A REGIONAL representative of the Board of Investment has described Phuket as a ''monopoly''. Appropriate or not, Acharin Pattanapanchai, Permanent Secretary of Regional Investment and Economics Centre 6, aired her opinion at a seminar on the island on Wednesday.
About 30 representatives from Phuket's real estate and resort businesses, with investors, discussed Phuket's future economy.
Phuket still has plenty of appealing attractions, the gathering at Royal Phuket City Hotel in Phuket City heard. These included good beaches, an airport, tourism activities, and a well-known brand to rival that of Thailand.
Khun Acharin said the theme of 2011 on Phuket would be ''Innovation Paradise,'' with the intention of encouraging growth of Phuket ICT along with research and development.
BoI records showed 122 projects with a value of 49 billion baht and more than 20,000 employees were approved in that year. Since then, construction had begun on 54 of those.
Khun Acharin said the projects consisted of 72 involving tourism, including hotels, ferries, a waterpark, 20 in electronics and software, and 18 farming endeavors.
Of these, 54 were Thai companies, 52 were projects involving overseas investment up to 49 percent, and 16 foreign companies.
In 2008, Phuket's income was about 87 billion baht, she said. In 2011, that figure should be 400 billion baht, Khun Acharin told the audience.
Planet Phuket: Time to Halt Beach Party Noise PollutionAbout 30 representatives from Phuket's real estate and resort businesses, with investors, discussed Phuket's future economy.
Phuket still has plenty of appealing attractions, the gathering at Royal Phuket City Hotel in Phuket City heard. These included good beaches, an airport, tourism activities, and a well-known brand to rival that of Thailand.
Khun Acharin said the theme of 2011 on Phuket would be ''Innovation Paradise,'' with the intention of encouraging growth of Phuket ICT along with research and development.
BoI records showed 122 projects with a value of 49 billion baht and more than 20,000 employees were approved in that year. Since then, construction had begun on 54 of those.
Khun Acharin said the projects consisted of 72 involving tourism, including hotels, ferries, a waterpark, 20 in electronics and software, and 18 farming endeavors.
Of these, 54 were Thai companies, 52 were projects involving overseas investment up to 49 percent, and 16 foreign companies.
In 2008, Phuket's income was about 87 billion baht, she said. In 2011, that figure should be 400 billion baht, Khun Acharin told the audience.
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"In 2008, Phuket's income was about 87 billion baht, she said. In 2011, that figure should be 400 billion baht, Khun Acharin told the audience."
C'mon, man. Don't you recognize the smell of hyperbole and lies? Especially from government mouthpieces and real estate Zoloft-consumers: Believe the opposite of what they say.
Posted by tired of the act on February 20, 2010 00:11