TRAVEL Titbits Two travel fairs kick off today at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre and a third, the Thailand Travel Mart Plus the
Greater Mekong Subregion 2009 next week at the Impact exhibition centre (Muang Thong Thani), promise visitors great holiday packages at attractive prices. Scene typical of a travel fair. KITJA APICHONROJAREK Opening today are the Bangkok Post Thailand Travel Fair at the Plaza Zone of the national convention centre featuring about 100 booths offering discount hotel rates and tour packages, and the Asean+3 Travel Fair taking place in Zone C of the same venue. Both events run until May 31. The latter brings together the Thai Travel Agents Association, Krugthai Bank and Thai-Amadeus Southeast Asia, and features about 150 booths offering outbound tours to destinations in Asean, Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan, with 260 prizes worth 2.1 million baht up for grabs during the four-day event. “We hope the fair will be another driving force for Thai tourism because when Thais travel to Asean countries, more visitors from those countries will travel to Thailand as well,” said Somkiat Rungthaveephon, a director of Thai-Amadeus.
Meanwhile, the Thailand Travel Mart Plus the Greater Mekong Subregion 2009 taking place at the Challenger Hall of Impact exhibition centre from June 3-7 will see some 400 booths offering special prices and discounts for products and services in Thailand and neighbouring countries.