Nakhon Ratchasima, The Prime Minister watched a performance by the Pong Lang band ‘Soft Power of Isan’. Students screamed in the theater, asked to take pictures, said it was the 4th time in Korat after entering politics. Korat has high potential, has 2 ministers in the government, ready to push the potential of the MICE city to be a business and prosperity center.
Mr. Sathit Thaveesin, Prime Minister and his team traveled to follow up on the MICE CITY drive to increase the economic potential of the Northeastern region at the Northeastern National Theater, Khok Kruat Subdistrict, Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
When the Prime Minister arrived, he met with students in Mueang District, which drew screams from the students who were waiting to welcome him and asked the Prime Minister for a friendly selfie. In addition, government agencies and the public came to welcome him, tied white towels, gave garlands, and presented a victory flag, Thao Suranaree, and a replica statue to the
Prime Minister, with a long drum performance in the procession to welcome him.
Then, the youth who acted as Hanuman and Nang Suwanmatcha took the Prime Minister and his entourage to visit the theater to watch the performance of the wind and drum band, the performance of the Pong Lang Wong Lan Ya Mo band, and the local performance “Isan Soft Power” by students of the Nakhon Ratchasima College of Dramatic Arts, the Institute of Fine Arts.
The Prime Minister then listened to a lecture on 10 a.m. MICE City, a world heritage MICE city, the economic and tourism center of the Northeastern region. Nakhon Ratchasima Province is considered one of the 10 regional MICE cities. It is convenient to travel. There is investment in accommodation and various facilities, especially the event space, both from the government and private sectors. In addition, Nakhon Ratchasima Province has no disasters or few, so it is suitable to be a MICE city.
By requesting support for the construction of buildings and rehearsal rooms and sp
ecialized music and dance skill training rooms, projects to promote convenience in traveling to the city and event venues, including the establishment of a MICE and Expo personnel development center.
The Prime Minister stated his policy that this was his fourth time traveling to Nakhon Ratchasima Province after entering politics. It is a province with high potential, with 16 MPs, the second largest after Bangkok, under the leadership of Mr. Prasert Jantruangthong, Minister of Digital Economy and Society, and Ms. Sudawan Wangsupakitchkosol, Minister of Culture, with two ministers from Korat in this government. The drive to make Nakhon Ratchasima a center of business and prosperity is a key policy of our government, which has been pushing for the development of transportation and the promotion of culture, sports, and tourism, as a center of food and a center for conventions, which is important because it is convenient to travel from Bangkok and already has an airport, even though the airport is far away. I am
trying to negotiate with the Air Force to request the use of the airport to allow commercial aircraft to enter, so that every region can do more conveniently, including from International Fight, which will be important to be the center of the MICE city.
There are also many other things being studied that could be a good direction, such as cargo transportation connecting deep-sea ports and U-Tapao Airport.
The Prime Minister also stated that this visit saw the various cultures of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, which he was confident could be developed to the eyes of the world. However, when everything came together, the most important thing was to have a convention center, which the province had already reserved an area of ??40,000 square meters. The government was ready to support its continuous construction and assigned the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (Public Organization) or TCEB to develop it to be more concrete. The most important thing was the organization of the convention, which he intende
d for TCEB to consider and take care of in order to make it more concrete.
Source: Thai News Agency
