BANGKOK, May 3 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday reaffirmed Thailand’s policy to support the tourism industry as its development was one of the urgent policy concerns the government announced to implement during its first year in office.

Ms Yingluck spoke on the subject to visiting United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary-General Taleb Rifai who paid a courtesy call on her at Government House.

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