let’s talk about new opportunities for china’s economy｜newsletter: chinese tourists’ rising outbound travel helps thailand’s economic recovery
2024-10-07
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xinhua news agency, bangkok, october 7: chinese tourists’ outbound travel increases, helping thailand’s economic recovery
xinhua news agency reporter gao bolinhao
early in the morning, the ticket office of bangkok's grand palace was bustling with activity. tourists lining up to buy tickets had long queues, and staff were constantly diverting the flow of people. at the gate of the grand palace, the reporter met huang lijuan, a 28-year-old chinese tourist. during china’s national day holiday, she and three companions chose to travel to thailand on their own.
"this is the first time for the four of us to travel abroad. the reason why we chose thailand is firstly because it is very convenient to be exempted from the visa, and secondly there are many flights and convenient transportation." huang lijuan said that she came to thailand to experience different customs and customs, so she checked in in bangkok. the grand palace and wat arun, and also phuket.
dai la, the chinese tour guide of the grand palace, told reporters: "chinese tourists are more interested in thailand's history, culture and food. i am very happy to introduce thailand to chinese tourists. during the recent chinese holidays, there are more chinese tourists than usual, and now it is usually early in the morning take two groups, take two groups in the afternoon.”
in the past few days, there have been many chinese tourists in famous attractions such as the grand palace and temple arun in bangkok, the capital of thailand, as well as seaside resorts such as pattaya and phuket.
the reporter interviewed wu jianling from guangxi in pattaya. she chose to travel to thailand with a group tour. wu jianling said that she has always heard that thailand is a country of smiles. she also saw an introduction about thailand at the china-asean expo held in nanning not long ago. she was very excited and came to thailand during the national day holiday to see the different scenery.
adi chairathananon, secretary-general of the tourism association of thailand, said that tourism is thailand’s pillar industry and thailand has always been one of the favorite tourist destinations for chinese tourists. in 2019, before the outbreak of the covid-19 epidemic, more than 10 million chinese tourists flocked to thailand, accounting for a quarter of thailand's annual number of international tourists.
"thailand relies on tourism to drive its economy, and the largest source of market tourists for our tourism industry is china. therefore, both the thai government and private tourism organizations attach great importance to chinese tourists." adi said.
on march 1 this year, the china-thailand mutual visa exemption agreement came into effect, and the two countries entered the "visa-free era." thanks to this favorable policy, chinese tourists’ travel to thailand continues to increase. in order to attract more chinese tourists to travel to thailand, the tourism authority of thailand launched the "hello month" campaign in september and october, launching joint promotions with well-known chinese online travel platforms and other measures to provide more travel discounts.
data from thailand’s ministry of tourism and sports shows that from january to september this year, thailand received more than 26 million foreign tourists, generating tourism revenue of 1.21 trillion baht (approximately 33 baht per us dollar), of which 5.25 million were chinese tourists, a stable figure. topping the list. according to estimates from the tourism authority of thailand, during this year’s national day holiday, up to 183,000 chinese tourists are expected to visit thailand, generating revenue of 5.1 billion baht.
in an interview with xinhua news agency, thailand's minister of tourism and sports, sora ong thien thong, said that thailand welcomes tourists from all over the world, especially chinese tourists, and will make every effort to ensure the safety of tourists in thailand, so that tourists can enjoy safer and more quality travel experience.
source: xinhuanet client
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