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Emirates eyes situation warily
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 22/03/2022
» Emirates aims to increase the number of passengers coming to Thailand by at least 20% as operations largely depend on the government's policy to ease travel restrictions, meeting more demand for travel to the country.
Pre-travel bug tests to end
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/03/2022
» Foreign travellers to Thailand will not be required to take a pre-travel Covid-19 test starting from April 1, but testing on arrival will continue.
Pre-travel Covid tests for arrivals lifted from April 1
Online Reporters, Published on 18/03/2022
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Friday resolved to discontinue the requirement that visitors pass a pre-travel Covid-19 test, from April 1, but testing on arrival will continue.
Life term for tourist murder
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 17/03/2022
» PHUKET: The Phuket Court has sentenced Teerawat Thothip to death for the murder of Swiss tourist Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf at a waterfall in Muang district on Aug 3, 2021, but commuted the sentence to life imprisonment.
Booster shots against Covid for Phuket's elderly
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/03/2022
» PHUKET: A campaign to provide a third shot of vaccine against Covid-19 to elderly people and others in the "608 group" in this southern island ahead of the Songkran Festival will start on March 21, provincial health office chief Kusak Kukiattikoon said.
Life sentence for murder of Swiss tourist
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/03/2022
» PHUKET: The Phuket Court has sentenced Teerawat Thothip to death for the murder of Swiss tourist Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf at a waterfall in Muang district on Aug 3, 2021, and then commuted the sentence to life imprisonment.
Thais split over Russia-Ukraine conflict
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 15/03/2022
» The Russia-Ukraine war has managed to divide the Thai public with three different outlooks on the crisis -- strong condemnation, non-partisan, or support for the UN charter. For the first time since the Cambodian conflict four decades ago, Russian military action has caused divisive debates among Thai intellectuals, diplomats, and media personalities about the country's position on the situation.
Stumbling but hopeful
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 07/03/2022
» Domestic travellers have been the lifeline for tourism-reliant countries, especially in Southeast Asia, for the past two pandemic-battered years. But even as countries start scrapping restrictions to welcome international visitors back, some pandemic uncertainties persist and now a crisis in Ukraine threatens the global economic recovery as a whole.
Thai-Russian ties get boost
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 01/03/2022
» Phuket officials and Russian diplomats discussed the prospects of furthering relations to mark the 125th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Russia in July 2022.
Tourism faces new battle ahead
News, Published on 27/02/2022
» The first shelling by Russian troops against Ukraine has reverberated all the way to Thailand, sending a shockwave to tourism businesses in Phuket and Pattaya, the favourite playgrounds for visitors from the two countries.