{"id":292591,"date":"2025-11-19T05:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/292591\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T05:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:44:12","slug":"tourism-sector-warns-thailand-may-lose-top-destination-status-anutin-pledges-urgent-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/292591\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism sector warns Thailand may lose \u2018top destination\u2019 status; Anutin pledges urgent action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\">A delegation representing five major tourism associations met Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday to present urgent recovery measures for Thailand\u2019s tourism industry in 2025, amid signs of a regional slowdown. Several Asian and ASEAN markets are experiencing declining outbound travel, and foreign arrivals to Thailand could drop by around 7% next year compared with 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763531051_792_lg-webp.webp\" alt=\"Tourism sector warns Thailand may lose \u2018top destination\u2019 status; Anutin pledges urgent action\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" style=\"width: 1080px; height: 720px;\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<p>The delegation \u2014 comprising the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT), Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA), Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA), Thai Hotels Association (THA) and the Airlines Association of Thailand (AAT) \u2014 proposed immediate three-month measures focused on boosting safety, restoring confidence, and countering negative social-media sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763531051_24_lg-webp.webp\" alt=\"Tourism sector warns Thailand may lose \u2018top destination\u2019 status; Anutin pledges urgent action\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" style=\"width: 1080px; height: 720px;\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<p>Key proposals included:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tA global safety campaign to rebuild trust&#13;<br \/>\n\tStronger price incentives for domestic and international air tickets&#13;<br \/>\n\tTourism-stimulating tax measures&#13;<br \/>\n\tProactive communication to prevent reputational damage&#13;<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763531052_38_lg-webp.webp\" alt=\"Tourism sector warns Thailand may lose \u2018top destination\u2019 status; Anutin pledges urgent action\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" style=\"width: 1080px; height: 720px;\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<p>For the medium and long term, the private sector urged the National Tourism Policy Committee to drive six key workstreams:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tReform tourism laws&#13;<br \/>\n\tRaise national service standards&#13;<br \/>\n\tImprove infrastructure, particularly in secondary cities&#13;<br \/>\n\tPromote investment in new, world-class tourism products&#13;<br \/>\n\tBuild a refreshed, compelling brand identity for Thailand&#13;<br \/>\n\tStrengthen competitiveness through sustainable development&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A delegation representing five major tourism associations met Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday to present urgent recovery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[68888,879,45,49,48,37845,46,1674,132167,132168],"class_list":["post-292591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-anutin-charnvirakul","tag-breaking-news","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chinese-tourists","tag-economy","tag-tourism","tag-tourism-and-sports-ministry","tag-tourism-authority-of-thailand-tat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}