Thailand welcomes 1st Chinese tour groups in 3 years

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Thailand welcomes 1st Chinese tour groups in 3 years

STORY: Thailand welcomes 1st Chinese tour groups in 3 years DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the welcoming ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): YUTHASAK SUPASORN, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI HUAN, Tourist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHU XUE, Tourist 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): TAN MINGYUAN, Tour guide, GZL International Travel Service STORYLINE: Three years after the pandemic, the first tour groups from China arrived Monday in the Thai capital of Bangkok, greeted by flowers and a warm welcome from the Southeast Asian country betting on tourists' return to boost the recovery of its vital tourism sector. On Monday morning, officials from the Thai tourism authority and the Chinese Embassy in Thailand welcomed the first two groups of about 20 tourists each from Guangzhou at the Don Mueang International Airport. The tourists, on a six-day travel program, will visit Bangkok and then head south to a

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