Tourism operators support using the land plot previously earmarked for an entertainment complex in Bangkok to attract foreign investors with the same concept excluding a casino, aiming to promote high-value tourism in line with a government pledge.
Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said on Tuesday the government intends to address long-standing structural weaknesses in the economy, particularly insufficient investment by both the public and private sectors.
Thienprasit Chaiyapatranun, president of the Thai Hotels Association, said the association was appointed last week to a new public-private joint committee organised by the Tourism and Sports Ministry to propel the tourism industry, and it plans to submit a proposal to encourage investment in new attractions.
