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THAILAND, AN EXOTIC LOCATION FOR SUMMER VACATION AND BUSSINESS
BY BELAL SAAD
BANGKOK, JULY 8 (KUNA) -- THAILAND'S CAPITAL BANGKOK IS A GREAT INTEREST
POINT FOR KUWAITI TOURISTS WHERE THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR SUMMER VACATION
TOURING AND SHOPPING AROUND.
KUWAITI TOURISTS SPEND THEIR TIME IN THAILAND BY TRAVELLING TO EXOTIC
ISLANDS AND SHOP IN COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTERS.
SHOPPING FOR THE AIM OF BUSINESS IS PART OF TRAVELING TO BANGKOK WHERE MANY
TOURISTS PURCHASE LARGE AMOUNTS OF GOODS TO GO AND SELL BACK IN THEIR
HOMETOWNS.
THE SECRET OF THIS PHENOMENA IS DUE TO THE GOOD QUALITY OF HANDMADE
PRODUCTS AND THE WELL-KNOWN IMITATION PRODUCTS FOUND IN THE THAI MARKET.
THAI MARKETS ARE KNOWN FOR BEING CROWDED AND NIGHT MARKETS ARE SET UP ON
THE SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF SHOPPING STORES WHICH ARE FULL OF FOREIGN TOURISTS.
THAILAND IS KNOWN FOR THE SAFETY OF ITS TOWNS WHERE PEOPLE CAN MOVE FROM
ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER OR SHOP DURING LATE HOURS SECURELY.
A NUMBER OF KUWAITI TOURISTS AGREED THAT THEY WERE LURED TO THAILAND FOR
ITS LOW PRICES, EXOTIC LOCATIONS AND GOOD QUALITY PRODUCTS.
KUWAITI TOURIST, JAFFAR ASHKANANI, TOLD KUNA THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE
USED TO TRAVELING TO BANGKOK FOR BOTH SHOPPING AND TOURISM.
HE NOTED THAT THAI PRODUCTS ARE WELCOMED IN KUWAIT DUE TO THEIR QUALITY IN
COMPARISON TO OTHER EXISTING PRODUCTS IN THE KUWAITI MARKET.
FAISAL AL-MEHANA ANOTHER KUWAITI TOURIST WHO IS VISITING THAILAND FOR THE
FIRST TIME TOLD KUNA IN A SIMILAR STATEMENT THAT THE IDEA OF TRAVELLING TO
THAILAND WAS LINKED TO THE IDEA OF MAKING BUSINESS.
HE ADDED THAT LOW PRICES ENCOURAGED HIM TO START THINKING OF ESTABLISHING A
BUSINESS SO THAT HE CAN EXPORT THAI PRODUCTS TO KUWAIT.
THAILAND IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCING
COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. (END)
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