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TAT homes in on Asian expatriate segment

Tourists admire water lilies from a vessel making its way across the Nong Han Kumphawapi Lake in Udon Thani province. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is eyeing Asian expatriates, including Chinese nationals residing in Laos and Cambodia, due to their increasing wealth and demand for sending their children to study in Thailand.

Oranooch Pakapan-Rutten, TAT's marketing representative in Cambodia and Laos, said Japanese, Korean and Chinese investors residing in Cambodia and Laos frequently cross the border into Thailand to buy quality products and services in the country, making them an attractive segment for Thai tourism.

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