Two Thai beaches make top 20 list of most beautiful beaches in the world

Two of Thailand’s beaches have made it onto a recent top 20 list of the most beautiful beaches in the world. In response, the prime minister has told tourism-related agencies to continue making preparations for the arrival of foreign tourists.
Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - Two of Thailand’s beaches have made it onto arecent top 20 list of the most beautiful beaches in the world. In response, theprime minister has told tourism-related agencies to continue makingpreparations for the arrival of foreign tourists.

The United Kingdom’s Daily Star newspaper has reported on a recent ranking of“world’s 20 most beautiful beaches”. The ranking was created from an analysisof Instagram posts and the number of Google articles that contained the word‘beautiful’ for each beach.

Venice Beach, California topped the ranking while Thailand’s Sunrise Beach inSatun and Maya Bay in Krabi also made the cut. Sunrise Beach was placed 6th andMaya Bay 12th.

Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha said the ranking reflects Thailand’spopularity amongst global tourists. He, therefore, reiterated totourism-related agencies to make preparations to receive foreign tourists underthe 2022 plan for driving the tourism sector.

2022 is a year for Thai tourism promotion and the government is currentlyimplementing the Visit Thailand Year 2022: Amazing New Chapters campaign. Newaspects of the tourism experience are the focus of the campaign. ‘Amazing NewChapters’ seeks to add significance to each trip made by tourists who weredenied travel opportunities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gen. Prayut also expressed support for multi-sectoral collaborations on tourismfor the purpose of attracting more tourists and expanding cooperation toinvolve other nations. He cited the Northeast India Festival in Bangkok at theend of this month as an example. This event will be held at Central World onJuly 30 and 31./.
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