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Tourism
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2006-12-27 22:31:37-05
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New Tourism Authority of Thailand governor announced
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Bangkok, Dec 28: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) board has selected Pornsiri Manoharn, the deputy governor for domestic markets, as its new governor. Pornsiri, 58, has been working for the TAT for 36 years and currently oversees domestic markets. She was one of three short listed final candidates and the only internal one. She is a specialist in both international and domestic marketing. Her term as governor will be two years and nine months. Pornsiri will receive a salary of Bt200,000 per month, with additional benefits like meeting allowances and remuneration totalling Bt100,000. However, her pay is lower than that of former governor Juthamas Siriwan, who had a salary of Bt340,000 and benefits of Bt150,000 to Bt200,000, reports the Nation. TAT's board members said Pornsiri's salary rate was in accordance with His Majesty the King's sufficiency economy philosophy. Tourism and Sports Minister Suvit Yodmani, who also serves as the chairman of the TAT board, said that Phornsiri had received the highest votes from eight of the 10 members of the state agency's board. "She has impressive qualifications with strong experience in the tourism industry and good intentions for development of the sector,'' Suvit said following the selection.
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