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29 Nov, 2016

Gen. Chalermchai Charuvastra, First Head of the former “Tourism Organisation of Thailand”

ASEAN Travel & Tourism Hall of Fame – Initiated by Travel Impact Newswire Executive Editor Imtiaz Muqbil to recognise the many veterans who helped grow and shape ASEAN tourism over the last 50 years.

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Place and Date of Birth: Not Available

Date of Passing: 8 April 2009

Education:

-Wat Thepsirin School in 1933

-Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy in 1940

-Thai Command and General Staff College in 1947

-British Army Staff College, Camberley, England in 1949

-Thailand National Defence College in 1962

-Honorary Degree of Strategic Development, Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University in 2004

Professional Career: (Royal Thai Army)

-Royal Thai Army in 1940

-Artillery Platoon Leader (21 May 1940)

-Platoon Leader, Army Technical School (12 May 1943)

-Royal Thai Army School (1 January 1946)

-Attached in Royal Thai Army Department ( 9 September 1948 – 28 February 1950)

-Lecturer of Royal Thai Army School (1 March 1950)

-Lecturer of Intelligence Department, Royal Thai Army (1 July 1951 – 1953)

-Assistant Military Attache, Royal Thai Embassy, Washington D.C. (1953 – 1956)

-Assistant to Commander in Chief, Royal Thai Army (Gen Sarit Thanarat) in July 1956

Professional Career

– Founder and Director of Tourist Organization of Thailand, the kingdom’s first tourism promotion body, 1960-1976

-Founder and Editor of Or Sor Tor monthly Thai tourism magazine (1960-1964)

-Editor of Holiday Time in Thailand Magazine in English (1960-1964)

-Board Committee of National Economic and Social Development Committee (1959-1975)

-Committee member, Bank of Thailand (1959-1976)

-Committee member, The Board of Investment of Thailand (1960-1981)

-Chairman of The Syndicate of Thai Hotels and Tourists Enterprises Limited and Chairman of Erawan Hotel (1960-1981)

-Managing Director of Erawan Hotel (1961-1976)

-Founder of Than Tao Mahaprom Foundation, Erawan Hotel (6 October 1988)