TOURISM ISSUE IN THAILAN

Lack of
awarenes
s

Importance of
AEC
Might left
unprepared

Not
competen
t in
English

Political
and
administra
tive
problems

Source: The Nation, 2013

Lose jobs to
foreigners
Unfamiliar with
neighbours

Tourism Authority
of Thailand, and
the Thai Tourism
private sector
Corruption

UTUAL RECOGNITION ARRANGEMENT (MR

Arrangements between two or more parties to
mutually recognize or accept some or all aspects of
one anothers conformity assessment results in the
case of tourism certificates and qualifications.

Objecti
ves

Benefit
s

To facilitate
mobility of
Tourism
Professionals

Skills
recognition

To exchange
information on
best practices in
competencybased education
and training

Improve the
quality of
tourism human
resources

To provide
cooperation
across ASEAN
Member States

Enhance the
quality of
tourism services

THE KEY ELEMENTS OF

MRA TP

ATPMC - ASEAN Tourism Professional Monitoring

Committee
NTPB - NationalTourism Professional Boards
ATPRS - ASEAN Tourism Professional Registration

32 JOB TITLES AND 6 COMMON

LABOUR DIVISIONS

COMPETENCY-BASED QUALIFICATIONS

Performing individual tasks

Managing a range of different tasks
Responding to contingencies or

Dealing with the responsibilities of

the workplace
Working with others

SIA PROMOTES ASEAN AS TOURISM DESTINATION THR

ASEAN PASS
Target
marketAsean
countries

In line with
the AEC

20-flight
pass at a flat
rate of
RM999

ource: The Malay Mail, 2014

Encourage
more tourism
within the
region

10-flight
pass at a flat
rate of
RM499