Government House,, The Prime Minister revealed that the Cabinet has increased the holiday period during Songkran, 12-16 April, for a total of 5 days long holiday, urging the Ministry of Tourism to rush to find more trips to secondary cities. Promote economic stimulation
Mr. Settha Thavisin, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Revealed after the Cabinet (Cabinet) meeting that the Cabinet has designated Friday, April 12, 2024 as an additional one day public holiday, for a total of 5 days from April 12-16, which is considered to have given more than 2 months to complete. Plan to stimulate spending and domestic tourism It also ordered the Minister of Tourism and Sports Promote tourism in secondary cities more. Because Chiang Mai, Phuket, Pattaya and Hua Hin are already highly popular cities for tourism. and receive high benefits Adding one more day of holiday to a total of 5 days. I would like the Ministry of Tourism to go find out if there are any good secondary cities. To help support and inform the public
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As for whether there will be a meeting to deal with incoming tourists or not, the Prime Minister said that yesterday (12 Feb.) they discussed many matters. The additional holidays must also be discussed, such as domestic tourism, traffic, and safety.
The Prime Minister said that today the Cabinet has resolved to approve the draft Principles Act (Act) of the Indigenous Tribal Council. But there was an observation from the Cabinet to change the word tribe to ethnicity instead. To be consistent with the Constitution, Section 70.
Source: Thai News Agency