webfact Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 By Natthaphon Sangpolsit BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s tourism agencies are looking to merge tourism-related databases as a way to enhance the industry, with a new campaign launched to create a unified database, starting with the service sector. The Departments of Tourism, Provincial Administration, and Health Service Support signed an agreement on the tourism and service database merger, aimed at enhancing the nation’s tourism industry. Taweesak Vanichareon, director-general of the Department of Tourism, said the campaign will initially focus on tourism-related services such as homestays, spas and massages, as these facilities require higher health standards due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Following the establishment of a unified database, these agencies will continue collecting data from these venues for the post-pandemic development of the industry. -- © Copyright NNT 2022-01-24 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThaIrish Sean Posted January 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2022 They can't even get the immigration computers working properly all the time, so how are they going to do this? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChC1 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, ThaIrish Sean said: They can't even get the immigration computers working properly all the time, so how are they going to do this? Stash them together like cabinets in a warehouse. In IT terms still separate, in organisation terms now they are together in one as one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 In all fairness, it is probably very easy to link all these databases together and make them work - making it work on 100,000 might be dead easy, making the database work for 42 million a year will crash it hourly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomyami Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 I think it a great idea when it includes massages, sounds like a happy ending 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Yes why not make it even easier for hackers....one stop shopping. Details of some 100 million visitors to Thailand exposed online: research firm https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3149475/details-some-100-million-visitors-thailand-exposed-online And let's not forget the Immigration hack which presented light hackers with a handy country flags and foreigners locations on Google Maps. https://prachatai.com/english/node/5978 Oh, and the early vaccination registration systems. https://thethaiger.com/news/national/another-data-breach-info-leaked-on-bangkok-immigration-website I'll stop here. Actually, assuming they can consolidate things, and you know that can't, it might make security easier? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 4 hours ago, webfact said: Thailand’s tourism agencies are looking to merge tourism-related databases as a way to enhance the industry, with a new campaign launched to create a unified database, starting with the service sector. Such a novel idea... but sharing empires might be tricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 37 minutes ago, mtls2005 said: Actually, assuming they can consolidate things, and you know that can't, it might make security easier? It will mean that they can leak - or lose - everything with one stroke of a key! Mind you, they may as well occupy themselves tinkering with the databases, it is not as if there is going to be any data on tourists to enter for a while! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandiRona Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 5 hours ago, webfact said: Thailand’s tourism agencies are looking to merge tourism-related databases as a way To make it easier for Chinese and North Korean hackers to get it from one place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhendis Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Good idea if they want to track tourist movement. Better/more acceptable than ankle bracelets or smart phone apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandiRona Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) Delete Edited January 24, 2022 by RandiRona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzian Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Wait. This is about Thais who work in the tourism industry, nothing about tourists themselves, right? But many of those Thais are not registered with any system in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 More talk under the guise of justifying their bloated salaries, yet nothing will change; merely a junket and free lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unblocktheplanet Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 6 hours ago, RichardColeman said: making it work on 100,000 might be dead easy, making the database work for 42 million a year will crash it hourly The world, including Thailand, is never going to see such mass travel again. Pandemics & climate change. Stay at home to survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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