Government Set To Encourage Long Public Holidays

[Mai Krap]

http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=10415

Government set to encourage long public holidays, says PM

BANGKOK, June 20 (TNA) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday announced that the government is ready to encourage a long public holiday as part of efforts to stimulate local tourism.

Speaking during a visit to the “Seminar in Thailand, Proud of Assisting Country,” he said his government had increased promotion of seminar and tour activities in Thailand in a bid to ease the impacts of the current economic sluggishness on tourism.

He conceded that the economic meltdown had trimmed Thailand’s tourism revenue by about Bt 500 billion annually.

To spur tourism, he said, the government is encouraging the public and private sectors to hold meetings and seminars here, and will provide tax relief to tourism operators.

What the government will do next is to consider longer public holidays in a particular period as it deems apppropriate.

In the past, people preferred traveling to various tourist destinations within Thailand during the long public holidays, he said, adding that it helped boost the distribution of incomes in different parts of the country. (TNA)

[givenall]

http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=10415

Government set to encourage long public holidays, says PM

BANGKOK, June 20 (TNA) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday announced that the government is ready to encourage a long public holiday as part of efforts to stimulate local tourism.

Speaking during a visit to the "Seminar in Thailand, Proud of Assisting Country," he said his government had increased promotion of seminar and tour activities in Thailand in a bid to ease the impacts of the current economic sluggishness on tourism.

He conceded that the economic meltdown had trimmed Thailand's tourism revenue by about Bt 500 billion annually.

To spur tourism, he said, the government is encouraging the public and private sectors to hold meetings and seminars here, and will provide tax relief to tourism operators.

What the government will do next is to consider longer public holidays in a particular period as it deems apppropriate.

In the past, people preferred traveling to various tourist destinations within Thailand during the long public holidays, he said, adding that it helped boost the distribution of incomes in different parts of the country. (TNA)

If no forging tourist, where do the Thai people make their money to be the domestic tourists

[animatic]

Longer holidays, means smaller payrolls to meet too.

[Rinrada]

To spur tourism, he said, the government is encouraging the public and private sectors to hold meetings and seminars here, and will provide tax relief to tourism operators

It would be MUCH better if they told the sodding Mafia Banks to stop charging poor toorists for withdrawing their money...

where dae they think they are going to spend the stuff anyway...?

Aso stop the DUEL racist pricing policy and maybe make the country credible and respected......and FAIR...then perchance...

[JetsetBkk]

Hope this isn't Abhisit's idea. Doesn't make him look too clever.

If they want tourists to come back:

1. Devalue the baht by 50%

2. Open up the National Parks for free.

3. Sack any BiB/government official found guilty of targeting/scamming tourists.

[Soutpeel]

Hope this isn't Abhisit's idea. Doesn't make him look too clever.

If they want tourists to come back:

1. Devalue the baht by 50%

2. Open up the National Parks for free.

3. Sack any BiB/government official found guilty of targeting/scamming tourists.

Fixing the world economy might be a good move as well...

[RKASA]

Longer holidays, means smaller payrolls to meet too.

A boon to cheap whiskey sales and the repair and replacement of motorcycles.

[geriatrickid]

It would be MUCH better if they told the sodding Mafia Banks to stop charging poor toorists for withdrawing their money...where dae they think they are going to spend the stuff anyway...?

Aso stop the DUEL racist pricing policy and maybe make the country credible and respected......and FAIR...then perchance...

The banks are not mafia. Almost all are public companies traded on the bourse.

The banks do not target tourist withdrawals. The fees apply to everyone based upon the card used. As pointed out in language even a simpleton should understand, the fees charged cover;

1. the cost of installing and servicing the atm

2. Are in line with what banks in the EU and North America charge.

Tourists are NOT being targeted.

Hope this isn't Abhisit's idea. Doesn't make him look too clever.

If they want tourists to come back:

1. Devalue the baht by 50%

2. Open up the National Parks for free.

3. Sack any BiB/government official found guilty of targeting/scamming tourists.

Devaluing the baht will also impose hardship upon the entire population when items like vital fuel imports double in price. Do you think the average worker can afford to pay more?

Open the National parks for free? Right. Who is going to pay for the upkeep when all the tourists leave litter behind? The National park system is underfunded as it is and the small amounts of money raised allows the parks to do such things as mount patrols to discourage poaching, to rescue visitors that get lost and to restore areas. C'mon, be reasonable.

Can't argue with you on 3, because you are right.

[moonhunt]

Bad economy means that people don't have money.

How does they go vacation without money ?

Oversea vacation destinations are for rich people, and regular poor people don't have money unless company pay for trip cost for seminars.

