Thailand's tourism and service industries are expanding. Hotel & Shop Plus, a significant Chinese trade event, has joined FHT2023 as a new partner. Because of the potential of Thai tourist operators and hotels in ASEAN, FHT2023 is expected to attract more than 25,000 participants this year.
Thailand continues to attract foreign tourists. Contributes to the continued growth of the tourism industry, hotels, restaurants and services in Thailand. 8 million foreign tourists visited Thailand in the first 4 months. The national average hotel occupancy rate was 74%. According to Informa Market Thailand, tourism is on the mend. This is a positive outcome for the event Food & Hospitality Thailand 2023, which has attracted the attention of travel industry organizers around the world. and commercial that draws more than 10% of entrepreneurs from all over the world to join the event.
Miss Supaporn Angsrisuraporn, Senior Project Manager at Informa Markets Thailand, the organizer of Food & Hospitality Thailand 2023 (FHT2023), stated that this year's event has been receiving positive feedback from the beginning of the year. There have been several inquiries from Thai and foreign entrepreneurs regarding participating in the event and the expo. The resurgence of tourism is critical for the hotel and restaurant industries. The service industry rebounded more quickly. According to a Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) study, at least 8 million foreign tourists visited Thailand in the first four months of the year, with a total of 25-30 million predicted for the entire year. The national average hotel occupancy rate was 74%. The hotel industry increased room rates 15-30% higher than during the COVID period, resulting in stronger hotel business performance.
Food & Hospitality Thailand 2023 is Thailand's largest and most comprehensive international exhibition of products and technologies in the fields of food, beverages, hotel equipment, restaurants, catering, and services, based on supporting factors and past success in organizing the event. There are a number of exhibitors and visitors that are business owners. The average value of trade and business agreements can reach 4,500 million baht. As a result, exhibition organizers in the tourism, hotel and service industries from around the world want to participate in trade negotiations as partners. Because Thailand's tourism and service market has a high value and has the potential to grow significantly.
Recently, this is good news for Food & Hospitality Thailand 2023. Informa Markets Thailand joins hands with a new partner, Sinoexpo Informa Markets, a major exhibition organizer from China. It will bring the important event "Hotel & Shop Plus", an exhibition of products and products for interior design in buildings, hotels and commercial spaces. The Show, which has been held in China for almost 30 years, Last Year (2022), Hotel & Shop Plus was held over 20,000 square meters, with 2,100 exhibitors and over 120,000 investors and business owners from across the world. The entire organization is participating in the event, as are the items and products on show. Bathrooms, walls, flooring materials, lighting equipment, automatic lighting system Products used in hotels and commercial locations, etc.
Miss Helen Fang, deputy general manager of Sinoexpo Informa Markets, believes that if post-COVID tourism conditions return to normal, Thailand would reap significant benefits from its high tourism potential. It is a popular tourist attraction for travelers from all over the world, as well as Chinese tourists. Prior to COVID (2019), Thailand had up to 40 million international tourists, 10.99 million of them were Chinese tourists, and overall tourism income was as high as 3.01 trillion baht. It is expected that after this, Thailand's and ASEAN's tourist situation will continue to improve and return to pre-crisis levels. in a short amount of time
As can be seen, Thai hotel operators have hastened renovations, repairs, and the construction of new hotels to accommodate returning travelers since the end of 2022. It is an excellent opportunity for entrepreneurs to exchange information at Food & Hospitality Thailand 2023. seminar activities provide hands-on experience At the same time, Hotel & Shop Plus was exhibiting items and services that represent the business trend. The collaboration of both sides will result in Food & Hospitality Thailand 2023 this year with over 25,000 attendees, generating over 4,500 million Thai Baht in revenues and business agreements.
Food & Hospitality Thailand 2023 (FHT2023) is scheduled to be held between 23-26 August 2023 at Hall 101-102, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. Those interested in attending the show and learning more about the event Tracking information is available at www.fhtevent.com. Miss Supaporn Angsrisuraporn can be reached at supaporn.a@informa.com or 02-036-0500.