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Big drop in visitors to Koh Samui
30/06/2009 : Th number of visitors to Koh Samui is down 40-50 per cent, especially foreigners, for the first six months of the year, compared to the same period last year, Koh Samui Tourism Promotion Association, Senee Phuwasetthavorn, said on Tuesday.
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TOURISM TAT expects 14 million arrivals in 2010
30/06/2009 : The Tourism Authority of Thailand expects the industry to improve next year, generating income of 959 billion baht and attracting 14 million foreign arrivals.
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Tourism sector frets over rally
27/06/2009 : The tourism related industries were worried that the mass anti-government demonstration by supporters of the pro-Thaksin United front for Democracy against Dictatorship at Sanam Luang today will lead to unrest, chairperson of the Domestic Tour Agents Association, Maiyarat Peerayarnkoseth, said on Saturday afternoon.
TOURISM
Government pledges to support convention sector
20/06/2009 : The government will extend more help to the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) to promote the local meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition (Mice) market.
TOURISM
Call for Phuket overhaul
19/06/2009 : The government should see Phuket's tourism and property slump as a chance to improve the island's infrastructure as well as restore foreigners' confidence, hit by the closure of Phuket's airport by protesters late last year, say local developers.
Nip to Thailand for a quick tuck
14/06/2009 : Thailand's cosmetic and gender reassignment surgery industry is bucking the global economic downturn, with glamorous international ladyboy shows a walking advertisement for the skills of local surgeons.
HOTELS
Langham grows further in Thailand
12/06/2009 : Langham Hotels International, a British hotel management company, is focusing on expanding in Thailand despite economic and political challenges.
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Big fair crowds bring smiles to operators
08/06/2009 : Tour operators have had their hopes renewed after seeing a large number of of visitors to the five-day travel fair that ended yesterday at Impact Muang Thong Thani.
TOURISM
Revival push shows signs of faltering
03/06/2009 : Tourism executives complain that the government is moving at a snail's pace in reviving the industry, battered by political unrest and world recession.
TOURISM
Foreign tourists arrivals expected at lower clip
02/06/2009 : Foreign visitors are estimated at 13.35-13.5 million this year, as the world's economic recession and political unrest in Thailand keep tourists away.
TRAVEL MONITOR
PATA CHIEF MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS
01/06/2009 : Facing another tough financial year in 2009, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) is pushing ahead with an internal financial cleanup and administrative overhaul in preparation for formal approval of the changes at the next board meeting in Hangzhou, China, in September.
