Posted 25 minutes agoFile photo for reference only Thailand's Minister for Tourism and Sports Pipat Ratchakitprakan has outlined a four point plan to improve tourism in the kingdom. Going forward, and in its bid to recover post COVID-19, Thailand's tourism industry will focus on four key points: Safety, cleanliness, sustainability and not taking advantage of tourists. As regards point number one Thai news site Siam Rath reported that the ministry were teaming up with the Faculty of Engineering at Kaset University to work on land based transport/tourism and ziplines. Picture: Siam Rath Thaweesak Wanichcharoen said he had been tasked with safety and he held a seminar for all concerned at the Pathumwan Princess Hotel in Bangkok on March 5th. Under his chairmanship it was designed to raise awareness of safety issues especially those concerning zipline operations in six provinces namely Chiang Mai, Chonburi, Udon Thani, Kanchanaburi, Phuket and Bangkok. In 2015, a Chinese tourist died after falling from a zipline in Chiang Mai, while in 2019, also in Chiang Mai and Canadian tourist following a similar incident. With regards to not taking advantage of tourists, one aspect of Thailand's tourism industry which the minister hinted previously needs addressing is the practice of dual pricing. Also in 2019, and not long into his new role of Minister for Tourism and Sports, Mr Pipat first aired the idea of eliminating dual pricing for foreigners - a subject that angers many visitors and residents in the kingdom. The need to scrap dual pricing was again mulled publicly last year, as officials highlighted aspects of Thailand's tourism industry that should be overhauled as part of its post-COVID-19 recovery. In July, and speaking at the Foreign Correspondents Club, Tanes Petsuwan, Deputy Governor for Marketing Communications at TAT, said that "it does not make sense" to charge foreigners more than Thais. Mr Tanes said TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn had spoken to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the government department responsible for the national parks in Thailand, about the two-tier pricing issue. Mr Tanes went on to say that while the country is waiting for the return of tourists it "is a very good time for Thailand to reform the tourism industry structure". "What we did wrong [in the past] we must make it right this time, he added. A so-called 'Expat Card' was also touted as a possible solution to ending dual pricing.
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