Showing 1 - 10 of 13
The Tao of island travel
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 20/04/2023
» After a two-hour ferry ride from Koh Samui, we landed on Koh Tao, where a tremendous influx of foreign and Thai tourists was arriving at Mae Haad Pier in the late afternoon. A crew of hotel guides were shouting their customers' names from a nearby pavilion, while a fleet of four-wheel-drive pickup trucks were stationed outside to transport visitors to their lodgings.
Siam Piwat welcomes women leaders from over 51 countries
Published on 27/06/2022
» Showcasing Thainess through its rich cultural heritage and reinforcing ICONSIAM and Siam Paragon as ‘World Destinations’ for tourism
Global Summit of Women 2022: Showcasing the splendor of Thai ways of life
Published on 20/06/2022
» Thailand is hosting the 32nd Global Summit of Women 2022, the world’s major international forum for women leaders from around the world during June 23-25, 2022. This gathering is taken as an excellent opportunity to showcase the country’s readiness and capabilities to host an international-standard forum and its potential to become a “Global Destination” for international convention and tourism, following recovery from the coronavirus endemic.
CREATIVE INDUSTRY FOR A RESILIENT ECONOMY
Published on 04/10/2021
» Leveraging the artistic skills and passionate ingenuity of Thai people together with the country’s cultural heritage, the Thai government expects the creative industry to play a more prominent role in Thailand’s economic development across industries.
Smooth as royal silk
Life, Published on 19/06/2020
» Located in Bang Sa-ai, Ayutthaya, SUPPORT Arts and Crafts International Centre of Thailand, or SACICT, serves as a Thai handicraft knowledge and preservation centre with six exhibition spaces that present a historical perspective of the artisanal heritage.
A man, a plan, a hat
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 17/10/2019
» Alejandro Lecaro draws on various inspirations to reinvent the classic Panama hat. Seeing a vendor wearing a straw hat at a floating market in Thailand had him sketching new models for Ecua-Andino's latest collection.
Art exports await recovery
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 06/01/2018
» As the global and Thai economies have yet to fully recover, exports of Thai arts and handicrafts fell by 2% in 2017, says the state-run Support Arts and Crafts International Centre of Thailand (SACICT).
Crafting a plan for kid bosses
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 07/10/2017
» Entrepreneurship instilled from an early age with the support of the state is cultivating a crop of promising young business-minded people in their early teens, some of whom are already making a monthly salary from their products and ideas.
Swiss Maison shows off its techniques
Life, Published on 26/05/2017
» An uninterrupted 178 years of watchmaking has seen Patek Philippe accumulating mechanical mastery as well as artisanal skills, the latter of which being their rare handicrafts.
Thai designers see beauty in 'floating garbage'
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 22/08/2016
» The military's water hyacinth eradication operation reinforces the aquatic plant's notoriety as sawa -- floating and rotting garbage.