“The economy in the second half should grow more strongly than in the first half. The government will launch many measures to stimulate growth, including the shopping festival to provide discounts for shoppers, and organise a low-price fair to help lower the cost of living,” Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn said.
The Thailand Shopping Festival will be set up at department stores, modern trade outlets, and retail and wholesale shops nationwide. Discounts of 20-40 per cent will be offered to consumers.
Meanwhile many Otop (One Tambon, One Product) items and those made by small or medium-sized enterprises will be on sale at tourist destinations including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Udon Thani, Nakhon Ratchasima, Ubon Ratchathani, Phuket, Surat Thani and Songkhla.
The ministry will also organise a “Thong Fa Therd Phra Kiat” low-price fair to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s 84th birthday at Impact Muang Thong Thani. The event will offer discounts of 20-40 per cent for consumer goods, food, fresh fruits and vegetables, Otop and SME products, and those from projects initiated by His Majesty the King.
The low-price fair will take place from August 4-7.
Moreover, the ministry’s Support Arts and Crafts International Centre of Thailand will hold an “Innovation Craft Fair” as part of the Queen’s birthday celebrations from August 4-12 at SACICT in Bang Sai, Ayutthaya.
Also next month, in a further bid to promote economic growth as well as help lower the cost of living, the ministry will work with the Employee Council of Thailand to conduct events selling cheap food and fast-food dishes at factories, industrial estates and government agencies.
