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A professor from Thammasat University urges the authorities to concentrate on attracting older tourists, who are more likely to stay in the country more and spend money.

The government has designated 2025 as the year of” Amazing Thailand Grand Tourism &amp, Sports,” with the goal of drawing at least 3 trillion ringgit in earnings this year and attracting 40 million international visitors.

With the help of companions in various sectors, the initiative aims to establish Thailand as a top international tourist destination by promoting world-class concerts, performances, and sporting events. Additionally, measures will be taken to improve traveler comfort and safety.

Assoc Prof Saifon Suindramedhi, professor of Thammasat University’s College of Interdisciplinary Studies, said the project’s aim of receiving 40 million customers and making 3–3.5 trillion ringgit in income is possible.

She said Thailand welcomed about 35.5 million tourists next year, thus reaching the government’s novel target may require only an extra 5 million visitors.

She did point out that the program also adheres to traditional tourism strategies, similar to those used in the previous five years, with an emphasis on sporting events, food, and music.

These sights, she said, generally attract younger tourists who tend to stay for shorter times and spend less than older visitors. She suggested that the government also pay attention to high-spending visitors who may stay in the country for longer, specially seniors.

Additionally, Associate Professor Saifon advocates for the development of an ecosystem that supports senior citizens through welcoming industrial design and plans that address their needs.

” Older visitors don’t need to visit some sites in one day”, she said. They may only visit one or two locations per day, and they favor smaller, intermediate cities over larger, industrial sprawls.

” They seek satisfaction, pleasure and a sense of security,” she added”. They perhaps look for a location with an infrastructure that supports their needs, including elder-friendly hotels, visible medical services and welcoming native communities.”

She claimed that local communities are crucial to the sustainable tourism industry and that local people you provide cultural experiences for many travelers.

Saifon:’ Friendly ‘ industrial style

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra says she is confident that Thailand will benefit greatly from her recent visit to Beijing, particularly in terms of business and security.

On Okat Thai Kap Nayok Paetongtarn (” Opportunities for Thailand with Prime Minister Paetongtarn” ), which is broadcast on the state-owned NBT HD2 channel on the first Sunday of every month, the PM shared her thoughts on her official trip to China.

Ms. Paetongtarn visited China on February 8 and 9 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of political relations between the two nations.

During the visit, she met Chinese President Xi Jinping, National People’s Congress chair Zhao Leji, and Prime Minister Li Qiang.

She said that one of the issues discussed during the visit was the plan to send two enormous panda to Thailand and the development of a imperial archway to honor His Majesty the King’s 72nd holiday.

Ms. Paetongtarn added that the group discussed ways to improve their long-standing, pleasant relationships over the next 50 times.

She even urged Chinese tourists to travel to Thailand for the Songkran event in April, before praising Thai officials ‘ commitment to safeguarding the health of all visitors, including those from China.

Some Chinese are concerned about current reports of locals being target of scams crossing Thai border. The PM claimed that she and the Chinese also discussed ways to combat attacks and conglomerates of con artists.

She expressed her gratitude for Thailand’s support of the assault and pledged to set up a commission to help with it.

In an effort to guarantee all inquiries are answered right away, she said, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs may assign a delegate to work with the commission. The top added that she kept up with the Chinese president about the construction of Laos ‘ first high-speed rail link, which will eventually connect Thailand and China.

The project is anticipated to lower transportation costs and open up new business opportunities for producers and SMEs. China strongly supports the initiative and urged Thailand to quicken its construction, she said.

She noted that Beijing has requested additional practicality research information as it looks to expand its investment in China, which has also shown a great interest in the southeastern Land Bridge job.

Minister flies in to completely 600 immigrants

By sending Liu Zhongyi, China’s associate minister of public security, to the area to seek assistance in stepping up the crackdown, China has intensified efforts to stop international scam gangs along the Thai-Myanmar border.

Before flying by air to the Mae Sot city of Tak and crossing the border into Myawaddy, Mr. Liu, a former police officer, made his way to the Don Mueang airports along with about 26 another Chinese delegations on Sunday.

A second shipment of around 600 Foreign citizens who were rescued from con groups that operated in Myawaddy before a new series of attacks is expected to return home.

According to a cause close to the state, the Chinese citizens may be flown up to China on licensed flights.

A nearby Myanmar established in Myawaddy, who preferred not to be named, however, said a combined protection army had rescued 731 individuals from eight countries, including Thailand, in the new raids.

The source don’t affirm the number of Thais rescued, but did note that those freed came from eight countries– China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Thailand– and were now being screened to separate legitimate human trafficking victims from those who were freely working in the call centre boiler rooms.

He claimed that the Karen Border Guard Force, a branch of the Myanmar junta, had supported the assault, which started next Tuesday and involved 69 arrests.

