CARE EXPO Thailand 2019 expected to attract over 20,000 int'l visitors

BANGKOK, May 16 (TNA) - MCOT Public Company Limited (MCOT), a most established Thai media firm, joins forces with the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion (OSMEP), the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and the private sector in organizing the CARE EXPO Thailand 2019: International Trade Exhibition for Quality Senior Lifestyle in Bangkok later this year, expected to attract over 20,000 international visitors. OSMEP Director Suwanchai Lohawattanakul told journalists on May 15 that at the CARE EXPO Thailand 2019 : International Trade Exhibition for Quality Senior Lifestyle, set to be held at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Center (BITEC), the EH103 zone, during August 29-September 1, international visitors will enjoy the display of goods and services, as well as innovative technologies produced and developed to specially serve senior citizens. Suwanchai said that Thailand's SMEs bringing their products on the public display and sale at the two-day event will also have business talks directly with their Japanese counterparts for the creation of their business networks, which is in line with the Thai government's policy on promoting the Kingdom as an international medical hub. MCOT President Khematat Paladej acknowledged that the CARE EXPO Thailand 2019 : International Trade Exhibition for Quality Senior Lifestyle is part of an MCOT strategy on working together with business partners towards the company's new business opportunities. According to the MCOT president, MCOT will, thus, present, as of July 2019, new programs on its media channels, including all 62 stations nationwide of its MCOT Radio Networks and MCOT HD TV station, with their content to particularly serve elderly consumers. Business Events Services (Thailand) Co., Ltd. announced, meanwhile, that the two-day CARE EXPO Thailand 2019: International Trade Exhibition for Quality Senior Lifestyle will comprise of such relevant sectors as living standards for the elderly, including smart homes, food/beverage & clothing, medical care & support, finance & investment with counseling services for the asset management of the elderly and leisure activities, suggesting people to access to the [www.careexpothailand.com] website or the Careexpo Facebook page for more information. Based on an international business report in Asia and the Pacific in 2015, the total value of the global market for the elderly should reach up to 3.3 trillion US dollars by 2020. In Thailand alone, such the value totaled about 10 billion baht last year, as up to about 11 million of the Kingdom's total population are senior citizens aged over 60 years old. (TNA)