TAT to boost domestic travels with four-hour flash sale during Songkran festival

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TAT to boost domestic travels with four-hour flash sale during Songkran festival



BANGKOK, 5 April 2016 (NNT) - Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor Yutthasak Suphasorn disclosed that TAT has cooperated with the Thai Hotels Association (THA), the Association of Domestic Thailand (ADT), the Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association (TEATA) and the Thai Tourism Promotion Association (TTPA) in organizing a four-hour flash sale to help boost domestic travels during Songkran festival.

The TAT governor said that the special event aims to encourage more Thais to travel inside the country during Songkran festival or the Thai New Year. That also responds to the government’s policy to promote domestic travels and stimulate more spendings to boost up local economy.

The four-hour flash sale will include special deals and steep discounts on accommodation packages, theme park tickets and other travel-related services from more than 30 travel-related product and service providers.

The special privileges are to stimulate the Thais to travel within the country during the Thai New Year holiday, which will last for at least five days from Wednesday, April 13 to Sunday, April 17. For those who take extra days off, from Saturday, April 9, their holiday would cover nearly 10 days.

Apart from receiving steep discounts instantly from leading travel service providers during the flash sale, a double bonus will be offered to the Thais who travel within the country during April 9-17, 2016. Receipts of domestic spendings during that period can be used for 2016 tax redemptions.

The special four-hour flash sale will be held on April 5, 2016, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Quartier Park, in front of EmQuartier, which can be reached by BTS SkyTrain (Prompong station, Exit 1). The sale is open to all customers, including expatriates and foreigners.


-- NNT 2016-04-05

[Smiley Face]

Now the question is, who will be flashing whom during this sale?

[Srikcir]

Perhaps suspend dual pricing for foreigners April 9-17, 2016?

[phoenixdoglover]

Well, that's a lot of breathless hyperbole for a little sales event that lasts for 4 hours at one location.

Why bother? At any moment in Bangkok, and on your own schedule, you can boost the economy of Thailand in a similar manner by flagging down a Tuk Tuk and saying the following words, "Can you take me to Chinatown?" By the end of that exciting and informative ride, you will be ushered into a gold shop, and welcomed like an old friend. And you will have in hand your voucher for a 3 day trip to beautiful Pattaya, and a receipt for a finely tailored custom suit, 2 dress shirts , and a tie.

LOS - land of stimulating the economy.

[tuanku]

Am i understanding this right? Someone thinks it is a good idea to encourge even more people to TRAVEL during the Songkran road madness? What are they going to travel on? overcrowded trains? packed double-decker buses? overbooked domestic flights?

"encourage more Thais to travel inside the country during Songkran festival"

Personally, I would be overjoyed to pay through the nose to experience endless delays and traffic jams, then finally get to a destination where most of the services were shut down for the holiday.