BANGKOK, 16 June 2201: Skål International Thailand that oversees six clubs in the country, launched its new webinar series Skål Talks Thailand – ‘Recovery Strategies 2021.
The series kicked off with a presentation, ‘Samui – Primed for Reopening’.
Guest speaker Jo Poolsawadee, who is president of the Tourism Association of Koh Samui (TAKS), presented the case for reopening Thailand’s second-largest island to international tourism following the launch of the Phuket ‘Sandbox’ scheme set for 1 July 1 but still to be confirmed.
The TAKS president is involved in lobbying for the reopening of Samui to international tourism with the Thailand Hotels Association, Tourism Association of Thailand and SKÅL. He hopes to win approval ‘Sealed and Secure Route’ initiative, which was first submitted to the Thai Government last March.
The full webinar ‘Samui – Primed for Reopening’ is now available on YouTube, seeing the following link: https://youtu.be/g1t5n1_NUoI
Commenting on the launch event, Skål Koh Samui president James McManamanand said: “We are absolutely delighted with the reception of our debut event, we had a sold-out audience of 100+ Skal Thailand members and non-members, and we hope that this sets a precedent for our future webinars focusing on the topic of recovery.”
