Bangkok, 17 June, 2015 –
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) once again staged an exciting
“Shopping Challenge” on 17 June, 2015, to mark the opening of the Amazing
Thailand Grand Sale 2015.
The fun-filled event saw 15 teams of
representatives from across Asia race around Bangkok’s best loved malls
and shops to bargain for items as they compete for a 100,000 Baht prize.
Mrs.
Vilaiwan Twichasri (middle), and on her right, Mr. Wiboon Nimitrwanich,
TAT’s Executive Director of Tourism Investment Department, along with
some members of the 15 teams from 11 Asian nations.
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Mrs. Vilaiwan Twichasri, TAT’s Deputy
Governor for Tourism Products and Business said, “The Shopping Challenge
is a wonderful way to kick off the Amazing Thailand Grand Sale as it
showcases the massive range of goods and products available in Bangkok,
many of them uniquely Thai.
"The event attracts teams from all over the
region, ensuring the nationwide sale enhances Thailand’s reputation as
Southeast Asia’s shopping hub and lifestyle destination.”
One
of the teams in specially designated tuk-tuks to complete their mission.
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The Shopping Challenge took place on 17
June from 13.00 – 17.00 hrs. with the opening and closing ceremonies held
at the Gaysorn Shopping Center in the heart of Bangkok’s renowned
Ratchaprasong shopping district.
The 15 teams of 36 representatives
from 11 Asian nations were required to race around some of Bangkok’s most
famous malls and shopping centres including, Gaysorn, Siam Paragon, Siam
Centre, and CentralWorld, with the aim of finding the best bargains in
the fastest time.
In the Shopping Challenge, teams are
given a 10,000 Baht budget, an interpreter and a list of goods to find in
Ratchaprasong’s malls. The team that returns within the 1.5 hour
timeframe, having found the items on their list, are declared the
winners.
In case of a tie-break, it is the team that spends the
least which wins. This means contestants need to use bargaining skills to
ensure success.
Registration for the Shopping Challenge
took place from 13.00 – 14:00 hrs. before each team travelled to Siam
Paragon in especially designated tuk-tuks at
14.30 hrs.
The teams had from 15.00 – 16.30 hrs. to complete the
challenge and return to the Gaysorn Shopping Center where the winners
were announced at 17:00 hrs.
The 100,000 Baht prize Shopping
Challenge was won by Ms. Niharika Keerthi and Ms. Vidya Kishore Kumar the
team from India who clinched the top spot after an exciting and closely
fought event
Mr.
Wiboon awarded the prize to the winning team from India.
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The Shopping Challenge was first held
at the Amazing Thailand Grand Sale in 2009 when the Malaysian team took the
first prize; and again in 2014 when a team from Beijing came out on top.
The challenge has been popular among competitors and the public so
organisers have brought it back to open the 2015 event. This year, teams
from Brunei, Mumbai and Chengdu will be joining for the first time.
The Amazing Thailand Grand Sale has
grown year-on-year since it started in 1999, and is now the biggest event
of its kind in the kingdom with 15,000 shops in 110 malls and shopping
centres taking part and offering discounts of between 5 and 80 per cent
on certain goods as well as other fun and money-saving promotions.
Team from Taiwan
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Team from Korea
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