US journey brokers ‘Really feel Thailand with Delta Air Strains and Korean Air’ fam journey

Mr. Jongmin Kim, Regional Supervisor (Thailand, Laos, Pakistan, Nepal), Korean Air, Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn, TAT Governor, and Mr Akinori Yokosawa Supervisor of Worldwide Specialty Gross sales of Delta Air Strains​​.

BANGKOK – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is organising the ‘Really feel Thailand with Delta Air Strains and Korean Air’ one-of-a-kind mega fam journey for US journey brokers from 1-9 November, 2022, to drive demand for significant journey experiences in Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Phuket and promote accessibility for vacationers from throughout the US.

Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn, TAT Governor, stated “Because the winter season begins in international locations just like the US, now could be the proper time to rediscover the wonders of Thailand. And now that Thailand is totally open to travellers, we wish to showcase the brand new and perennial choices of our nation that serve to create a really unforgettable vacation. This journey additionally kinds a part of our plans to stimulate journey from throughout all 50 US states to Thailand, and finally serving to us attain a tourism income goal of 1.5 trillion Baht in 2023 from worldwide market.”

TAT’s ‘Really feel Thailand with Delta Air Strains and Korean Air’ mega fam journey brings collectively 50 journey brokers from across the US to expertise Thailand’s new tourism choices. The nine-day journey contains significant journey programmes in Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Phuket. The itinerary locations emphasis on offering the journey brokers the possibility to find the most recent tourism merchandise, find out about sustainable and accountable tourism practices, and meet with Thai sellers in desk prime gross sales occasions.

Via the fam journey, TAT is leveraging a number of methods to advertise journey to Thailand in the course of the coming months of the excessive season, which began in October. These embrace the complete reopening of Thailand to worldwide tourism, an elevated size of keep for vacationers, and offering US travellers with easy accessibility to Thailand from all 50 US states. TAT is becoming a member of forces with Delta Air Strains and Korean Air in a first-of-its-kind partnership that may improve journey choices from the US to Thailand. First launched in 2018, the Delta-Korean Air trans Pacific three way partnership presents environment friendly connections to Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Phuket from a mixed community of 17 US gateways.

Mr. Akinori Yokosawa, Supervisor of Worldwide Specialty Gross sales, Delta Air Strains, stated “By utilising our growing flight community from throughout the US, this cooperation will pave the way in which for ongoing mutual partnership with TAT to advertise journey to Thailand. As well as, Delta Air Strains is dedicated to carbon neutrality, being the primary carbon impartial airline on a world foundation. And so, we share the frequent purpose of actually accountable tourism with TAT in its plans to drive Thailand in direction of experience-based and sustainable tourism.”

Mr. Jongmin Kim, Gross sales Director for Thailand, Korean Air, stated “The cooperation with Delta Air Strains and TAT will assist promote accessibility for vacationers from throughout the US to Thailand on board our flights with glorious service.”

Since 1 October, 2022, guests to Thailand not want to indicate proof of vaccination or ATK check outcomes. And from now till 31 March, 2023, the interval of keep is prolonged to 45 days from 30 days for vacationers from international locations/territories entitled for visa exemption (this contains America) and to 30 days from 15 days for these eligible for a visa on arrival (VOA).

The US is considered one of Thailand’s main customer supply markets, and US travellers usually have a excessive stage of spending per particular person whereas in Thailand. The revitalisation of this and different such key markets is a prime precedence for TAT, because it goals to maximise income whereas selling Thailand’s transfer in direction of extra sustainable, extra inclusive, and extra environment-friendly tourism.

For 2022, TAT expects Thailand to welcome as much as 10 million worldwide guests. Now within the excessive season, the dominion has already obtained over 7 million vacationers between 1 January and 26 October, 2022. The goal for 2023 is for Thailand to generate a complete tourism income of 1.5 trillion Baht from the worldwide market.

TAT’s ‘Really feel Thailand with Delta Air Strains and Korean Air’ mega fam journey can also be supported by Thailand’s main airways and resorts, together with Bangkok Airways, AWCs affiliated resorts, RatiLanna Riverside Spa Resort Chiang Mai, Capella Bangkok, 4 Seasons Resort Bangkok on the Chao Phraya River, COMO Level Yamu, The Peninsula Bangkok, and Melia Chiang Mai. In the meantime, Marriot Marquis Queen’s Park, Bangkok, Courtyard by Marriott Phuket City, and RatiLanna Riverside Spa Resort Chiang Mai are venues for the desk prime gross sales occasions.