TAT’s marketing plan 2023 to revitalise Thai tourism towards high value and sustainable growth

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Continuing to showcase Thailand 5F, 4M soft-power foundations for the international market, and highlighting more responsible tourism routes for the domestic market.

 

TAT Newsroom

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced the marketing plan for 2023 that will continue this year’s goal to revitalise and transform Thai tourism, while placing greater emphasis on the recovery of the tourism sector towards stronger and sustainable, more responsible, more digital and more inclusive tourism growth.

 

Staged in a hybrid meeting format, the annual TAT Action Plan for 2023 conference was presided over by H.E. Mr. Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports. Also present at the event were Dr. Thosaporn Sirisumphand, TAT’s Chairman of the Board, and officials and figures from the Thai public and private tourism sectors, as well as members of the media.

 

Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn, TAT Governor, said, “TAT sees 2023 as a year of a new beginning for Thai tourism. Hence, we have outlined our marketing strategy for next year adhering to the TAT’s Corporate Plan 2023-2027, which aims to heighten the TAT’s position as the strategic leader in driving Thailand towards experience-based and sustainable tourism.

 

“TAT is committed to help revitalise and transform Thai tourism under our three strategic objectives, which are: to ‘drive demand’ for meaningful travel, to ‘shape supply’ by developing a new tourism ecosystem, and to ‘thrive for excellence’ by making the TAT a data-driven organisation. We believe this will heighten our goal for Thailand to achieve high value and sustainable tourism growth,” Mr. Yuthasak added.

 

TAT will continue to use the “Visit Thailand Year 2022-2023: Amazing New Chapters” as the communication strategies for the international market. Thailand will continue to be promoted as a world-class destination that offers something for everyone under the ‘From A-Z: Amazing Thailand Has It All’ concept. This will be showcased alongside the kingdom’s 5F, 4M soft-power foundations; namely, Food, Film, Fashion, Festival, Fight, Music, Museum, Master, and Meta.

 

Particularly for long-haul international market, TAT recognises 2023 as the ‘time is the new currency’ era. Therefore, emphasis will be placed on promoting Thailand as a year-round destination for health and wellness aficionados, families with kids, active seniors, and remote workers / teleworkers through
co-promotions with leading brands. Strategic marketing activities will be launched in new source markets, including Saudi Arabia and the USA’s large secondary cities through partnerships with the airlines.

 

For the short-haul international market, TAT has outlined ‘The Great Resumption’ under the ‘2Qs, 5News’ strategy. The ‘2Qs’ are ‘Quick Win’ to drive back the demands of tourists and ‘Quality’ to achieve more numbers of revisits and higher trip expenditure. The ‘5News’ include ‘New Segments’ with growth potential, ‘New Areas’ for source tourist markets, ‘New Partners’ in existing markets, ‘New Infrastructure’ relating to travel and tourism, and ‘New Way’ of travel experiences that will focus on responsible tourism. TAT will also promote all points of entry into Thailand, via land, water, and air with an aim to reinstate more than 80% of the regional air capacity in 2019.

 

In addition, more collaborative partnerships will be formed between TAT and the airlines to help boost the international tourism business by increasing the seating capacity to Thailand. Initially, this will focus on key source markets with no travel restrictions to drive the travel demand of high-disposable income groups (Millennials, Gen-X, and Silver-Age People), hyper-personalisation groups (health and wellness, sports tourism, and responsible tourism), and new segments (digital nomads and remote workers / teleworkers).

 

For the domestic market, TAT will focus on increasing the travel frequency of domestic tourists by promoting Thailand as a year-round destination under the ‘REAL’ strategy: Responsible Tourism, Extra-ordinary Experience, Avantgarde Marketing and Less for more Economy. Highlights of each of the five regions of Thailand will be promoted, including nostalgic experiences in the North for Multi-Gen Families, ‘Trend C2’ innovative routes in the Central Region for Gen-Y and Gen-Z, culinary and luxury tourism offers in the Each for high-income Gen-Y and Millennial Families, Dharma – Nature – Culture routes in the Northeast for Gen-Y and employed people, and inclusive responsible tourism in the South. Moreover, TAT will promote secondary cities up and down Thailand.

 

TAT has formulated the marketing plan for 2023 adhering to the Thai government’s Bio-Circular-Green or BCG Economy Model, which is conforming to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The BCG model is being used to revive the tourism industry with the aim of safe, inclusive, and sustainable travel.

 

Moreover, to ‘thrive for excellence’ by making TAT a data-driven organisation, TAT will use the Thailand Tourism Virtual Mart (TTVM) via https://virtualmart.tourismthailand.org as the key online B2B platform for Thai tourism business and international  tourism operators.

 

“For 2023, TAT expects Thailand to generate a total tourism revenue of 1.73 trillion Baht with 970 billion Baht from the international market and 760 billion Baht from the domestic market (for base case scenario) and 2.38 trillion Baht with 1.50 trillion Baht from the international market and 880 billion Baht from the domestic market (for best case scenario). This represents about 80% of Thailand’s tourism performance in 2019,” Mr. Yuthasak concluded.

 

Source: https://www.tatnews.org/2022/07/tats-marketing-plan-2023-to-revitalise-thai-tourism-towards-high-value-and-sustainable-growth/

 

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[petermik]

More dreamworld thoughts from TAT....do they never give up...is there anyone in authority there with any sense?

[law ling]

Yawn.

 

Anyway, good luck to them.

