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Tourism officials eager to tap Asia's stars

Bangkok Post25 October 2026, 22:13 UTCThailand

Thai tourism officials plan to intensify efforts to increase arrivals from artificial intelligence (AI)-driven economies and neighbouring countries with strong GDP growth, focusing on Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), citing an International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast released last week.

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