ATM 2024, which runs until Thursday at the Dubai World Trade Center, will be the third largest tourism promotion event in the world this year, organizers claim.
TAT Governor Tapani Khiafaiburu said on Monday that 18 more Thai entrepreneurs and associations participated in the event this year compared to 2023.
Consul General to Dubai Nifa Nilandranat inaugurated the Thailand booth on Monday along with executives from TAT and local tourism associations.
Participating organizations include operators of hotels, shopping malls, water parks, spas and guided tour services based in Bangkok, Phuket, Krabi, Chonburi and Surat Thani provinces.
Mr. Tapani said that in addition to facilitating business matching with local travel companies during the trade fair, TAT has also signed a strategic partnership agreement with Dubai National Air Travel Company, and the company's partners (including the following major airlines in the Middle East) ) and to promote tourism to Thailand. Emirates and Qatar Airways.
TAT predicts that Thailand will welcome at least 1.1 million tourists from the Middle East, which is more than the 867,674 tourists recorded last year. These tourists mainly prefer to visit Thailand during the “green season” from May to September, and are expected to generate 100 billion baht in tourism revenue.
