{"id":631490,"date":"2026-04-27T08:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631490\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:27:18","slug":"atta-warns-thai-tourism-faces-double-hit-from-baht-and-airfares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631490\/","title":{"rendered":"ATTA warns Thai tourism faces double hit from baht and airfares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe tourism sector is now facing a double impact from baht volatility and the fighting in the Middle East, which has pushed up airfares,\u201d Sisdivachr said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has raised the overall cost of each trip. At the same time, airlines have announced temporary route cancellations or flight reductions during the summer schedule. Flights that continue to operate have had to raise fares because of higher fuel costs, so foreign tourists are likely to delay their travel plans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sisdivachr said Thailand\u2019s tourism outlook had become extremely difficult to assess on a quarterly basis because the war remained prolonged and uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>If the situation returns to normal, tourism could recover quickly, he said. But if persistent global uncertainty becomes the \u201cnew normal\u201d, travellers may choose not to travel.<\/p>\n<p>However, tourism operators cannot afford to stand still, he added. They must continue stimulating travel to support businesses and help sustain the Thai economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to monitor whether the Middle East conflict will spill over into the high season in the fourth quarter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternational politics is not something that can be resolved easily, and many countries are involved, including the United States, Iran and Israel. If the conflict ends soon, we hope oil prices will fall and tourism will return to normal during the fourth-quarter high season this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777278438_456_lg-webp.webp\" alt=\"ATTA warns Thai tourism faces double hit from baht and airfares\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" style=\"width: 1300px; height: 731px;\" width=\"1300\" height=\"731\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe tourism sector is now facing a double impact from baht volatility and the fighting in the Middle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[210105,879,45,49,48,46,63846,33532,3592,1674,132168,10028],"class_list":{"0":"post-631490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-airfares","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-economy","14":"tag-foreign-visitors","15":"tag-thai-baht","16":"tag-thailand","17":"tag-tourism","18":"tag-tourism-authority-of-thailand-tat","19":"tag-tourists"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631490","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=631490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}