Members of the Chiang Mai Tourism Business Association meet at Royal Peninsula Hotel in Chiang Mai on Thursday. They took their stand at a meeting of the Chiang Mai Tourism Business Association on Thursday. Chiang Mai was connected by direct flights to nine Chinese destinations where people had different financial resources, association chairman Pornchai Jitnavasathian said. Any move to axe zero-dollar tours and services could result in low-end Chinese visitors, who use 2-3 star services, disappearing from Chiang Mai. Operated mostly by Chinese nationals, zero-dollar tours involve packages priced below cost to lure budget travellers to Thailand.

Source: Bangkok Post September 22, 2016 08:03 UTC