Looking for love? Tourism Authority partners with Tinder to host dating trips
Single and looking for love? Oddly enough, the Tourism Authority of Thailand can help. They’ve partnered with the dating app Tinder to launch “Single Journey” tours… which could end up being a romantic getaway, or a really awkward date you can’t get out of.
TAT says the dating trips are only for Thais. The first trip will be on Sunday. Grand Pearl Cruise will host a dinner cruise for the singles on the Chao Phraya River. Sounds romantic… but travellers will first have to pray for love as the cruise passes by 9 temples. It’s open to 100 single Thai travellers who win a drawing promoted on the Facebook Page Sneak Out.
A singles trip more appealing to a younger crowd is a beachside party at Koh Kai in Phuket on January 9. It’s open to 50 singles for 222 baht per person. Another trip is a train tour from Bangkok to Pa Sak Jolasid Dam in Lopburi. Tickets are available to 50 people for 555 baht each.
Tourism officials have tried various schemes to get people travelling again after the coronavirus lockdown. TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn says now they need to think “out of the box.”
“The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has changed travel behaviour and necessitates that we think ‘out-of-the-box’. The ‘Single Travel Route’ targets solo travellers who prefer to travel alone to various destinations in Thailand.”
Tourism officials are planning for other singles trips around Thailand including Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai, Lop Buri to Saraburi, Si Sa Ket to Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani to Loei, Chumphon to Surat Thani, Phuket, Ayutthaya and Bangkok.
SOURCES: TAT | Coconuts Bangkok
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