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Thailife, as another recent visitor to Cebu I think that is a very fair summation.
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Posted on: 11:30 pm on July 24, 2013
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Bangkok is 'World's Best' for 4th year
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Bangkok has won the "World's Best City Award 2013" organised by Travel and Leisure magazine for the fourth consecutive year.
The 10-country ranking by travellers gave Bangkok 90.40 per cent votes, followed by Istanbul, 89.96 per cent and Florence 89.84 per cent.
Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra yesterday received the award from the magazine's editors at a ceremony in New York, where the magazine is based.
Bangkok also received the "Best City in Asia" award from Travel and Leisure for the seventh time - from 2005 to 2013, with the exception of 2009.
The top-10 table this year also sees Chiang Mai ranked at 10th, receiving 88.15 per cent of votes, after Cape Town, Kyoto, Rome, Charleston in South Carolina, Barcelona and Paris.
The criteria used for the rankings were: tourist attractions; culture and customs; food hygiene and taste; and shopping availability; hospitality; monetary worthiness.
In his statement, Sukhumbhand thanked all Bangkokians and relevant government agencies for the recognition, adding that all road and other signs would be made bilingual and public safety would be boosted as an assurance to foreign and Thai tourists.
He said all agencies under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration had been instructed to visit English-language websites containing feedback or complaints from foreign tourists to look into them and correct the problems.Sukhumbhand said defending the top position would not be a priority apart from maintaining high standards of the BMA's public service, which also focused on security, life quality, food and hygiene.
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Posted on: 9:44 pm on July 26, 2013
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Report from Bangkok Post dated 5 August 2013 :-
Tour guide criteria lowered to 4th grade
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The Ministry of Tourism and Sports plans to lower the minimum education level needed to become an accredited tour guide to Grade 4 for three foreign languages.
Tourism and Sports Minister Somsak Pureesrisak said on Monday that the criteria has to be lowered due to the shortage of tour guides for foreign tourists.
However, the tour guides must be able to communicate in Chinese, Korean or Russian, he said.
"We have vacancies for 2,000 guides for Chinese tourists, 1,500 for Russians and 1,000 for South Koreans," Mr Somsak said. "Just improving the image and knowledge of tourist guides might not be enough to solve the problem in a timely manner."
Thailand's tourism industry is growing fast and the number of foreign tourists, particularly from China, South Korea and Russia, is continually rising, he said.
The Department of Tourism will purchase smart cards with Quick Response (QR) Code system for qualified guides. This will prevent scammers from taking advantages of tourists, he added.
In February, the government committee on tourism problems approved in principle a proposal to lower the minimum education level needed to become a tour guide to Grade 9. The previous requirement is a bachelor's degree.
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Posted on: 1:31 am on Aug. 5, 2013
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Report from Bangkok Post dated 30 October 2013 :-
Thailand keeps friendliness spot
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Thailand ranks 18th out of 189 countries for the ease of doing business, unchanged from last year, as measured by lower tax costs for companies, says the World Bank.
"Social security contributions paid by the employer decreased from 5% in 2011 to 3% applicable in January to June 2012 and 4% applicable in July to December last year," the bank said in its report entitled "Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises". Reducing the tax rate in terms of social security contribution helps loshoulder less of the tax burden. Providing electricity and protecting investors are two of the areas in which Thailand performs well, the report said.
The country falters, however, in the area of starting a business, which takes 27.5 days compared with three days in Singapore _ Asia's best showing. The report did not take into account Thailand's corporate cut from 30% to 23% last year. Areepong Bhoocha-oom, secretary-general of the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission, said
Thailand remains an investment hub but must improve its standards
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Posted on: 10:52 pm on Oct. 30, 2013
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Report from Bangkok Post dated 15 November 2013 :-
TAT: More American visitors in 2014
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American tourist arrivals will rise by 5.5% to 1.13 million next year on the back of the US economic recovery, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand. The TAT forecasts these American travellers will spend 79.5 billion baht, up by 8.23% from this year.
In the first 10 months of 2013, American tourist arrivals increased by 7% year-on-year to 670,000.
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http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/tourism/379914/tat-more-american-visitors-in-2014
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Posted on: 8:56 pm on Nov. 14, 2013
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Report from The Nation dated 21 December 2013 :-
Tourism council still upbeat on 2014 foreign arrivals
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Despite the ongoing political tension, the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) is still optimistic about next year's performance and projects 29.92 million foreign tourist arrivals, against an estimated 26.69 million for this year.
