SHORTEN THAI VISA PROCESSING TIMES TO ATTRACT MORE CHINESE TOURISTS

Wayne M. Gore -
The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) has asked the Thai Department of Consular Affairs to shorten the visa approval period for Chinese tourists, which can be as long as 15 working days, to fac ...

THAILAND TO LURE MORE VISITORS BY EXTENDING THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM

James Morris -
The Prime Minister of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin, announced last week that tourists from India and Taiwan can enter Thailand without a visa from November 10, 2023 to May 10, 2024. This decision was ma ...

AUSTRALIA: THE NUMBER OF CHINESE TRAVELERS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL SOON

James Morris -
The number of foreign visitors to Australia is increasing, especially from China. ...

CHINESE TOURISM: NOT LIKELY TO RECOVER THIS YEAR

Larry Brain -
In 2021, global tourism had 448 million tourists and $637 billion in spending, a third of the pre-Covid level. In perspective, the volume of global tourism is now equivalent to that of the 1990s in te ...

THE TARGET OF 4 MILLION CHINESE TOURISTS IN THAILAND NOT ACHIEVED BEFORE THE END OF 2023

Dan Rang -
The Tourism Board of Thailand (TAT) has revised its prediction of Chinese arrivals to 3.4 to 3.5 million, lower than the expected 4 million. This is due to middle-class Chinese tourists now traveling ...