BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) - ʻO ka Thailand Travel Mart i kēia manawa me Amazing Gateway to the Greater Mekong ke kū nei ma lalo o ka hoʻoweliweli o ka hoʻolohi ʻana mai nā mākeke o waho ma muli o ka piʻi mau ʻana o nā kumukūʻai wahie.
"ʻO nā mākeke lōʻihi he 40 pakeneka o kā mākou hōʻea ʻana i ka honua āpau me ʻEulopa wale nō ka helu ʻana no ka 25.5 pākēneka o kā mākou malihini kipa ʻē aʻe," wahi a ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Tourism Authority o Thailand (TAT) ʻo Pornsiri Manohar.
A ʻoiai kona kiʻi maikaʻi loa a me ke kūlana ma ke ʻano he wahi waiwai maikaʻi, ʻike paha ka ʻāina i ka stagnation - inā ʻaʻole he hāʻule iki - mai nā mākeke o waho. "E noʻonoʻo ʻoe i ka uku o ka wahie a me nā ʻauhau no ka ʻohana ʻehā mau kānaka e hōʻike nei i ka waiwai o kahi tikiki hou mai ʻEulopa a i Thailand," wahi a Luzi Matzig, Luna Nui o Asian Trails.
Eia naʻe, manaʻolana ʻo Thailand e kūʻē i ka pōʻeleʻele a manaʻo e hoʻokipa i kēia makahiki he 15.7 miliona mau huakaʻi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 14.46 miliona i ka makahiki 2007 (piʻi i ka 8.6 pakeneka). "Ua aʻo mākou i nā makahiki i hala aku nei e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia kūlana. E hoʻihoʻi hou mākou i kekahi o kā mākou kumukūʻai kūʻai aku i nā mākeke me ka mea hiki loa, "hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Pornsiri.
Aia nā mākeke niche, ʻoi aku ka honeymoon, ke olakino a me ka mākaʻikaʻi olakino. Manaʻo ʻo TAT e hoʻokipa i kahi 1.45 miliona mau huakaʻi no nā kumu olakino ma 2008, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 1.2 miliona mau huakaʻi i ka makahiki 2006.
"Ke hauʻoli nei mākou i ka inoa maikaʻi loa i ka mākaʻikaʻi olakino e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hui hoʻolaʻa o nā loea, nā halemai maikaʻi loa a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa i nā kumukūʻai kūpono," i hōʻike ʻia ʻo Pornsiri.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo TAT e hoʻokau pū ʻo ia i kāna mau hana i nā mākeke kūloko me ka manaʻo nui ma Kina a me India a me ka Middle East. Manaʻo ʻo TAT e wehe i nā keʻena hou e hiki mai ana ma Kunming a me Shenzhen.
