Thailand yakonzeka kuchititsa msonkhano wa 37th ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF 2018) pakati pa 22-26 January 2018, ku Chiang Mai Exhibition and Convention Center (CMECC) pansi pa mutu wakuti "ASEAN-Sustainable Connectivity, Boundless Prosperity".

Chochitikacho, chochitika chachikulu kwambiri cha malonda oyendayenda ku dera la ASEAN, chimasinthidwa chaka chilichonse pakati pa mayiko a 10 ASEAN. Thailand ikuchita mwambowu kachisanu ndi chimodzi, koma idasamutsira koyamba ku Chiang Mai ngati gawo la mfundo zolimbikitsa malo achiwiri, kupanga ntchito zambiri kumidzi, kuwonetsetsa kugawidwa bwino kwa zopeza zokopa alendo ndikuwunikira maulalo a Thailand. ndi mayiko a Greater Mekong Sub-region.

Bambo Yuthasak Supasorn, Bwanamkubwa wa Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), anati: “Chaka chino, ndife onyadira kulemba ATF yoyamba titakumbukira zaka 50 za ASEAN mu 2017. Ndife okondwa kuti tagwira nawo ntchito mwamphamvu “ Pitani ku kampeni ya ASEAN@50” yokhala ndi zinthu zingapo zosankhidwa bwino zaku Thailand, ma phukusi ochezera komanso zopatsa kuti mubweretse zokumana nazo zosaiwalika.

ATF ndi mwayi wokhawo wapachaka wa mabungwe aboma ndi abizinesi amakampani oyendera ndi zokopa alendo ku ASEAN kuti asonkhane ndikukambirana zovuta zomwe makampani azokopa a ASEAN akukumana nazo.

Chochitika cha mlungu umodzi chikuphatikizapo misonkhano ya ASEAN Tourism Ministers ndi mabungwe oyendera dziko, magulu achinsinsi omwe akuimira mahotela a ASEAN, malo odyera, othandizira maulendo, oyendetsa maulendo ndi ndege ndi misonkhano ya mayiko awiri ndi ogwirizana nawo zokambirana; monga, Russia, China, Japan, India ndi South Korea. Chaka chino, msonkhano wa nduna ndi dziko la China uchitikanso koyamba.

Pamodzi ndi chiwonetsero chamalonda chapaulendo, chomwe chimadziwika kuti Travex, ma NTO amunthuyo adzaperekanso mwatsatanetsatane mwatsatanetsatane atolankhani. Zowonjezera zachidule zakonzedwa chaka chino ndi King Power ndi Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office.

Chaka chino, Bungwe la Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau lidzakhala ndi msonkhano wa ASEAN MICE ndipo Ministry of Tourism and Sports idzakhalanso ndi Msonkhano wa ASEAN Gastronomy. PATA idzakhala ndi Destination Marketing Forum 2018 ndi UNWTO adzakhazikitsa Open Thailand Tourism Story Book.