In the quarterly "Monetary Policy Report" released yesterday, the BOT said improved growth in the tourism sector next year would also be a factor to boost the economy.
The report also highlighted another downward revision in the economic-growth forecasts for 2015 and 2016 by the BOT.
The central bank has lowered this year's growth forecast to 2.7 per cent from 3 per cent. This is the third downward revision, following the first two in March and June. The BOT early this year was predicting that gross domestic product would grow by 4 per cent. The 2016 forecast was also cut to 3.7 per cent from 4.1 per cent in the latest report.
The central bank cited several downside risks including a sharper slowdown in the Chinese and other Asian economies; a decline in the number of tourists in the aftermath of the bombings in Bangkok; and slow public investment processes.