Digital platform amongst 2018 tasks
The Department of Tourist (DoT) is promising 3 efforts in a quote to reinforce the tourist market in 2018.
The 3 tasks are promoting night markets in 3 significant traveler locations, particularly in Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai and Chon Buri; arranging business-matching for task applicants and start-ups associated with tourist; and producing a brand-new digital platform to supply real-time travel details for travelers.
Director-general Anan Wongbenjarat stated the opening night market to be promoted will remain in Ayutthaya province, followed by Chiang Mai and Pattaya in Chon Buri province.
” Ayutthaya is a design for the night market. The province has excellent heritage websites and invites a great deal of travelers every day. It is not too far from Bangkok, however very few travelers remain overnight, so we will attempt to motivate visitors to invest a minimum of one night in this province,” Mr Anan described.
The department anticipates to extend lengths of remain in Chiang Mai in the North and Chon Buri in the East.
According to Mr Anan, the DoT prepares to arrange business-matching in the coming year. The occasion will be a place where tourist experts such as tour guide and task applicants can meet little and medium-sized company operators in addition to tourism-related start-ups.
Task applicants and brand-new graduates will have a possibility to discover operate in the tourist market at the occasion. The DoT is still dealing with locations and dates for occasion.
Mr Anan likewise exposed strategies and application instructions for 2018, stating the DoT will utilize more development and digital platforms to drive the market and utilize the department as a tool to react to the federal government’s Thailand 4.0 structure.
” The Thailand 4.0 design will be executed in tourist. The department prepares to supply a brand-new platform where travelers can acquire nearly real-time travel details and updates on tourist attractions they prepare to go to,” he stated.
The department stated tourist details will be supplied by and connected to genuine users though social media networks so other travelers have the ability to gain access to details and choose whether they will go to a location or not.
The platform will likewise assist travelers to get a clearer impression of the locations they go to, be better with the items they buy and take pleasure in the activities they do. The platform will likewise assist visitors prevent going to locations and purchasing items from shops discovered to be unreasonable or hazardous.
Tourists will have the ability to share their experiences by means of the brand-new platform, on which the DoT anticipates to invest 3-5 million baht to establish.
” The goal is not just to provide real-time details to travelers however likewise to eliminate bad operators in the market. This will be a traveler fulfillment index,” he included.
Immediate issues that require to be solved consist of unlawful operators and non-registered tour guide in the Chinese market, in addition to traveler security. The department is arranged to fulfill authorities from the China National Tourist Administration on Dec 14 for more partnership.
