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THE 5th THAILAND TOURISM AWARDS 2004
PRESENTED ON WORLD TOURISM DAY - SEPTEMBER 27, 2004

 
 

Thailand's Minister of Tourism and Sports H.E. Mr. Sontaya Kunplome presided at the awards presentation ceremony.


TAT Deputy Governor for Tourism Products, Mr. Santichai Eauchongprasit, presents a report on the project.








Doi Angkhang Royal Agricultural Station


Khao Hin Sorn Royal Development Centre


Chao Phraya Barge Cruise, Educational Travel Centre


Thai Human Imagery Museum

AWARD CATEGORIES
  • Award for Tourist Attractions
  • Award for Tourist Accommodation
  • Award for Tour Programmes
  • Award for Tourism Promotion and Development Organisations
  • Award for Tourism Development and Promotion Projects
  • Award for Communication and Public Relations Works
WINNERS
Winners of the Award of Excellence and Award of Outstanding Performance of the 5th Thailand Tourism Awards 2004 in each category are:

AWARD FOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Natural Sites

Cultural Sites
Recreational Sites
Ecotourism Sites
Agro-tourism Sites
To be eligible, sites entered into the competition must have been in operation for no less than 2 years.

NATURAL SITES
SOUTHERN THAILAND
  • Khao Sok National Park
    Award of Outstanding Performance
CULTURAL SITES
BANGKOK
NORTHERN THAILAND
  • Nong Daeng Temple, Nan province
    Award of Outstanding Performance

  • Wat Phra That Chae Haeng, Nan province
    Award of Outstanding Performance
CENTRAL THAILAND
RECREATIONAL SITES
BANGKOK

  • Safari World
    Award of Outstanding Performance
CENTRAL THAILAND

  • Nongnooch Tropical Gardens, Chonburi province
    Award of Outstanding Performance
ECOTOURISM SITES
  • Mangrove Forest Research Center, Mangrove Forest Resource Conservation Office, Ranong Office, Ranong province
    Award of Outstanding Performance
AGRO-TOURISM SITES
TOURIST ACCOMMODATIONS
Award for City Hotel
Award for Convention Hotel
Award for Resort Hotel
To be eligible, City Hotels, Resort Hotels and Convention Hotels entered into the competition must have been in operation for no less than 2 years.

AWARD FOR CITY HOTEL > 80 ROOMS
BANGKOK
EASTERN THAILAND
AWARD FOR CITY HOTEL < 80 ROOMS
No entries submitted

AWARD FOR RESORT HOTEL

AWARD FOR RESORT HOTEL > 80 ROOMS
NORTHERN THAILAND
CENTRAL THAILAND
SOUTHERN THAILAND
AWARD FOR RESORT HOTEL < 80 ROOMS
NORTHERN THAILAND
SOUTHERN THAILAND
AWARD FOR CONVENTION HOTEL
BANGKOK
SOUTHERN THAILAND
EASTERN THAILAND
NORTHEASTERN THAILAND
AWARD FOR TOUR PROGRAMMES

Domestic Tour Programme
Inbound Tour Programme
Tour programmes entered into the competition must have been in operation for no less than one year, up to the date of application.

DOMESTIC TOUR PROGRAMME
INBOUND TOUR PROGRAMME
AWARD FOR TOURISM PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION
  • Phato Watershed Conservation and Management, Chumphon province
    Award of Excellence

  • Thai Human Imagery Museum, Nakhon Pathom Province
    Award of Outstanding Performance
AWARD FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION PROJECT
  • Koh Yaow Noi, Phang-nga Province, Koh Yaow Community Ecotourism Club
    Award of Outstanding Performance
AWARDS FOR COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS WORKS
  • Printed media
  • Specific publications
  • Television
  • Radio
  • Internet
PRINTED MEDIA
  • Daily News Saturday Edition ‘Variety’ Tourism Column
    Award of Outstanding Performance
SPECIAL PUBLICATION
None awarded

TELEVISION
None awarded

RADIO
No entries submitted

INTERNET

TOURIST GUIDE AWARDS 2004
Awards of Outstanding Performance

THAI – None awarded

FOREIGN LANGUAGES:

English

Mr. Bert Chamrernnusit

French

Mrs. Chawaree Bannasak

German

None awarded

Spanish

None awarded

Italian

None awarded

Japanese

Mr. Kittipum Pongpattaratavorn

Chinese

None awarded

Korean

None awarded

Russian

Mr. Vitul Hinkaew

SPECIALISED GUIDE

Thai – Selected areas

None awarded

Foreign Languages

Miss Oarawan Panpaiboon
Lampang province

Trekking

None awarded

Marine

None awarded

Coastal

Mr. Pattapong Kaewklam

Nature

Mr. Taweekiat Humannuk

Culture

None awarded

5th FRIENDS OF THAILAND AWARDS

CATEGORIES
  • International Individual and Organisations:
    19 award recipients from 17 countries were presented with the awards.
  • International Tour Operators
    18 tour companies from 17 countries were presented with the awards.
  • International media
    The 21 award recipients represent a total of 16 countries.
  • International airlines
    5 airlines from 5 countries were presented with the awards.
INTERNATIONAL INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANISATIONS

No.

