Community Development Department programmes like this, which put Otop products at the fore, could attract more tourists to up-country villages. It is part of a Community Development Department (CDD) campaign to draw tourists to provincial villages in order to boost local incomes. The government, he said, wants sales of Otop products to soar to 200-300 billion baht every year. First of all, efforts must be made to improve their infrastructure so they are able to handle tourists," Mr Apichat said. Events will be held to display the achievements of local communities which have taken part in the campaign.

Source: Bangkok Post May 15, 2018 01:07 UTC