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BANGKOK, 11 March 2010 (NNT) – Related sectors have joined hands to set up the National Tourists Assistance Center to facilitate tourists during the upcoming mass demonstration of the anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD).
According to Deputy Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports, Thanittha Maneechote, the center will facilitate and assist foreign tourists around the clock from negative effects of the mass rally. The center will operate from 12 to 23 March 2010, until the end of the Internal Security Act enforcement.
More tourist police will be dispatched to three main venues frequented by tourists, including the areas surrounding Sanam Luang and the Grand Palace, Khao San Road, as well as the areas from Siam Paragon Shopping Complex to Silom Road. More information will be available at call center 1672 of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and 1155 of the Tourist Police.
The National Tourists Assistance Center operates with the cooperation from many related agencies, including the TAT, the Tourist Police, the General Insurance Association, the Tourism Council of Thailand, the Thai Hotels Association (THA), and the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA).
Meanwhile, TAT Deputy Governor for International Marketing (Asia and South Pacific) Sansern Ngaorungsi stated that the center would print 200,000 leaflets recommending travel routes and attractions for tourists coming to Thailand during the period. He said the THA would help distribute them to tourists via hotels accordingly.
In addition, Mr Sansern said he was now asking the Immigration Bureau to help hand out the leaflets to tourists from the immigration process.
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Reporter : Santibhap Ussavasodhi
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