Broken down quarter by quarter, the council's forecast is for 7.6 million, 6.84 million, 7.39 million and 8.09 million foreign arrivals next year, with the hope that the total could even top 30 million.
Tourism revenue, meanwhile, is projected to grow 18 per cent to Bt1.35 trillion, from this year's estimate of Bt1.16 trillion.
Income will be boosted by rising room rates and more spending on tourism activities, especially on shopping, thanks to the growing number of "quality" tourists. Room rates are expected to increase by between 5 and 15 per cent over the course of the year.
The forecasts, part of Thailand's Tourism Index, were made by the TCT in cooperation with the Faculty of Economics at Chulalongkorn University. The numbers were released yesterday.
However, TCT president Piyaman Tejapaibul said the projection was based on there being no eruption of political violence during the period. Also, travel warnings from countries should be kept at no higher than levels 2 and 3. Level 2 is "exercise caution", while level 3 is "high degree of caution".
The TCT does not regard its forecast for next year's arrivals and revenue to be excessive, she said, adding that the tourism sector had showed it was capable of continuous growth in the past decade, even though the Kingdom had faced many serious problems during the period.
She called for all players to help create a good tourism atmosphere in the country in order to achieve the expectations for the sector.
"Thailand is so amazing. Anything can happen. Take a look back to a previous situation, when the police used tear gas to disperse protesters, but the next day the situation changed and the picture was one of people giving roses to soldiers,'' she said.
However, tourism operators have still have less confidence about prospects for the first quarter of next year, due to the political gloom and the country's troubled economy.
Thailand's Tourism Index for the first quarter is 100, a lower level than for the same period during 2011-2013, when the index stood at 107, 112 and 106, respectively.
The index for the current quarter is 102, the highest level in three years.
Meanwhile, the council yesterday raised questions over an initiative by the Immigration Bureau to revise its visa-fee policy, with a plan to collect them from visitors from 17 up-to-now free-entry nations.
Visitors from mainly European nations, the US and Australia would be affected by the planned change, which - should it go ahead - would undoubtedly damage the tourism industry.
The TCT strongly opposes the plan and will write to the bureau, urging it to reconsider.
Tourists from the 17 countries in question are high spenders, with an average outlay of Bt4,500, and stay in the Kingdom for an average of 10.5 days. Most are also repeat visitors.
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Posted on: 8:51 pm on Dec. 20, 2013
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Top 10 cities for international tourists:
Top city destinations by arrivals and growth
1. Hong Kong -- 23,770,200 (6.5%)
2. Singapore -- 21,345,700 (7.7%)
3. Bangkok -- 15,822,600 (14.6%)
4. London -- 15,461,000 (2.3%)
5. Macau -- 13,360,800 (3.4%)
6. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- 13,339,500 (6.7%)
7. Shenzhen, China -- 12,100,400 (9.6%)
8. New York City -- 11,618,000 (8.9%)
9. Antalya, Turkey -- 10,296, 600 (-1.6%)
10. Paris -- 9,780,800 (3.3%)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/29/travel/euromonitor-travel-cities/index.html
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Posted on: 1:34 am on Jan. 29, 2014
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Bangkok slips as top destination
BangkokPost: 9 Jul 2014
London has overtaken Bangkok as the top destination for international travellers on the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index, as political unrest in the Southeast Asian city kept visitors away.
Bangkok may draw 16.4 million international overnight visitors this year, an 11% decline from 2013, the index showed. London retook the top spot with an 8% increase in travellers to 18.7 million. Four other Asian cities — Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Seoul — also ranked among the top 10 destinations.
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Posted on: 5:27 am on July 9, 2014
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Bangkok to keep top spot among visitors to cities in Asia-Pacific
The Nation
BANGKOK WILL retain its leading position among Asia-Pacific cities this year, despite an 11-per-cent decline in visitors due to the political unrest that plagued Thailand since the last quarter of last year, according to the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index.
However, Singapore will take over Bangkok's top spot for international visitor spending in Asia-Pacific, with revenue up 7.6 per cent to US$14.3 billion from last year.
The city-state's projected visitor arrivals expenditure per city resident stood at $2,600, beating out London's $2,378 and second only to Dubai.
"This forecast is based on Thailand's political situation last year before the coup," Matthew Driver, president, Southeast Asia MasterCard said yesterday.
He said these estimates may change following the political change in the country and the efforts of most of Thailand's tourist organisations, both private and public, to boost the confidence of international visitors.
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http://nationmultimedia.com/business/Bangkok-to-keep-top-spot-among-visitors-to-cities--30238137.html
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