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Chinese October tourist arrivals expected to reach 600,000
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/10/2017
» Around 600,000 Chinese tourists are expected to visit Thailand this month thanks to the long Golden Week holiday in China.
8 million tourists visit Pattaya in first half
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/09/2017
» About 8 million tourists visited Pattaya in the first half of this year, putting the resort city on course to top last year's total, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Street food update: Partial reprieve, stricter rules
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/04/2017
» Vallop Suwandee, chairman of the advisers to the Bangkok governor, said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has come up with stricter rules to manage street food on Khao San and Yaowarat roads.
New gold discovered after Bang Saphan flood
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/01/2017
» A waterway that has long attracted gold panners in Bang Saphan district is drawing new fortune seekers after the recent floods exposed fresh deposits of gold
Zero-dollar-tour crackdown still affecting Chinese tourist arrivals
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 22/12/2016
» The decline in Chinese tourist arrivals to Thailand is expected to continue at least until the first quarter of 2017 because of the recent crackdown on zero-dollar tours, says the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT).
Tigers cleared, temple faces legal action (SUNDAY UPDATE)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/06/2016
» With all 137 tigers removed, police and wildlife authorities will begin the task of gathering evidence that they believe could link Wat Pa Luang Ta Maha Bua to the worldwide illegal animal trade.
Thai, not Chinese, tourists under fire (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/03/2016
» A group of Thai tourists in Switzerland is being blamed in the social media for dumping the remains of their fried pork and sticky rice meal along the side of a stairway. (Update) New information indicates Mother Nature might be to blame.
Chinese drivers causing alarm
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 29/02/2016
» Large number of Chinese tourists are taking advantage of easy vehicle entry regulations and their driving behaviour is causing great concern among locals.
Erawan shrine: Busy again
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/12/2015
» Four months after a deadly explosion, tourists are returning to the popular Erawan shrine in large numbers as security has been significantly improved.
Diamond theft: Gem finally recovered from woman's body (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/09/2015
» It took three days, but doctors at the Police General Hospital have finally recovered the six-carat diamond swallowed by a Chinese woman last Thursday at a jewellery fair in an attempted theft.