DASTA touts success in stimulating local economies

 

BANGKOK, 12th July 2017 (NNT) - The Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA) has organized the DASTA Forum 2017 to showcase success stories in tourism development, revealing that local revenue has increased by 300 percent. 

DASTA Director Col Nalikatibhag Sangsnit inaugurated the forum and disclosed that the agency's economic, social, and environmental valuation of designated areas for sustainable tourism has totaled 3.3 trillion baht. 

They include designated areas of Pattaya and its vicinity (1.89 trillion baht); Loei (612 billion baht); Koh Chang and its vicinity (164 billion baht); Nan (124 billion baht); U-Thong (46 billion baht); and the combined areas of Sukhothai Historical Park, Si Satchanalai and Kamphaengphet (383 billion baht). 

In the first six months of the year, DASTA has contributed to an 18 percent increase in employment in designated areas, more than doubled growth in the tourism industry, distributed 41 percent of tourism revenue to local entrepreneurs, and increased revenue by 236 percent in old communities and 312 percent in new communities. The figures were compared with areas outside of DASTA's jurisdiction.

 

-- nnt 2017-07-12

Very, very, hard to understand and believe these statistics ?

14 minutes ago, cracker1 said:

Very, very, hard to understand and believe these statistics ?

Easy to understand. They have a big hat and put in statistic slips of any number between 100 and 1000. Whatever comes out of the draw first is then given a percentage value or multiplied by one million to give the precise number required for the news report.

I hope that eases your concerns.

Maybe they are getting their figures from T.A.T.

regards worgeordie

On 7/12/2017 at 3:26 PM, webfact said:

agency's economic, social, and environmental valuation of designated areas for sustainable tourism has totaled 3.3 trillion baht

Not necessarily the same as revenues. How was the valuation determined?

Seems more that a valuation (ie., estimation) was done to justify areas for tourism to make areas eligible for funding.

On 7/12/2017 at 3:26 PM, webfact said:

distributed 41 percent of tourism revenue to local entrepreneurs, and increased revenue by 236 percent in old communities and 312 percent in new communities.

Yet not a single revenue figure mentioned.

A useless article.