(TAN): The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is organising the ‘Expat Travel Deal 2020’ to offer domestic tourism promotions for expatriate residents to encourage them to travel more domestically.
The free event will take place from September 11 to 13, from 1000 to 2200 hours at Quartier Gallery, EmQuartier shopping mall in Bangkok.
TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn said, “Thailand has a large expatriate population…. TAT and our strategic partners would like to encourage expats to travel further.”
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As of June, 2020, there are 2,459,785 foreigners with permission to work in Thailand, according to the Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour. The total includes 155,193 skilled employees (investors, experts, skilled craftsman, and BOI) apart from 25,110 foreign students.
The Expat Travel Deal 2020 will showcase travel products and services from all five regions (North, Central, South, East and Northeast), demonstrations of local arts and crafts making skills, as well as tourism-related talk sessions.
Representatives of travel agencies from each region will be present with customised travel packages at discounted rates. Expat attendees will be asked to present their passports to be eligible for special deals at the event.
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Some of the participating businesses at the Expat Travel Deal 2020 will include Michelin-starred restaurants, including Ledu and Blue Elephant; Divana, and the Oasis and Let’s Relax spas; Bangkok Airways, Thai Smile, and AirAsia plus various Thai travel associations, golf courses and the Alipay online platform.
TAT will also be rolling out a number of other promotional activities, including joint promotions with Alipay, Thailand-based travel companies, and the airlines.
Moreover, these will be promoted alongside publicity events, including familiarisation trips for members of the foreign media and representatives of foreign travel companies in Thailand. Other forms of publicity include content marketing with online and offline publications for expats in Thailand, focussing on businesses that are certified with the Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration (SHA) standard.
