The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Visa, a global leader in digital payments, jointly announced the beginning of the Visa Thailand Grand Sale campaign. The campaign aims to increase foreign travel to Thailand while accelerating tourist spending at the most well-known retail locations across the nation, such as King Power Duty Free, Central, The Mall Group, and Gaysorn Village.
The latest partnership between the two agencies is the Visa Thailand Grand Sale campaign, which aims to increase tourism and hasten Thailand’s economic recovery. It follows the recently announced MOU to examine data on the spending patterns of foreign visitors and create a long-term strategy to draw in high-spending, high-quality visitors.
“Building on a strong partnership for the past two decades, we are fortunate to continue supporting TAT in attracting more international tourists to Thailand and ultimately revitalising spending,” said Serene Gay, Group Country Manager for Regional Southeast Asia at Visa. We expect that the campaign will contribute to accelerating the tourism sector’s recovery and consequently open up new chances for cross-border trade and retail firms in Thailand.
Over 10.6 million tourists have already visited Thailand this year, an increase of 713% over the first 5 months of 2022. Thailand is one of the top ten Asia Pacific travel destinations, according to the recent “Asia Pacific Destination Forecasts 2023-2025: Thailand” research produced by PATA for Visa. According to the survey, the country’s tourism industry is likely to continue to grow, and more tourists are anticipated in the third quarter of this year.
The survey also showed that housing and motels will fully recover by 2024 in terms of current prices, while the retail value of attractions and experiences in Thailand is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels by 2023.
International Visa cardholders can take advantage of a variety of discount coupons and exclusive offers at nine top department stores in Thailand that are taking part in the Visa Thailand Grand Sale campaign. These stores include King Power, Central Department Store, Siam Paragon, Emporium, EmQuartier, Icon Siam, Ratchaprasong, One Siam, and Jungceylon. The campaign runs through August 31, 2023.
Offers comprise:
500 THB off at King Power with a minimum purchase of 8,000 THB
Spend a minimum of 6,000 Baht at Central Department Stores, Paragon Department Store, Emporium, or EmQuartier and receive a gift certificate worth up to 400 Baht.
Up to 300 THB in gift certificates are available at Icon Siam, Siam Paragon, Siam Centre, Siam Discovery, and Siam Premium Outlets with a minimum purchase of 4,000 THB. Bangkok
At Gaysorn Village and Junceylon, you may get a Starbucks gift card worth up to 200 THB for just 3,000 THB in total.
Source- Travel daily