Tourism Authority of Thailand Appoints Soraya Homchuen as Director - Mumbai

The Tourism Authority of Thailand in Mumbai has appointed Ms Soraya Homchuen as Director.

Khun Soraya, who started working with TAT in 1994, is the youngest person to earn the role of Director at a TAT overseas office.

Khun Soraya’s jurisdiction will cover western and southern India (where her efforts will complement those of TAT in New Delhi) as well as Sri Lanka and the Maldives. 

Her most recent post with TAT was as a Marketing Officer, ASEAN, South Asia and South Pacific Department. Assignments preceding that saw her at helm of TAT’s R&D activities as Chief of Academic Section at TAT’s Market Research Division.

Khun Soraya has also worked with TAT as a Public Relations Officer, International Public Relations Division, as a Planning Officer in the Research and Statistics Division, and as General Administration Officer, working for the team serving the Deputy Governor for Planning and Development.

Khun Soraya graduated from Chulalongkorn University with a Bachelor of Arts (English) degree and she followed this up with a Master of Arts (English for Career) degree at Thammasat University.

Khun Soraya also undertook a Tourism Management Course at the Schloss Klessheim Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, Salzburg, Austria and later, a Tourism Destination Management Course at WES, Brugge, Belgium.

“Indian people are very warm and welcoming. The genuine hospitality I have experienced here has touched my heart and made me feel truly at-home even though I am so far away from Thailand. I would really like every Indian to come and have a similar experience of Thai hospitality,” said Khun Soraya.