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The Tourism Authority of Thailand is intending to kick off a variety of promotions to revive tourists' self esteem in Hat Yai immediately after numerous bookings had been cancelled following last Saturday's bomb attack. About the Songkran dance defeat: Gals law enforcement officials carry out a dance at Bangkok's Ratchaprasong intersection to raise awareness about reliable driving during the forthcoming Songkran pageant as part of a broader campaign by police to lower fatalities and injuries from highway mishaps during the holiday break period. (Photograph by Somchai Poomlard) вся правда о таиланде Sansern Ngaorungsi, TAT deputy governor for Asia plus the South Pacific,. reported the bombing experienced led on the cancellation of about 50% of bookings to the Songkran festival. Tour operators also cancelled all journeys to Hat Yai. новости таиланда It's anticipated that tourism profits in Hat Yai in Songkhla province will drop to 12 billion baht this 12 months from sixteen billion baht very last 12 months, while the number of holidaymakers is expected to plunge by 50 percent to a hundred,000. новости таиланда TAT governor Surapol Svetaseni led tourism organization operators from Bangkok to Hat Yai yesterday to satisfy regional operators in order that they could examine methods to restore the confidence of visitors following the bomb assault. Surapol: Assured tourists will return вся правда о таиланде Close to noon final Saturday, a bomb exploded inside a car or truck parked within the basement of Lee Gardens Plaza Lodge and killed a few people today, such as a person Malaysian tourist. Hundreds ended up wounded. Two suspects are arrested.

The attack transpired concurrently as three other bombings inside the downtown place of Yala province that killed eleven people today.

Mr Surapol said TAT has setup strategic plans to rebuild the tourism sector in Hat Yai. The authority will organise excursions to provide tourism company operators and organizations from key vacationer markets, specifically Malaysia and Singapore, to go to Hat Yai through Songkran. Hat Yai is among the primary places for Songkran festivities. New attractions in Hat Yai and Songkhla will be advertised each internationally and domestically.

Miss Thailand competitors will maintain actions in Songkhla in June.

"I'm self-assured the outcome won't previous extended. Hat Yai will probably be just one of destinations for that Thailand Grand Sale event to be held in July that's expected to entice much more than five hundred,000 people," Mr Surapol stated.

Somchart Pimthanapoonporn, president of Songkhla Tourism Company Council as well as Hat Yai-Songkhla Hoteliers Association, mentioned if Hat Yai received the entire guide of the marketing campaign, it could recuperate in a few months. Grisada Boonrach, the governor of Songkhla province, claimed the province would undertake a "Five Deductions" marketing campaign to appeal to travellers back to Hat Yai and Songkhla.

The deductions will probably be manufactured within the charges of foods, accommodation, transportation, products and companies.