Country

Name

1.

Australia

Mr. Ian Garritt

2.

Belgium

Mr. Paul Van Halteren

3.

Denmark

Lyngby Culture Center
4. Ecuador Mrs. Maria Fernanda de Vela
5. Greece Mr. Constantinos Tsantilis
6. Israel Haifa Municipality
7. Israel Mr. Pinchas Ginsburg
8. Italy Mr. Gianfranco Mainardi
9. Japan Mrs. Reiko Shimozawa
Mr. Takashi Uryu
10. Korea Mr. In Su Kim
11. Malaysia Mr. Douglas Choong Tat Fan
12. Pakistan Mr. Arif Suleman
13. Russia Mr. Yury Kovalchuk
14. South Africa Mrs. Jan Jenkins
15. Sri –Lanka Mr. Gemunu Gunatilleke
16. Sweden Mr. Tage Levin
17. Switzerland Mr. Juerg Kirchhofer
18. United Kingdom Sir Patrick Gillam

INTERNATI0NAL TOUR OPERATORS

No.

Country

Organisation

 Award received by

1.

Belgium

Jet Air / Tui Belgium

Mr. Philippe Peere

2.

Brazil

Princess Travel

Chern Fui Lee

3.

Brunei

Anthony Tours& Travel Agency

Mr. Anthony Lim Tiong Woon
4. Canada Silk Holidays Mr. Paulus Ng
5. France Voyageurs En Asie Du Sud-Est Mr. Bruno Roucou
6. Germany SEETOURS Mr..Jurgen Stille
7. Hong Kong Wincastle Travel (HK) Ltd. Mr. William Leung
8. Israel Diesenhaus Wholesale Ltd. Rachel Levin
9. Italy Caleidoscopio/Ventaglio Group Ms. Mariangela
10. Japan JTB World Vacation, Inc. Mr. Masato Ito
11. Korea Kuk-il Travel Service INC.
(Mode Tour) 		Mr. Sung Keun
12. Malaysia Excellence Holidays Mr. Ronald Chan Keen Mun
13. Singapore Farmosa Holidays Pte Ltd. Mr. Allen Tee
14. Taiwan Zion Tours Mr. Stephen Wu
15. The Netherlands De Jong Intra Vakanties BV Mrs. Coby Van Dongen
16. United Kingdom Trade Winds Mr. Steve Kimber
17. United Kingdom Travel Mood Mr. Costas Voutiras
18. Vietnam Vietravel Mr. Ky Quoc Nguyen

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

No.

Country

Name

1.

Australia

Mr. John Borthwick
- Travel Writer & Photographer

2.

Bangladesh

Mr. Munir Huq Munirul
- Editor and Publisher, Economic Times

3.

Belgium

Mrs. Myriam Thys
- Freelance Journalist
4. China Ms. Jia Zhu
- Yunnan TV
5. Canada Mr. Mark Atchison
- Travel Editor, The Toronto Star Newspaper
6. Denmark Mr. Soren Kragballe
- Journalist, Jyllands Posten Newspaper
7. England Mr. Mark Hodson
- Journalist, Sunday Times
8. England Mr. Paul Oswell
- Freelance Journalist
9. France Mr. Dominique Pourrias
- Freelance Journalist
10. France Ms. Marie Kalt
- Editor in Chief, Marie Claire Maison Magazine
11. Hong Kong Mr. Shiu Hee, James Au
- Writer & Photographer
12. Japan Mr. Akishige Tada
- President, The Nishinippon Newspaper Co., Ltd.
13. Japan Mr. Takayuki Yasui - Staff Writer, The Yomiuri Shimbun
Mr. Toshiyuki Asakura - General Manager, Western Japan
14. Malaysia Mr. Bukhari Che Muda
- General Manager, Magazine Documentary & Family / System Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (TV 3)
15. Malaysia Mr. Lim Theau Keang
- Publisher Cede Communications SDN. BHD (Traveller’s Digest Malaysia)
16. The Netherlands

Mr. Jos Van Noord
– Journalist, De Telegraaf Newspaper
17. Singapore

Ms. Justine Moss
- Managing Director, Jay Jay Communications
18. Sweden

Mr. Per Martins
- Owner of Multi Media Travel, Travel Photographer, Writer, Lecturer, Multi Media Travel
19. Taiwan

Mr. Wu Yu-Kuang
- Senior Editor, Jinnis Publisher Co., Ltd.
20. Turkey Ms. Melike Nisel
- Brand Manager, Benetton

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES

No.

Country

Organisation

1.

China

The Republic of China (Taiwan)

2.

Japan

Japan Airlines

3.

Singapore

Singapore Airlines
4. Taiwan Eva Air
5. Iran Mahan Air
 
 
 

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