As the procedures continued on Friday, another 200 people were detained, and 469 more were rounded up on Saturday.

Rangsiman Rome, a People’s Party record MP, in his power as chairman of the House Committee on State Security, Border Affairs, National Strategy and Reform, on Sunday led the commission on a visit to Mae Sot.

He discussed the frontier position with the Naresuan defense commission, which is responsible for guarding the 993km-long Thai-Myanmar borders.

” The call center scam criminals have rapidly expanded and seriously harmed Thailand’s business and tourism. This is a battle against one of the nation’s largest crime cartels”, said Mr Rangsiman, pledging complete support from the politicians.

Following the Thai administration’s decision to break electricity, gas and computer to the border region in Myanmar where the gangs are based, gangs have switched to solar power and satellite internet connections, said Mr Rangsiman.

The MP added that he thinks Shwe Kokko’s central scam center, Myawaddy, and the BGF, are both under control.

According to Mr. Rangsiman, citing information he has gathered from local sources, many of the syndicate’s financiers who were detained in Myawaddy have fled and are now residing in Hpa-an, the capital and largest city of Kayin State ( Karen State ).

As part of a crackdown on the illicit compounds, the BGF announced earlier on Saturday that it was preparing to deport 10, 000 people to Thailand from the region it controls as part of a crackdown on the illegal substances.

Scam properties have mushroom rooms in Myanmar’s borderlands and are run by foreigners who are frequently trafficked and forced to work, swindling people around the world in an industry analysts claim is worth billions of dollars.

Major Naing Maung Zaw, a spokesman for the BGF, told AFP on Saturday that” we have pledged to exile all those who conduct fraud on our soil.”

According to Maj Naing Maung Zaw, the BGF has already sent 61 people across a border bridge to Thailand and is preparing to hand over” about 500 more of many different nationalities.”

According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration, the majority of Thais support the president’s decision to shut down power in Myanmar in order to overcome call-centre groups.

The Nida poll was conducted on Feb 10-11 among 1, 310 individuals aged 18 and over of several levels of education and activities nationwide.

Asked about the government’s battle on fraud gangs, 70.54 % said they absolutely agreed with the president’s move to cut off utilities to areas where scammers are believed to work in Myanmar. In addition, 21.07 % somewhat agreed, 5.34 % somewhat disagreed, and 3.05 % strongly disagreed.

On how whether the measures were likely to be effective, 60.92 % said to a certain extent, 17.71 % a lot, 15.95 % very little and 5.42 % thought they would have no impact at all.

Regarding rumours of collusion by Thai officials in Myanmar, 69.85 % said there definitely were, 26.87 % were not sure and only 3.28 % said they were sure no Thai officials were helping the call centre scammers.

When questioned about whether a group was bigger, people who were duped into working for call center gangs or those who worked voluntarily, the responses were as follows: 49.77 % said the two groups were likely to be equal in number, and 25.80 % said most people went voluntarily to Myanmar to work for scammers.

Police have launched a hunt for a Chinese federal who they believe is responsible for the tragic death of a Thai person, 22, last week at a hotel in Bangkok’s Bang Kapi area.

According to Pol Maj Gen Noppasin Poonsawat, deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, Pol Maj Gen Noppasin Poonsawat, MPB director Pol Lt Gen Sayam Boonsom instructed authorities to move forward with the investigation into the woman’s suspicion, which was only given as” Airada.” &nbsp,

According to an original police investigation, Airada was hired through a modeling firm to take care of a Chinese customer who was merely known as” Duoying.” They discovered that during their interactions with clients, the firm’s models are frequently expected to use drugs. &nbsp,

The hotel’s Video footage shows the person checking in at 11.16 p.m. on February 9. Airada was seen entering the boy’s chamber at 2.52am, but at 6.16am, the man was seen leaving the hotel room without her. No one else was spotted entering or leaving the area.

A few hours later, lodge staff discovered Airada dead inside the room and called Chokchai police who located her there. No obvious signs of harm or physical fight were found on the victim’s body, according to responding officers. &nbsp,

According to Pol Maj Gen Noppasin, Pol Lt Gen Sayam had promised to expedite the investigation and that he would prosecute and discipline any agent found to be aiding or covering up the think.

Authorities conducted forensic analysis at the crime scene and interrogated many witnesses in relation to the dying. The owner of the model organization will also be summoned for doubting, he said.

Pay-off test

Authorities have even requested a permit for the Foreign citizen’s arrest on suspicion of reckless endangerment causing death. Police are constantly tracing his movements and have alerted immigration officials to being on the prowl for the suspect at all border gates.

