The annual Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) tourism promotion mini Travel Mart road shows to Penang and Kuala Lumpur saw 35 sellers from 27 hoteliers, seven travel agents and one airline came to meet the Malaysia travel trade buyers.The Thai tourism industry groups were representing tourism destinations from Pattaya, Bangkok, Phuket, Phangnga, Krabi, Surat Thani and Chiangmai to promote new tourism products and packages to the Malaysian travel agents and updating the travel writers as well.
The only airline that participated this time is Bangkok Airways as they are introducing a daily flight from Kuala Lumpur to Koh Samui starting April 1. (For more details log on:
Among some the hotels that were present were Khaolak Laguna Phangnga, R-Mar Resort and Spa in Patong, Phuket, Railay Bay Resort in Krabi, Ban Thai Beach Resort & Spa in Patong, Phuket, Cape Sienna Hotel & Villas from Phuket, Aonang Princeville Resort and Spa from Krabi and a few others.
A-1 Hotels were busy promoting their hotel properties in Bangkok and Pattaya including one located near Suvarnabhumi Airport
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Peach Group presented their three resort properties in Phuket with Peach Hill Hotel & Resort, Andaman Cannacia Resort & Spa and Peach Blossom Resort.One regular travel agent that participated in the road show is Charn Wongsatayanont from Phuket Jet Tours Co Ltd, who comes to meet his old business contacts and to establish new ones every year.
Charn Wongsatayanont (right) with travel writer Laura Lee (left) and outbound travel operator Jason Lim, MD of GTT - KL
Discovery Holidays Co, Ltd and Group Company with its head office in Bangkok were busy at its promotion desk with Malaysian Travel Agents seen waiting for their turn to discuss business opportunities with the company’s reps.
TAT officials informed the attendees that Thailand had recovered from the severe flooding toward the end of last year and tourism products and attractions are back to normal operation.
For year 2011, Malaysian recorded 
the top arrival to Thailand with 2,470,686 tourists with an increase of 19.98% and for the first timer visitors saw an increase of 200%. Repeat Malaysian visitors to Thailand were recorded at 60% of the total arrivals.
The average spending per Malaysian tourists in Thailand was recorded at USD128.76 per day.
After the business was done, TAT invited the guests to a dinner in the evening filled with Thai cultural dances, a video show on Thailand tourism product update and ends the night with a lucky draw consisting of many holiday packages to Thailand.
Lucky people win prizes to Thailand
