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Thailand leads push for 6-nation visa
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/04/2024
» Thailand is steering a plan for a joint-visa programme with six Asean countries that together hosted about 70 million tourists last year.
Tourism Council wants more foreign retirees
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/06/2023
» The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) has urged the new government to establish the country as a destination for retirees.
Hope, fears for 'Sandbox'
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/07/2021
» The Phuket Tourism "Sandbox", a pilot phase of Thailand's ambitious tourism reopening plan, starts today on the resort island amid hope and fears.
The cost of reopening the country
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/10/2020
» What is the real cost for tourists when planning a trip to Thailand in the Covid-19 era?
TAT says country ready to reopen
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/09/2020
» Thailand will have to deal with new coronavirus cases when it reopens to international tourists, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
BoT warns of tourism meltdown
Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 01/09/2020
» Thailand's tourism industry will face greater risks next year if the government continues to restrict foreign travellers from entering the country, says the Bank of Thailand.
Travel bubble scheme 'asking for trouble'
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/06/2020
» The government would be "asking for trouble" if it adopted the travel bubbles and re-introduced medical tourism too soon, warned Thira Woratanarat, an epidemiologist at Chulalongkorn University.
Tax-back travel
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 26/12/2017
» The proposal to give tax breaks to tourists in secondary provinces from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2018 will go before the cabinet today. The move is intended to distribute income to these provinces and make the recovery more broad-based.
Jail cell suicide: Lord of the Dark Web
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/07/2017
» Mastermind of biggest illegal marketplace since Silk Road living life of luxury as tourist in Thailand, market closed down as part of global US operation.
To strengthen exports, currency market intervention: KBank
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/07/2017
» With exports 75% of Thai economy, controlling baht to remain competitive on international export & tourism markets very important for Thailand, so Bank of Thailand intervened.