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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has set an ambitious goal of boosting domestic tourism and generating 1 trillion baht in tourism revenue annually three years from now. "If we can encourage Thais.



"If we can encourage Thais to travel more in Thailand, domestic tourism will grow and we can reduce the risks from the foreign tourist market," governor Yuthasak Supasorn said.

Foreign tourist arrivals depend mainly on the global economic situation -- if the economy in their homeland is not good, they will travel less and spend less.

The TAT has revised down this year's revenue target for domestic tourism to 750 billion baht from 800 billion due to the local economic slowdown.

It expects domestic tourism revenue will increase to 802 billion baht next year.

Domestic tourism revenue is projected to grow by 20% in both 2017 and 2018 before exceeding 1 trillion baht in 2018.

When Thais travel to more tourist destinations, the local economy will expand as well

For example, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, one of the TAT's 12 Hidden Gems, saw its tourism revenue grow by 41% in July and its economy improve significantly.

Mr Yuthasak said the TAT would try to increase the length of stay from two nights for Thai travellers.

Currently, average spending per head is 1,200 baht a day.

"If Thai tourists stayed one day more from their average, spending per trip would reach 3,600 baht," Mr Yuthasak said.

The TAT also plans to revise its 6.7-billion-baht budget for fiscal 2016, which started on Oct 1.

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