Thailand offers tourism assistance

Thailand and Mozambique will embark on a tourism pact to support two-way travel, Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism and Sports Minister,  Chumpol Silpa-archa, reported Tuesday.

Mozambique’s Ambassador to Thailand, Carlos Agostinho do Rosario, discussed with Mr Chumpol tourism cooperation between the two countries.

Mr do Rosario asked Mr Chumpol for assistance from Thailand to offer guidelines to promote the island nation’s tourism.

During the meeting, Mr Chumpol stated tourist arrivals to Thailand this year will exceed 20 million.

“But one of the government’s strategies is to spur tourist expenditure during their stay in Thailand in order to increase local people’s income,” Mr Chumpol added.

Thailand and Mozambique established diplomatic relations 16 April 1989.

There so few Mozambique citizens visiting Thailand it fails to warrant a mention in statistics collected by Thailand’s Immigration Department. Likewise, Thai travel to Mozambique is too small to be included in Mozambique’s tourism data.

The country’s main attractions are beach resorts that appeal to tourists from South Africa, the UK and Germany.

The island nation introduced a tourism law in 2004 and has a tourism strategic plan running up to the 2013,  published to attract more investment in hotels and infrastructure.

The country is often mentioned by  international media with reference to piracy in the Indian Ocean, but was praised recently by the US government for its support of  international co-operation to deal with the problem.

Source - ttrweekly