One of the dying woman’s friends claimed that Airada had never used drugs or previously worked in modeling. Airada’s girl, who also claimed there had been attempts to find her home to drop the case in trade for financial settlement, concurred with her.

She claimed that a representative from the modeling agency had spoken to her on numerous occasions and that the Chinese consumer was willing to pay 100, 000 baht to protect her funeral costs. The broker then raised the present to 200, 000 rmb, which the family immediately rejected, she said.

However, the efforts didn’t stop there, as a person claiming to be a police officer then contacted the community and urged them to take a 500, 000-baht payment present, she said.

She made the decision to report the situation because she feared the case wouldn’t get properly investigated after learning that the modeling agency had a relationship with a police officer.

TAK: On Sunday, Liu Zhongyi, the associate minister of Taiwanese people security, arrived in the Mae Sot district as locals had anticipated him escorting hundreds of Chinese call scam victims back to their home country.

The visit of Mr. Liu was made public by top Tak officials as early as Sunday morning, and his plan for the Mae Sot district was kept secret. General managers merely knew that Mr. Liu would be in Mae Sot until Monday or Tuesday.

On Sunday night, Mr. Liu reportedly made the trip from Myanmar to Bangkok’s Don Mueang airports. From Don Mueang, he took a Nok Air journey to Mae Sot. His group comprised 26 officers.

Mr. Liu’s next trip to the Mae Sot city, which borders Myanmar, is. Prior to his meeting with senior Myanmar authorities and police in charge of thwarting call-scam criminals and human smugglers in Shwe Kokko, Myawaddy, he met with them.

Last year, about 260 foreigners who had been victims of phone scam gangs were deported and flown over the border to Sangat.

Around 600 Chinese call fraud victims would remain Mr. Liu’s first victim to be repatriated from Mae Sot, according to sources.

According to solutions, Mr Liu crossed the Thai-Myanmar borders in Mae Sot on Sunday evening to attend Myawaddy. He planned to stay at a nearby resort until Sunday night when he returned to Mae Sot. It was probable that the rescued Chinese victims would take a plane to Mae Sot to immediately go back to China.

Late last month, Mr. Liu even made a visit to Mae Sot.

Chinese authorities evidently took action to stop call-scam activities in Myanmar after Wang Xing’s removal, according to reports, was lured by a similar group to Myawaddy from Thailand. He was brought back to Thailand with a shaved mind.

Numerous patients have alleged that Chinese groups ran scams in countries that border Thailand.

In two attacks on Koh Phangan, authorities have detained three people, including a Russian, a Myanmar, and a Thai, for selling illegal e-cigarettes and baraku.

The arrests were a part of a wider crackdown on illegal items that had begun weeks before the Thursday Full Moon group. &nbsp, &nbsp,

In Moo 1 community in tambon Koh Phangan on Saturday, authorities and operational officials conducted a raid on a cannabis store called Dons Professional Cannabis and found 47 electronic smoking, nine baraku smoking products, and 60 containers of baraku tobacco.

According to Pol Lt Col Charoenchai Boon-kliang of the Investigation Sub-Division of Surat Thani Provincial Police, an investigation revealed that the store was a big seller of these prohibited goods to visitors on the island.

The group arrested the factory caregiver – identified as Sofia Gaifullina, a 27-year-old Russian – and her Myanmar staff, Sandar Win, 41. &nbsp,

Ms. Gaifullina was accused of colluding to buy prohibited or nontaxable goods while working without a permit. Working without a force is a charge brought against Ms. Win. &nbsp,

After discovering 33 e-cigarettes in a separate attack on a used clothing store in the same location, police apprehended a 55-year-old Thai person identified as Orapan Thongsong.

In two assaults on Koh Phangan, authorities have detained three people, including a Russian, a Myanmar, and a Thai, for selling illegal e-cigarettes and baraku.

The arrests came as part of a wider crackdown on illegal items that had begun time before Thursday’s Full Moon group. &nbsp, &nbsp,

In the tambon Koh Phangan village of Moo 1 on Saturday, authorities and operational officials seize 60 boxes of baraku tobacco, nine electronic cigarettes, and nine baraku smoking devices.

According to Pol Lt Col Charoenchai Boon-kliang of the Investigation Sub-Division of Surat Thani Provincial Police, an investigation revealed that the store was a big seller of these prohibited goods to visitors on the island.

The group arrested the factory caregiver – identified as Sofia Gaifullina, a 27-year-old Russian – and her Myanmar staff, Sandar Win, 41. &nbsp,

Ms. Gaifullina was accused of colluding to promote prohibited or nontaxable goods while working without a permit. Miss Win was accused of operating without a force. &nbsp,

After discovering 33 e-cigarettes in a separate assault on a used clothing store in the same area, authorities apprehended a 55-year-old Thai woman.