Two prominent travel industry personalities who reside in the Thai capital have hailed the city’s creativity, diversity and state of “organised chaos,” all of which were part of what they said had contributed to elevating its status as the World’s Best City for Tourism. The comments by Mr. Sumate Sudasna, President, Thailand Incentive and Convention Association and Managing Director of Creative Destination Management (CDM), and Mr. Andrew Biggs, an author and TV personality, came at an industry forum on the opening day of the Thailand Travel Mart Plus, the country’s most important business to business travel trade show.Organised in cooperation with the PATA Thailand Chapter, led by its Chairman Mr. Bert van Walbeek, the discussion was framed within the context of the topic: “Bangkok Needs Repositioning through Creative Tourism Techniques and Implementation.” It was the first time that such an interactive discussion had been held at the annual forum.The relevance and importance of the topic was heightened by the recent announcement that Bangkok has been named the world's best city for tourism, based on the MasterCard Worldwide Global Destination Cities Index 2013 survey.
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