Ua mākaukau ʻo Thailand e hoʻokipa i ka 37th ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF 2018) ma waena o 22-26 Ianuali 2018, ma ka Chiang Mai Exhibition and Convention Center (CMECC) ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo "ASEAN-Sustainable Connectivity, Boundless Prosperity".
ʻO ka hanana, ka hanana kālepa huakaʻi nui loa o ka ʻāina ʻo ASEAN, e hoʻololi ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma waena o nā ʻāina 10 ASEAN. Hoʻokipa ʻo Thailand i ka hanana no ke ono o ka manawa, akā ua hoʻoneʻe ʻo ia no ka manawa mua i Chiang Mai ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ke kulekele e hoʻolaha i nā wahi kula kiʻekiʻe, e hoʻonui i nā hana ma nā kua'āina, e hōʻoia i ka hāʻawi maikaʻi ʻana i nā uku huakaʻi a hōʻike i nā pilina o Thailand. me nā ʻāina ʻāpana ʻo Greater Mekong Sub-region.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn, Kiaʻāina o ka Tourism Authority o Thailand (TAT): "I kēia makahiki, haʻaheo mākou e hōʻailona i ka ATF mua ma hope o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka 50th anniversary o ASEAN ma 2017. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ke komo ikaika ʻana i ka " E kipa aku i ka hoʻolaha ʻo ASEAN@50” me kahi ʻano o nā huahana Thai i koho pono ʻia, nā pūʻolo huakaʻi a me nā makana e lawe mai i nā ʻike huakaʻi poina ʻole.
ʻO ka ATF wale nō ka manawa makahiki no ka lehulehu a me nā ʻāpana kūʻokoʻa o ka ASEAN huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e hui pū a kūkākūkā i nā pilikia a me nā ʻano e kū nei i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ASEAN.
ʻO ka hanana o ka pule he mau hālāwai o nā Kuhina Kūikawā ASEAN a me nā hui mākaʻikaʻi aupuni, nā hui pilikino e hōʻike ana i nā hōkele ASEAN, nā hale ʻaina, nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi, nā mea hoʻokele a me nā mokulele a me nā hālāwai bilateral me nā hoa kūkākūkā; e like me Rusia, Kina, Iapana, India a me South Korea. I kēia makahiki, e mālama ʻia kahi hālāwai kuhina me Kina no ka manawa mua.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hōʻike kālepa huakaʻi, ʻike ʻia ʻo Travex, e hāʻawi pū nā NTO pākahi i nā pōkole media kikoʻī. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā pōkole hou i kēia makahiki e King Power a me ka Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office.
I kēia makahiki, e hoʻokipa ʻo Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau i kahi ASEAN MICE Conference a e mālama pū ka Ministry of Tourism and Sports i kahi ASEAN Gastronomy Conference. E hoʻokipa ʻo PATA i kahi Destination Marketing Forum 2018 a me ka UNWTO e hoʻolauna i kahi puke moʻolelo Open Thailand Tourism.
