BANGKOK, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- In a bid to promote domestic tourism market, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) on Tuesday announced it will organize the New Year countdown events at six second-tier provinces in Thailand.
The countdown campaign in second-tier provinces is expected to attract about 225,000 Thai tourists, generating income of about 500 million baht (16.5 million U.S. dollars), said Yuthasak Supasorn, the TAT governor.
The six second-tier provinces are Sukhothai, Lop Buri, Ratchaburi, Sa Kaew, Kalasin and Phatthalung.
Yuthasak said that the "Amazing Thailand Countdown 2020" will be organized under the eco-friendly theme to preserve cultural values and uniqueness of Thai tradition.
In Bangkok city, the New Year countdown will be launched at Iconsiam next to the Chao Phraya River.
The New Year tourism events expenditure is expected to be more than 23 billion baht (761 million U.S. dollars), said Yuthasak.
The governor said that he expects around 3.16 million Thais to be traveling during the five-day New Year holiday from Dec. 28 to Jan. 1 as they will return home to their provinces for celebrations with their families.
