12 June 2014 at 9:00 am
Thai travel advisory
Anyone planning travel to Thailand should check travel advisories and their travel insurance policies before they leave.
On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Army announced that the military had taken control of the government of Thailand. Some travel insurance policies may exclude cover during a coup d'etat and some cover provided under travel insurance policies may be invalid.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade website, Safe Travel, provides the latest advisories on travel to Thailand.
Education New Zealand is closely monitoring the situation in Thailand and will advise providers intending to participate in the New Zealand Education Fair on 20 September no later than 27 June whether this event will proceed.
Thailand is an important market for New Zealand, so we are also considering investing additional resources in digital channels to keep building awareness of New Zealand and support ENZ’s in-country Market Development Manager Nan Lertrasameewong.
This includes increasing investment in search engine marketing and building our Facebook activity.
If the planned event in September does not go ahead, Education New Zealand will also investigate running a virtual fair in Thailand and running a Thailand-specific campaign that directs enquiries to local agents.
Nan has been working with many providers over the last few months to build relationships with education authorities and agents outside of Bangkok. We are seeing the results of that in the form of increased student numbers from Thailand to New Zealand, which grew 6 per cent in 2013. It is important to keep these relationships going through this time of uncertainty.
We encourage New Zealand providers to stay in touch with their Thai agents to maintain relationships.
