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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.
BMA's Green Line fares are unforgivable
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/01/2021
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) plan to raise the Green Line's fare ceiling to the absolute maximum, at over 100 baht, from the original 65 baht, has triggered an avalanche of criticism.
Samui cabbies told to use meters, end euro rip-off
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 28/12/2018
» SURAT THANI: Taxi drivers on Koh Samui have been ordered to use their meters instead of charging fixed fares that are identical in dollars and euros — effectively ripping off Europeans.
Future learning
News, Postbag, Published on 02/10/2018
» I read the Sept 29 article, "Thailand's education stands at a crossroads", with interest.
The best for catching some rest
Business, Published on 13/09/2018
» Unlike the celebrated Iranian refugee Mehran Nasseri, whose botched Paris transit in 1988 resulted in an 18-year residence at Charles De Gaulle airport, most air passengers would be quite happy if they never had to deal with airports at all -- whether it be lumpen security officials, overpriced food, sloth-slow immigration or taxi rip-offs.
Thailand makes holiday magazine poll, despite taxi rip-offs
Published on 05/07/2018
» Thailand held its ground as Thai Airways and Bangkok slipped in Smart Travel Asia magazine's latest poll.
Thailand makes holiday magazine poll, despite taxi rip-offs
Business, Published on 05/07/2018
» Thailand held its ground as Thai Airways and Bangkok slipped in Smart Travel Asia magazine's latest poll.
The real problem with tourism
News, Postbag, Published on 22/05/2016
» In "Getting economy going" (BP, May 21), tourism was cited as being considered a major engine for the Thai economy, and it was noted that the government has set a target to improve the competitiveness of Thai tourism.
Don't run bike taxi rivals off the road
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 19/05/2016
» Like other unsolved problems this country has been facing for decades, the safety and reliability of motorcycle taxis are being addressed through authoritarian means, using nationalism and a perceived threat to national security as a pretext to ban services by foreign operators who have more innovative solutions than our inefficient and incompetent regulators.