Thai Tourism set for B1bn revival plan

The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has given the nod to the Tourism and Sports Ministry to seek an extra budget of more than 1 billion baht to revive tourism and maintain the sector's revenue target of 2 trillion baht this year and 2.2 trillion next year.  Navy chief Adm Narong Pipattanasai, who supervises the ministry, met permanent secretary Suwat Sidthilaw and other high-ranking officials... yesterday to discuss the tourism situation. He said after the meeting that the restoration of confidence of foreign tourists is the first priority among all revival measures. "We will quickly communicate with international travellers that Thailand is safe for them to visit," he added. The ministry will draft a proposal to seek the extra budget for tourism revival, while the process of budget approval 
will be shorter than normal.

The NCPO will consider reducing or even lifting the curfew period in major tourist destinations next week to help boost the atmosphere. The curfew now runs from midnight to 4am nationwide after previously being from 10pm to 5am. 

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