'Best Value Destination (International)' award from Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet Awards Thailand

Thailand gets bestowed with the ‘Best Value Destination (International)’ award

Mumbai, June 14, 2013 - Tourism Authority of Thailand received yet another honour. ‘Thailand’ has been bestowed with the award of ‘Best Value Destination (International)’ at the recently held Lonely Planet Awards, 2013. Thailand received this award consecutively for the second year. Mr. Sethaphan Buddhani – Director, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Mumbai received the award from Bollywood Actor Mr. Tusshar Kapoor. Another award that brought pride to Thailand was the ‘Best Hotel (Value)’ award won by Amari Watergate Bangkok. “We are proud to have been awarded the Best Value Destination (International) award from Lonely Planet which is a world renowned travel publication. Thailand offers Indians value for money services with world class attractions and activities. This award just re-affirms that we have been successful in achieving the same,” says an Mr. Buddhani. The Lonely Planet awards are one of the most credited awards in the travel industry. Lonely Planet Magazine India is one of the leading travel publications in India with a readership of about 400,000. Initiated since 2012, The Lonely Planet Awards has been awarding the best in the world of Travel & Tourism through a team of travel experts, authors, commissioning editors and selected members of the travel community. For further information Vipasha Rathore

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