The program aimed to support locally made and marketed products of each of Thailand's 7,255 tambons (sub-district).
[3] OTOP is managed by the Community Development Department (CDD) of Thailand's Interior Ministry.
[5] The government allocated an 8.3 billion baht budget to the CDD to stimulate community tourism in 3,273 villages across the country between April–September 2018.
Among the program's aims are to develop at least 64,570 new OTOP items with an average annual sales growth of at least 10 percent.
Besides setting up OTOP communities and small to medium enterprises (SME), a seminar called "Smart OTOP" has now provided more than 26,600 participants advice in improving their skills and knowledge in order to develop better products.