidaymakers, as well as leisure and beach lovers.

 

On 14 January in Prague, TAT also set up a networking function to update the Thai tourism products and situation to the local media and travel agents. As part of the policy to promote emerging destinations, TAT has also introduced Satun, Trang and Trat to this market as well as the well-known Michelin Guides to highly-rated restaurants and street-food vendors in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket and Phang Nga.

 

Source: https://www.tatnews.org/2020/01/tat-boost-thai-tourism-profile-in-central-and-eastern-european-countries/

 

TAT News: 2020-01-18

[RotBenz8888]

Maybe they can work with some of the old stasi officers who knows how to get into people's minds.

[GeorgeCross]

thailand and eastern europe?

 

perfect AQI pollution match!! 

 

they'll feel right at home 

[spiekerjozef]

Love these promotion tours with lots of gogo dancers and sum tam.

[LomSak27]

Obviously they still don't want western euros. Their original cash cow, but no we don't want you.  ????

 

Maybe Inuits or Malagasy islanders?! 

[Number 6]

Wealth AND quality tourists there buddy. Well done TAT.

[ParkerN]

Eastern Europeans...

 

I think it's a terrific idea.

 

Welcome to tourist overstay hell. Better get some more BMW's on order.

 

 

[legend49]

I am sure Europeans would love to pay lots of money to learn umbrella painting and folk dancing.

[champers]

1 minute ago, legend49 said:

I am sure Europeans would love to pay lots of money to learn umbrella painting and folk dancing.

Many European men already spend a fortune on horizontal folk dancing.

[bluesofa]

26 minutes ago, champers said:

Many European men already spend a fortune on horizontal folk dancing.

Using 'folk' instead of 'person' would surely insinuate an orgy?

[zydeco]

Promoting Thai "Air" are they?

[Isaan sailor]

Why not promote Thailand to the richest countries?  

Oh that’s right, high Baht and high PM 2.5 pollutants...

[Srikcir]

21 hours ago, rooster59 said:

beach lovers

Only Maya Bay, Phi Phi, Thailand is among the top 10 beaches in the world ....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericrosen/2018/12/06/the-2019-list-of-the-worlds-best-beaches-is-out-now/#cf4b41320e5a

.... and it's closed until the middle of 2021.

[mokwit]

I remember the bafflement of Thai ladies when the wall came down and East Europeans appeared here - the Ladies just could not grasp the concept of farangs with no money.

[mokwit]

16 hours ago, legend49 said:

I am sure Europeans would love to pay lots of money to learn umbrella painting and folk dancing.

The authorities think that is what they "should" be interested in and expect people to comply.

[RichardColeman]

Think the tourists may ask for their money back if they think the promotion is anything like Thailand - who sees people like this apart from in tv ? 

[unamazedloso]

This is getting really pathetic. Cant they just go work in factories and stop trying to take money from people that couldnt careless about pointless activities that only a thai would appreciate because of the damage caused from poluttion that has mostlikely limited their ability for much more that people would be interested in.

Fix the pollution becauee i dont know but inviting people to get sick or die quicker aint cool!!...

[fastplus]

2 hours ago, mokwit said:

I remember the bafflement of Thai ladies when the wall came down and East Europeans appeared here - the Ladies just could not grasp the concept of farangs with no money.

My friend, Czech Petr Kellner has purchased a racist horse for a 250 millions krones ( 10 millions euros), for same horse, Bill Gates offered 200 millions, Kellner won. In a small country of the Czech Republic, there are cca 30000 USDmillionaires. You live 30 years ago, with your thoughts about the tourists from Central Europe :-) ..

[Orton Rd]

Pick pockets, petty criminals and gypsies welcome then ????

[Creasy]

Albanians. Bulgarians. Romanians, and Serbs come on down.

 

 

[ThaiBunny]

4 minutes ago, Creasy said:

Albanians. Bulgarians. Romanians, and Serbs come on down.

Quality, big-spending tourists one and all

[CMNightRider]

I see a lot more videos on YouTube, exposing Thai Immigrations countless ever changing rules and regulations for people who want to retire in Thailand.  Thai tourism send their representatives out to different countries to drum up business as the air pollution gets worst, jet ski scams continue with the backing of the local police, and immigrations campaign to rid Thailand of western retirees continue.

 

Thai tourism is fighting a loosing battle.  The only people left they can talk into coming to Thailand is the Chinese, and due to Thailands lack of safety regulations, they have managed to kill many of the Chinese tourists.  The world is watching Thailand as your days as a great tourist and retirement destination is quickly fading into the sunset.  

[BobbyL]

The TAT bipolar strikes again. 

[zydeco]

4 hours ago, fastplus said:

My friend, Czech Petr Kellner has purchased a racist horse for a 250 millions krones ( 10 millions euros), for same horse, Bill Gates offered 200 millions, Kellner won.

Has your friend's horse been charged with a hate crime yet?

[Redline]

On 1/18/2020 at 8:42 AM, rooster59 said:

The growing sophistication of the Central and Eastern European traveller has given great opportunity to promote Thailand’

They are talking about the sophistication of Eastern Europe ???? 

[fastplus]

13 hours ago, zydeco said:

Has your friend's horse been charged with a hate crime yet?

racing horse :) , if you don't know who Petr Kellner is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Kellner