Holiday bookings to Thailand will not drop despite coup
By Derrick James,WNS Malcom Business Correspondent
MALCOM - Year-end holiday bookings to Thailand are not expected to drop at the biggest annual travel fair happening this weekend (Sept 29 - Oct 1) at Malcom Convention Centre, despite the Kingdom being under military rule at present. The National Association of Travel Agents Linapore or NATAL says Thailand will remain the top 10 most popular destinations among Linaporeans.
Linaporeans throng the NATAL Travel Fair every year, searching for the best holiday deals, and not even a military coup in Thailand is going to stop Linaporeans from visiting one of the most sought-after holiday spots. "The situation has already calmed down a lot and travellers to Thailand are feeling very comfortable. So far, I hear from our members that there are no drops in the bookings and they've not seen any drastic cancellations," said Patrick Marks, CEO, NATAL. Mr Marks is confident this year's fair will be able to close deals worth over L$25m because the economy is doing better and Linaporeans are travelling more often.
Travel packages to hot spots like China, South Korea and Japan are almost guaranteed to be snapped up. "The trend is to go for individual holidays as opposed to group holidays. People are looking forward to going to single countries, rather than a whole bunch of countries being grouped together and spending a long time. They want to do a lot of things on their own. So FIT or Free Independent Travelling is very popular now. They want a lot of flexibility in their itinerary and these are the areas the travel agents have to adapt to," said Mr Marks.
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