Thailand aims to become Asian aviation hub, says prime minister

[webfact]

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has outlined plans to transform Thailand into an Asian aviation hub. The announcement was made during his keynote speech at the Thailand 2024 The Great Challenges event. He highlighted the government’s focus on tourism and the introduction of several measures to boost the industry, including reciprocal visa exemption programmes.

 

A reciprocal visa exemption deal will be signed with China this week, according to the premier. Additionally, talks are planned with the European Union to discuss a similar agreement with Schengen countries.

 

PM Srettha detailed the government’s ambitious aim to upgrade the nation’s aviation sector, which would necessitate streamlined immigration procedures, flight overhauls, and the construction of airports in secondary cities. He underscored the significance of extending economic opportunities to Thai citizens through major projects, referring to the Thaksin Shinawatra government’s decision to construct the Suvarnabhumi airport as a past example, reported Bangkok Post.

 

He stated, “Over the past two decades, we had governments that saw opportunities and seized them.”

 

by Mitch Connor

Picture courtesy of Thairath

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-01-25

 

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[herfiehandbag]

Come to think of it, I don't recall a " hub" announcement for a couple of weeks!

[OneMoreFarang]

By now Thailand must be the hub for almost anything.

Does anybody have a list of all the Thailand hub promises from the last decades and what actually happened?

Is Thailand the hub for anything?

Of course there is the nightlife, but I don't remember if that was ever promoted. 

 

[nikmar]

8 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

By now Thailand must be the hub for almost anything.

Does anybody have a list of all the Thailand hub promises from the last decades and what actually happened?

Is Thailand the hub for anything?

Of course there is the nightlife, but I don't remember if that was ever promoted. 

 

weed 

[zhounan]

By now, Thailand is only drugs hub.

[stoner]

26 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

By now Thailand must be the hub for almost anything.

Does anybody have a list of all the Thailand hub promises from the last decades and what actually happened?

Is Thailand the hub for anything?

Of course there is the nightlife, but I don't remember if that was ever promoted. 

 

 

i know right. you would think they would at least come up with a new catch phrase....

 

 

[ikke1959]

hub hub hub we hub everything....

[bokningar]

They might talk about time spent in the airport.

So they might be that hub already.

[huangnon]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

By now Thailand must be the hub for almost anything.

Does anybody have a list of all the Thailand hub promises from the last decades and what actually happened?

Is Thailand the hub for anything?

Of course there is the nightlife, but I don't remember if that was ever promoted. 

 

 

Hub of Hubris / Hubbub

[positivevibes]

What about global warming/cooling?

 

All these nasty planes in the air poisoning us! All the bed-wetters will have to stay in their air-conditioned bedroom, assuming their Mom can afford the electricity.

[MadMac]

Hub of queues. Or queue of hubs. :D

[Mario Cosmopolite]

He could invite Ginge & Whinge - ginge is a maestro of aviation or something ....

[newbee2022]

If PM says so then it's the truth. As always🙏

[Accidental Tourist]

How many times we heard that before...

[Guderian]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He stated, “Over the past two decades, we had governments that saw opportunities and seized them.”

 

Really? Please do enlighten us and give us a few examples.

About the only opportunity they've grabbed in recent years that the neighbours haven't also adopted is deregulating cannabis, and the government currently seems intent on reversing that move.

If they've seized so many opportunities then why has the war-torn Vietnamese economy been growing around twice as fast over the past two decades? Even the humble, backwards Philippines has outperformed mighty Thailand.

 

[jacknorman]

Thailand the Hub of Hubs, i think they hubbing to much now 555

[hotchilli]

Delusional tripe.

[dundas]

In fairness, hasn't Thailand become a medical hub? The success is reflected in the way prices have gone up in the last 10 years or so. 

[Jackbenimble]

Good. I hope they pull it off. 

[outsider]

Let me help with the inaccuracy... "Over the past two decades, we had governments that saw opportunities and seized scammed them." ...

 

LoS is a hub for at least one thing - xenophobia, scamming and, exploiting/abusing foreigners. Sorry that was three things.

 

LoS - Land of Sniggers, Land of Scams... take your pick.

 

[soalbundy]

Hub a dub dub, three hubs in a tub.

[Clarkey611]

The hub of hot air.....

[Thingamabob]

The aviation hub objective has been declared by successive Thai governments for over 50 years. Never quite seems to happen...

[vivananahuahin]

First renew the very old Thai immigration law before making a Asian Aviation Hub, begin from the beginning will be more appropriate.

[supersomchai]

Hub of pollution ☹️

[HappyExpat57]

Effing groundhog day.

[mran66]

How about staffing immigration of existing airports first before adding more hubs...flew out yesterday morning and only about 25% of passport counters staffed, resulting in very long queues. 

[AboutThaim]

 

Reminds me of the old witch's chant.  Hub bull, hub bull toil and more hub bull.  LOL

[mania2301]

Hubba....Hubba.....

[PETERTHEEATER]

7 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

Come to think of it, I don't recall a " hub" announcement for a couple of weeks!

Someone put a spoke in the last announcement.