On 28 June 2019, H.E. Mrs. Suphatra Srimaitreephithak, Ambassador of Thailand to Myanmar delivered a speech at the event “Dazzling Shades of Thai Treasure Gala Dinner” hosted by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) at Pullman Yangon Centrepoint Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar. On this occasion, representatives from both sides including Mr. Thanes Petsuwan, the Deputy Governor of Tourism Authority of Thailand for Marketing and Communications who also addressed a speech, U Htaw Aung, former Union Minister of Hotels and Tourism and U Naing Win, the Director of Yangon Regional Office of Ministry of Hotels and Tourism also attended the event as well as leading Myanmar business people.

The event could be regarded as another opportunity for TAT to promote Thai tourism industry to Myanmar people who are increasingly traveling to Thailand. In the event, Ambassador of Thailand to Myanmar emphasized the collaboration in promoting tourism industries of both countries and under the ASEAN cooperation framework on tourism which relates to the development of people-to-people relations, better connecting of connectivities in ASEAN, expansion of products and tourist destinations in ASEAN as well as leveraging the ASEAN tourism standard.

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