With bad economy, are they expecting company spending money for seminar ? Sigh...

I don't think they think before announcing their idea.

No planning with careful consideration.

[cpofc]

staff at Dusit having been forced to take their annual leave are now being forced to take LWOP.

Those involved in the Tourism Sector in Thailand are angry and frustrated and have little or no confidence in this Governments handling of the situation.

Unfortunately if this is one of the best solutions their think tank can come up with, Buddha help them!

[animatic]

15-20% devaluatiuon will bring in more money to compensate for loses,

50% is just expat fantasy land.

Good for making Thailand, again, a cheaper destination and back on the radar.

Yes gas may go up, but it will anyway and with nothing coming in,

that raise will be on people with nothing coming in.

The guy getting robbed and beaten above seems to go to places this is

MOST likely to happen in any economic times.

Visa restrictions are definitely having a negative effect,

I wonder when that connection will be noticed by someone at the top with clout?

[hansnl]

Hope this isn't Abhisit's idea. Doesn't make him look too clever.

If they want tourists to come back:

1. Devalue the baht by 50%

2. Open up the National Parks for free.

3. Sack any BiB/government official found guilty of targeting/scamming tourists.

All of them?

[hansnl]

It would be MUCH better if they told the sodding Mafia Banks to stop charging poor toorists for withdrawing their money...where dae they think they are going to spend the stuff anyway...?

Aso stop the DUEL racist pricing policy and maybe make the country credible and respected......and FAIR...then perchance...

The banks are not mafia.(really????) Almost all are public companies traded on the bourse.

The banks do not target tourist withdrawals.(Oh yes, they do) The fees apply to everyone based upon the card used. As pointed out in language even a simpleton should understand, the fees charged cover;

1. the cost of installing and servicing the atm

2. Are in line with what banks in the EU and North America charge.(Maybe in the US, but not in the EU, having a bank account in the EU, it is free!!!!!)

Tourists are NOT being targeted.

Hope this isn't Abhisit's idea. Doesn't make him look too clever.

If they want tourists to come back:

1. Devalue the baht by 50%

2. Open up the National Parks for free.

3. Sack any BiB/government official found guilty of targeting/scamming tourists.

Devaluation of the baht will also impose hardship upon the entire population when items like vital fuel imports double in price. Do you think the average worker can afford to pay more?

Because of hedging, and other nice things done by among others, banks.. the price will go up anyway.

Open the National parks for free? Right. Who is going to pay for the upkeep when all the tourists leave litter behind? The National park system is underfunded as it is and the small amounts of money raised allows the parks to do such things as mount patrols to discourage poaching, to rescue visitors that get lost and to restore areas. C'mon, be reasonable.

Can't argue with you on 3, because you are right.

Who is to blame for the ongoing financial crisis????

The banks, and in all aspects what they did is criminal behaviour!

Devaluation of the Baht, if even industry and banks are pushing for a devaluation, might me beneficial in the long end (export???)

Dual pricing for farang....and only for farang is counterproductive, bad for tourism, just think about it.

[JetsetBkk]

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Hope this isn't Abhisit's idea. Doesn't make him look too clever.

If they want tourists to come back:

1. Devalue the baht by 50%

2. Open up the National Parks for free.

3. Sack any BiB/government official found guilty of targeting/scamming tourists.

Devaluing the baht will also impose hardship upon the entire population when items like vital fuel imports double in price. Do you think the average worker can afford to pay more?

Open the National parks for free? Right. Who is going to pay for the upkeep when all the tourists leave litter behind? The National park system is underfunded as it is and the small amounts of money raised allows the parks to do such things as mount patrols to discourage poaching, to rescue visitors that get lost and to restore areas. C'mon, be reasonable.

Can't argue with you on 3, because you are right.

Halving the value of the baht won't double the price of fuel since a big portion of what you pay at the pump is tax. The govt. can adjust the price at the pump by adjusting the level of tax.

Making the parks free will encourage tourists - and expats and locals - to go to them, to spend money while travelling to them, while visiting the shops, restaurants and hotels there. It gets the money flowing. Littering, poaching and lost tourists? Who is being reasonable here? These are almost irrelevant in this discussion.

No. 3 - stopping the corruption - yes, it's what should happen, but it won't because it's ingrained in the Thai way. It's why Thais pay to get their jobs, for their promotion up the ladder. The more they go up the ladder, the more they become "people of influence" and the more backhanders they can get. But that's for discussion elsewhere.

[samgrowth]

Why don't Mark just announce a 4 days working week nation wide (Mon-Thu). But salary have to remain the same. This will also keep the Muslim South happy.