Saturday May 24, 2008
Thailand trip for bloggers
By JAYAGANDI JAYARAJ
ABLOGGERS' Media Trip will be organised for the first time, bringing together some of the popular bloggers in the city.
The initiative by blogger Nicole Tan with travel agency Seetho.com will see eight local bloggers from various fields of interest such as travel, food and lifestyle to bring out the different elements during the trip.
The trip is a four-night, five-day tour to Southern Thailand from July 5 to 9 and will cover Krabi, Nakorn, Trang, Surat Thani and Phuket.
Connecting to people: (From left) Bloggers Tan and Kay Yeong. It will expose the participants to various facets of the tourist attractions starting from the beautiful beaches in Krabi to the rustic sites in Surat Thani and finally the wild nightlife in Phuket.
Tan said the participants chosen for the trip were those with high traffic blogs.
“This refers to those with more than 1,000 hits per day,” she told StarMetro recently.
The chosen bloggers are Kar Yeong, Ringo Tan, Joyce Wong and Kimberly Low.
She said blogs were personal and involved different groups of readers.
“The bloggers media trip will reach out to the young people who are keen on travelling.
“Furthermore, a blog is always there. What are the chances of people picking up an old newspaper to read?
“Southern Thailand is a good location for a start as it is near Malaysia and affordable,” said Tan.
She said Seetho.com often sponsored various print media to holiday destinations in Thailand but this year they decided to sponsor a group of bloggers, targeting only the Internet audience.
“As far as I know, this is the first bloggers media trip in the country,” she said.
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