Record Turnout as Thailand Hosts 4th UNWTO Global Forum on Gastronomy Tourism

IGCAT Experts Jacinta Dalton, Roberta Garibaldi and Jutamas Wisansing were among the 475 delegates from 52 countries in attendance for the 4th UNWTO Forum on Gastronomy Tourism in Bangkok. The conference, which ran from May 30 to June 1, was attended by dozens of Thai restaurateurs, chefs, food and beverage executives and hoteliers who are getting […]

Street food in Thailand gets fancy facelift at food festival

After Thailand took the 21st spot in the recent Best Countries ranking, officials have focused on what Thailand knows best – street food. The Thailand Stylish Street Food Makeover Festival 2016, sponsored by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, will transform the Central World shopping mall into a paradise for gastronomists by collaborating with local pop-up food […]

Thailand to turn cheap tourism spots into quality ones

Thailand aims at turning mass tourism spots which tend to be very cheap and more about quantity into quality spots for foreign tourists. The focus of promotion campaigns will no longer aim at reaching targets on the number of world foreigners to visit the country, but rather focus on the upgrading of Thailand as a […]