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Cops up ante on foreign criminals
Published on 17/04/2024
» Authorities are ramping up their crackdown on foreign criminals who arrive in the guise of tourists and use Thailand as their base for committing crimes.
Thailand 'ready' for Songkran festivities
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 07/04/2024
» This year's three-week-long Songkran festival with festivities to take place across the country is expected to give tourism a much-needed boost as it is expected to bring in tens of billions of baht in tourism income.
Marina drive for Phuket
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 13/11/2022
» The arrival of the Spectrum of the Seas cruise ship off Phuket's Patong beach late last month was a welcome sight for the resort province that is still reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pearl loses its lustre
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 13/02/2022
» Phuket, as does any attraction, relies on having a positive image among potential visitors. However, such an image is always vulnerable to being sullied by high-profile crimes as well as a perceived lack of safety.
Doubts linger over 2022
News, Published on 02/01/2022
» Tourism in major tourist destinations has clearly been picking up despite the lingering spread of Covid-19, especially since the country's reopening on Nov 1. But all of a sudden, there came an unexpected turning point – the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Off to a shaky start
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/11/2021
» Two weeks after the country reopened, the private sector is seeing signs of a tourism recovery despite lower-than-expected arrivals of international tourists.
'Egg boy' a tourist draw
News, Published on 13/09/2020
» The popularity of the legend of Ai Khai (egg boy) -- believed to be the spirit of a boy with the power to grant people wishes -- has increased dramatically in recent months.
Elderly face increasing burden
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 05/06/2019
» Elderly women are at risk of becoming sole breadwinners and living below the poverty line. Moreover, this group will most likely leave "a legacy of poverty", according to population and economic research agencies.
New Year ignites tourism
News, Published on 03/02/2019
» Red lanterns are not only lighting up Phuket during the Chinese New Year festival, but also delighting tourist operators.
Bangkok's bargain offices offer firms room for growth
Spectrum, Suphin Mechuchep, Published on 24/12/2017
» It was the talk of the town when a leasing deal at Park Ventures Ecoplex, a premium office building on Wireless Road in Bangkok, closed at 1,000 baht per square metre per month in 2013. Today, rents at several Grade A office developments priced at above 1,000 per square metre are no longer a surprise. Even so, Thailand's capital remains one of the world's cheapest locations for Grade A office rents.