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Khon Kaen's Mice plan gets official backing
The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) are set to work on Mice campaigns to boost visitors to Khon Kaen province. Keep reading ...
SUCHAT SRITAMA
Week-long ASEAN media trip targets Myanmar’s attractions
A week-long ASEAN media familiarisation trip to Myanmar from February 12-18 will take participants to Yangon, Inle Lake and Bagan. Organised by the Myanmar Travel Bloggers Club, some 30 media representatives from leading publications in the region – the New Straits Times of Malaysia, Spring News from ...
EI EI THU
The women bikers ride to promote Telangana
Four women motorcycle bikers have set off on ‘Road to Mekong’, an overland expedition covering seven Southeast Asian countries in seven weeks, from Paryatak Bhavan here. Keep reading ...
ANI
Mekong innovative startups support programmes open for applications
The Destination Mekong and the Mekong Business Initiative on February 7 announced their 2018 Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) business support programmes are now open for applications. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Preparations for next river festival underway
The government has announced the establishment of an inter-ministerial committee to organise the upcoming River Festival, which will be held next month in Kandal province and is expected to attract 1.5 million visitors. []“It is a key event in the campaign to promote Asean tourist sites. ...
May Kunmakara
Mice expected to crack 30m with 2018 arrivals
Some 30.2 million people, both locals and foreigners, are expected to make business trips in Thailand this year, generating revenue of 174 billion baht. []Khon Kaen, located in the heart of Thailand’s Northeast region, has become a gateway to the Greater Mekong Subregion, which consists of ...
SUCHAT SRITAMA
MTCO demists path to MIST prize
Now in its second year a programme to support tourism start-ups in the Mekong region will launch, 7 February, at a press briefing in Bangkok. Known as the Mekong Innovation Startups in Tourism (MIST) the initiative is the brainchild of the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office. Keep ...
Shopkeepers rush to make hay as Mekong unveils its dry side
Local people have built makeshift food and drink shops on sand dunes in the middle of the Mekong River in the That Phanom district of Nakhon Phanom province, as a source of income during the upcoming dry season. Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand Tourism wants to be in the “unbeatable geographic location”
Tanes Petsuwan, TAT Deputy Governor for Marketing Communications, said: “Thailand has the best connections within the entire region. There are approximately 30 overland border checkpoints open for travel by international visitors with Cambodia, Lao PDR., Myanmar and Malaysia, as well as four Friendship Bridges with ...
Juergen T Steinmetz
Curtains to rise on new Mekong film festival
The Mekong Mini Movie Festival will make its debut at TRAVEX this Friday as a year-long event to celebrate the myriad faces and experiences of the Greater Mekong Subregion, promote the region as a single tourist destination, and attract business. Jens Thraenhart, executive director of ...
S Puvaneswary