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The Transport Ministry has waived landing and parking fees at 12 state-run provincial airports, most of them inactive, to encourage airlines to offer commercial services through them.

Tourist arrivals to Thailand during the first quarter of this year improved 14.96%, the Tourism Council of Thailand reported, Monday, but it says it will review the year's target due to natural disasters both in Thailand and Japan.

Pattaya gained the highest occupancy averages, January through to the end of April’s Songkran festival, of all the regions monitored by Thai Hotels Association, according to eastern chapter president, Bundarik Kusolvitya.

Ministry of Tourism and Sports released its latest tourists arrivals data for Thailand revealing a 14.9% increase for the first three months on 5,356,935 visits.

Hotels.com’s latest Hotel Price Index, issued late last week, claims Asia gained a 4% increase in revenue per room per night last year when compared with 2009.

The travel business in Thailand is likely to suffer a negative impact over the next three to six months as Japanese tourists defer plans to come here, while Thais are likely to travel to other countries for fear of being caught in another quake.