THAILAND WELCOMES BIGGEST FEMALE INCENTIVE GROUP FROM JAPAN

The Immigration Bureau and Airports Authority of Thailand set up a special counter at Bangkok International Airport to expedite passport formalities. The Tourist Police is providing security in all areas including at Bangkok and Phuket International Airports, Bangkok and Bang Pa-In Railway Stations as well as at the ten hotels in Bangkok and Phuket. 

Special parking space for the dozens of tour coaches is being arranged at the airports and railway stations. 

Mrs. Juthamas said, “TAT is working hard with all the organisers and government agencies to ensure that the incentive winners have a pleasant stay in Thailand. We hope it will help us attract many more international incentive groups to Thailand and that the winners will themselves recommend Thailand to their families and friends for future holidays.”

In 2001, Japanese visitors to Thailand totalled 1,168,548. Of these, female visitors totalled 430,110. Japan is the largest source of visitor arrivals to Thailand and last year suffered a small drop in arrivals over 2000, largely due to the fallout from the September 11 incident in the US. 

The average length of stay of Japanese visitors was 7.12 days and average daily expenditure per person was 3,779.55 baht (or US$85.07), generating about 31.45 billion baht (US$707.77 million baht) in foreign exchange revenue.

Established in Thailand in 1966, JTA (Thailand) is a branch of JTA Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of The JTA Group which operates a vast range of business activities including tour operations, hotel coupons, air tickets and other travel-related services. 

With a total of about 450 personnel (as of March 2000) and capital of 610 million Japanese yen, the Group consists of four subsidiary companies with 55 branches world-wide.