Thai tourism body hopes to redirect international bookings for domestic trips instead

People visit the Grand Palace in Bangkok on June 7, 2020, as it reopened for visitors following restrictions to halt the spread of the Covid-19. The proposal to swap international bookings for domestic ones is expected to stimulate domestic tourism in the second half of 2020. - AFP

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will discuss with hotels, airlines and online travel agents the idea of swapping customers’ bookings for flights to foreign countries and accommodations there for domestic flights and accommodations instead.

TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said he wanted flight bookings to foreign countries and reservations for overseas accommodations, which customers couldn’t use due to the Covid-19 crisis, to be converted into domestic flights and accommodation.