The Tourism Authority of Thailand has teamed up with four local insurance companies to offer travel insurance featuring attractive premiums to help those tourists who still want to visit Thailand but cannot buy travel insurance from foreign firms due to travel advisories.
The THA said the insurance product would benefit independent travelers more than it would group tours or the meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions industry.
Local political tensions have affected Thai tourism since last year's fourth quarter, and the situation worsened in the second quarter due mainly to the May 22 coup.