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Attention Travel Lovers! Thailand to Reopen Tourism For Indians This Diwali

New Delhi: Good news for travel lovers! India’s favourite neighbouring holiday spot Thailand is finally set to reopen for tourism. The country is looking to attract Indian travelers during the traditional holiday season to boost its tourism-reliant economy that’s been hit hard by the absence of mass holidaymakers from countries including China.

According to Bloomberg, the Thai tourism industry expects Indians to resume travel in large numbers next month during Diwali. “That should help spark a tourism revival as it coincides with the planned waiver of quarantine for vaccinated visitors from Nov. 1 said Somsong Sachaphimukh,” vice president of the Thai Tourism Council.

With the outbound Chinese travel not expected to resume anytime soon, Thailand is betting on travelers from other origins to take advantage of its relaxed rules for tourists.
“Indians, who made up the third-largest group of visitors to Thailand before the pandemic, may head again to Thai beaches for holidays, conferences and destination weddings,” she added.

“If Thailand plans to reopen the country and many of our tourism hubs in November, this year’s Diwali may be a great opportunity,” Somsong told an online briefing on Tuesday. “Indian travelers have a lot of spending power and a lot of potential.”

Indian travelers may spend between 27,000 baht ($800) and 76,000 baht each during trips to Thailand, and each destination wedding could generate between 10 million to 120 million baht in revenue for the hotel and services industry, Somsong said.

According to data available online, almost 2 million Indians visited Thailand in 2019, generating 80 billion baht in tourism-related revenue making it the largest group behind Chinese and Malaysians that year when the nation saw almost 40 million tourists generating more than $60 billion in revenue.

“Even though it will be difficult to match the number of visitors and revenue generated by Chinese travelers, Indian tourists can help support Thailand’s tourism industry during this time,” Somsong was quoted as saying by Bloomberg.

Thailand saw foreign tourist arrivals plunge to 73,932 in the first eight months of the year with the nation reeling under the worst Covid-19 outbreak that triggered widespread travel and business curbs.

The pandemic has led to 3 million job losses in tourism sector, the council said, while slashing its tourist arrival forecast to 280,000 this year from 500,000 earlier



source https://www.india.com/news/attention-travel-lovers-thailand-to-reopen-tourism-for-indians-this-diwali-4991024/

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