Thailand is seeking to cooperate with Vietnam and Cambodia in opening a maritime route connecting islands near Trat province with Vietnam’s Kien Giang province and Cambodia’s Sihanoukville province to promote investment, trade, tourism, and tourism combined with meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE). Trat Governor NatthapongSanguanjit recently chaired a meeting on this initiative within the Cambodia-Vietnam-Thailand Economic Corridor (CVTEC) – Trat Business Roadshow 2024, with the participation of representatives from six provinces of the three countries, Chairman of the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) Chamnan Srisawat, and Senior Vice President at the Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) Puripan Bunnag, Thai media reported on June 16. Chamnan said the TCT is accelerating the organization of the CVTEC conference, with the TCEB as co-organizer and main sponsor, noting the goal is to promote the maritime route connecting the three countries to create “One Market, Three Destinations.
” It will function as a modern economic route and an attractive tourist with beautiful nature and culture. Natthapongemphasised the significance of fostering tourism that links the eastern coastal regions of the three nations through this maritime route. Within the framework of the meeting, representatives of the private and public sectors of the three countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly strengthen trade, investment, tourism, and t.
