Thailand has been awarded an international tourism prize for being the most popular…
Thailand has been awarded an international tourism prize for being the most popular tourist destination, a good news announced by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), which is believed to further boost the country`s tourism industry.
TAT said in an announcement, released to TNA, that Thailand was voted to win the `Go Asia Award`, which was jointly organized by the Reise und Preise Magazine, a world tourism magazine, and the Go Asia group, an alliance of national tourism agencies of various countries, as well as 23 world tour businesses, and airlines.
The organizers recently surveyed opinions of 5,403 global tourists, most of whom, or 4,105 accounting for 75.60%, voted that Thailand deserved the prestige prize, followed by Singapore (53.70%), Indonesia (50.30%), Hong Kong (43.80%), and Malaysia (43.80%).
The award was announced at an international tourism fair, the `ITB 2004`, held in Berlin on 12-16 March, according to the TAT.
The award is believed to help attribute to a further increase in foreign tourist arrivals in Thailand in coming years.
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