Tourism Ministry Launches ‘Thailand Trusted Destination’ Campaign

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By Natthaphon  Sangpolsit

    

Krabi (NNT) - The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has launched the “Thailand Trusted Destination” campaign to raise the nation’s tourism standards. Visitors can now look for venues and attractions bearing the campaign’s dancing elephant logo. The logo certifies attractions that meet the standards promoted by the ministry.

 

The Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Tourism and Sports took business operators on a field trip to Krabi province to observe venues and attractions certified under the Thailand Trusted Destination campaign.

 

The campaign was introduced as an incentive for business owners to improve their services and boost confidence among tourists. Participating venues will be granted the dancing elephant logo, which represents cleanliness, safety, fairness, good management, and green practices.

 

During the field trip, business operators visited Krabi International Airport, which has been certified for toilet cleanliness; Laemsak Community which was certified as a community-based tourism attraction with historical value; and Than Bok Khorani National Park, which has been certified for its success in environmental conservation and tourist safety.

 

Visitors can search for certified venues and attractions on the website www.tts.dot.go.th, or on the Thailand Tourism Standard Facebook page.

 

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[dyertribe]

Absolutely need to kill off dual pricing under this campaign ... they are already touting "fairness" as one of their pillars, but it needs to translate into a single price.

If something is worth a dollar, it should cost a dollar, regardless of whose pocket it comes out of.

[spidermike007]

Trust us. If you are a foreigner, we will charge you 10x what a local pays, for any national park, museum or many other attractions. Trust us. We are consistent. 

[steven100]

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

“Thailand Trusted Destination”

I spluttered my coffee all over the keyboard .....  

[George Bowman]

11 minutes ago, webfact said:

...to observe venues and attractions certified under the Thailand Trusted Destination campaign...

From a short camping trip two days ago.

[Misterwhisper]

It truly is getting more ridiculous by the day.

 

Who are visitors going to complain to when they have been scammed, overcharged, screwed over, taken advantage of? Your dancing elephant?

[mahtin]

Where is the logo pictured?

 

In god we trust; all others pay cash.

Farangs double.

 

[richard_smith237]

My family and I were travelling with some friends recently (I was the only foreigner).

 

We travelled out to a National Park... I didn’t think anything of it until we returned.

I assumed we’d simply not been charged the entry free.

I later found out that the the Thai’s with whom I’d been travelling were so embarrassed at the ‘double charging’ they’d paid my 5x National Park fee didn’t tell me. 

 

Ironically, the last time I visited a national park I’d paid the ‘Thai Price’ with my Pink ID card. 

 

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As others have written - Thailand does not do what is says on the tin....  

 

i.e. it makes promises of trust - but state sponsored dual charging indicates very very differently.

 

The recent case of the Hua Hin expat who was double charged for his cancer treatment indicates very very differently.

 

Thailand - You have a LOT of work to do if you are ever to accurately use the word ’Trust’.

 

[fondue zoo]

9 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’d paid the ‘Thai Price’ with my Pink ID card. 

wait, I can do away with my black wig and highly offensive brown-face routine?

 

 

[ourdon]

So what happens if you like the destination but don't trust the ministry extolling its' virtues.

 

 

 

[SiamAndy]

Dancing Elephants? That about sums up the people who work for TAT.

[MyFriend You]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

During the field trip, business operators visited Krabi International Airport, which has been certified for toilet cleanliness;

Yep, That'll bring them running to Thailand for a vacation, almost had name booking a flight as soon as I read it.????

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, SiamAndy said:

Dancing Elephants? That about sums up the people who work for TAT.

I was going to say the same thing....lol

[ThailandRyan]

Just now, TunnelRat69 said:

Yep, That'll bring them running to Thailand for a vacation, almost had name booking a flight as soon as I read it.????

TaTs new slogan...Dancing Elephants and

 

1 minute ago, TunnelRat69 said:

During the field trip, business operators visited Krabi International Airport, which has been certified for toilet cleanliness;

Toilets you can eat off of.

[worgeordie]

They even abuse the Elephants in Logo's , making them dance....

regards Worgeordie

[law ling]

Good to see the Tourism ministry starting off the new year with a new batch of ideas. Keep up the good work!

 

And, wow, there are clean toilets at Krabi Airport ... good to know.

[Sunderland]

A dancing buffalo or a ribless pig dancing around a gogo pole would be more appropriate.

[khunPer]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Trust us. If you are a foreigner, we will charge you 10x what a local pays, for any national park, museum or many other attractions. Trust us. We are consistent. 

Are you aware how expensive "dancing elephants" are now on days? Of course someone need to pay...

 

 

I'm not sure that foreigners will like a "dancing elephant" as logo, many are told to avoid that kind of attractions where animals are used to entertain tourists, including riding on an elephant...????

 

(For the matter of good order, the image here is not the logo, it's just an elephant dancing...????)

[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Krabi (NNT) - The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has launched the “Thailand Trusted Destination” campaign to raise the nation’s tourism standards.

I imagine the first thing any tourist will be looking at is can Thailand be trusted no to change any entry requirements or add additional hurdles to entry ! Constant yoyo'ing is a trust issue now - a far larger issue with tourists than they think it is and this trust issue will keep tourists away in droves until this mad government sticks to something and stays with it

[herfiehandbag]

Perhaps I should run "Thailand Trusted Destination" through Google Translate set for Danish or Norwegian to see what it comes up with!

[Forza2002]

TAT press releases are always good for a laugh. One thing you are guaranteed with the Ministry of Tourism announcements, is a catchy slogan & unrealistic targets.

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, Forza2002 said:

TAT press releases are always good for a laugh. One thing you are guaranteed with the Ministry of Tourism announcements, is a catchy slogan & unrealistic targets.

TAT - The Alcoholic Truth, or Trying Abstinence Thankfully.

[ikke1959]

A trust destination with dancing elephants???Never saw an elephant dancing and the trust... with so many changes every time, the alcohol restrictions, the vaccination problems, and so more... I don't know if we can talk about trust.. 

[Misterwhisper]

The only thing that the words "Trust" and "Thailand" have in common is the initial "T". There is nothing else. 

Edited January 1, 2022 by Misterwhisper

[Boomer6969]

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

I spluttered my coffee all over the keyboard .....  

Actually, I wet meself.

[Thujone]

A flying pig logo might be more appropriate.

[Puccini]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

...During the field trip, business operators visited Krabi International Airport, which has been certified for toilet cleanliness...

Conclusion: Any airport in Thailand that has not been awarded the Dancing Elephant Logo (DEL) does not have clean toilets.

 

Does the same hold true for hotels, restaurants, etc? Should I cancel my reservation at the Oriental hotel because it does not have the DEL?

[overt2016]

Participating venues -----etc, elephant logo which represents cleanliness, safety, fairness,

good management and green practices. I have found that over the last 20 years of living here that the majority of "participating venues" would struggle to achieve more than one of services let alone all five!!!!

[DrPhibes]

1 hour ago, Boomer6969 said:

Posted 1 hour ago

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

I spluttered my coffee all over the keyboard .....  

Actually, I wet meself.

Well, now we know which of the two of you is older ????

[Andycoops]

A dancing clown would have been a more appropriate logo  anyone who wants to come here must be suffering from a mental deficiency.

Just look at the new rules for restaurants in Pattaya, talk about shooting the tourist business in the foot, yet again.