 

That's a lot of grand words, concepts and ideas .... but I suspect it's only put forward to justify and get their budget - and once the budget is approved ... we'll see.

 

Pity there's no plan to move on the soi dogs.

[Laughing Gravy]

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced the marketing plan for 2023 that will continue this year’s goal to revitalise and transform Thai tourism

If anyone follows the TAT and  their continuous tourist numbers that are always incorrect, which shows they really do not understand what marketing is or what a true plan is. Like all the other ideas and schemes they have come up with over the years, the track record of the TAT is abysmal. 

 

Any government worth its salt would get rid of the idiots in charge, as their performance is consistently poor. But this is Thailand and no doubt we will continue to get sensational numbers of tourists with questionable statistics, so they can continue to pat themselves on the back, telling everyone what a great job they have done.

 

Marketing plan. Please

Edited July 19, 2022 by Laughing Gravy

[AnotherFarang8]

Vietnam looks more attractive. No requirements for vaccination/tests/quarantine/masks any more as far as i know. They are determined to make money again. Go back to business as usual or go home.

[pokerface1]

2 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:

If anyone follows the TAT and  their continuous tourist numbers that are always incorrect, which shows they really do not understand what marketing is or what a true plan is. Like all the other ideas and schemes they have come up with over the years, the track record of the TAT is abysmal. 

 

Any government worth its salt would get rid of the idiots in charge, as their performance is consistently poor. But this is Thailand and no doubt we will continue to get sensational numbers of tourists with questionable statistics, so they can continue to pat themselves on the back, telling everyone what a great job they have done.

 

Marketing plan. Please

They keep 2 sets of books I’m sure of that. Drawer your own conclusions

[kevc]

"The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced the marketing plan for 2023."

 

Charge the tourists more.

 

[madmitch]

Has someone at TAT bought a Buzzwords Dictionary? Or is an "Amazing" feature of the famous TAT calculator?

[newnative]

    Meanwhile, all I'm seeing are Indian and Middle Eastern tourists.   So much for all the slogans and the rest of the 'marketing' nonsense.

[StayinThailand2much]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

This represents about 80% of Thailand’s tourism performance in 2019,” Mr. Yuthasak concluded.

Won't happen in 2023. One day, yes, probably. But unlikely to happen next year, and, at best, only a 50% chance for such numbers in 2024...

Edited July 19, 2022 by StayinThailand2much

[StayinThailand2much]

7 hours ago, newnative said:

    Meanwhile, all I'm seeing are Indian and Middle Eastern tourists.   So much for all the slogans and the rest of the 'marketing' nonsense.

Saw recently a couple Westerners, but I didn't need all my fingers to count those few tourists, so, no, doesn't look like 10s of millions anytime soon...

Edited July 19, 2022 by StayinThailand2much

[Andycoops]

There is no such thing as a TAT plan, as they change their minds just as quickly as the wind changes direction.

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced the marketing plan for 2023 that will continue this year’s goal to revitalise and transform Thai tourism, while placing greater emphasis on the recovery of the tourism sector towards stronger and sustainable, more responsible, more digital and more inclusive tourism growth

More more more more daily drivel.

[Grusa]

When I saw the headline, I thought "Shall I bother to read this drivel?"

Against my better judgement I wasted several precious minutes on it. It's not just drivel, it's rather more worthless than bovine excrement.

How can so many asinine acronyms be used in one feature?

I thought the "Less for more" was however particularly apt.

    

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[Stocky]

On 7/19/2022 at 9:42 AM, webfact said:

...emphasis on the recovery of the tourism sector towards stronger and sustainable, more responsible, more digital and more inclusive tourism growth...

 

...driving Thailand towards experience-based and sustainable tourism...

 

...“TAT is committed to help revitalise and transform Thai tourism under our three strategic objectives, which are: to ‘drive demand’ for meaningful travel, to ‘shape supply’ by developing a new tourism ecosystem, and to ‘thrive for excellence’ by making the TAT a data-driven organisation. We believe this will heighten our goal for Thailand to achieve high value and sustainable tourism growth,” Mr. Yuthasak added.

 

...showcased alongside the kingdom’s 5F, 4M soft-power foundations; namely, Food, Film, Fashion, Festival, Fight, Music, Museum, Master, and Meta...

 

...promoting Thailand as a year-round destination for health and wellness aficionados, families with kids, active seniors, and remote workers / teleworkers through
co-promotions with leading brands...

 

...TAT has outlined ‘The Great Resumption’ under the ‘2Qs, 5News’ strategy. The ‘2Qs’ are ‘Quick Win’ to drive back the demands of tourists and ‘Quality’ to achieve more numbers of revisits and higher trip expenditure. The ‘5News’ include ‘New Segments’ with growth potential, ‘New Areas’ for source tourist markets, ‘New Partners’ in existing markets, ‘New Infrastructure’ relating to travel and tourism, and ‘New Way’ of travel experiences...

 

...no travel restrictions to drive the travel demand of high-disposable income groups (Millennials, Gen-X, and Silver-Age People), hyper-personalisation groups (health and wellness, sports tourism, and responsible tourism), and new segments (digital nomads and remote workers / teleworkers)....

 

What on earth is all this drivel, what exactly does ‘thrive for excellence’ mean, or is it supposed to 'strive for excellence'. 

[mahtin]

10 minutes ago, Stocky said:

What on earth is all this drivel, what exactly does ‘thrive for excellence’ mean, or is it supposed to 'strive for excellence'. 

It'th called a lithp.

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