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Russian, Turk arrested for working without permits on Koh Phangan
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 19/09/2024
» SURAT THANI – Tourist police arrested a Russian man and a Turkish man for working without permits on Koh Phangan on Thursday.
Site selected for Phatthalung airport in southern Thailand
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/09/2024
» A 1,496-rai plot of land near Songkhla Lake in Phatthalung has finally been selected as the site for a new airport in this southern province.
Songkhla touts its Mice tourism potential
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/06/2024
» Songkhla's administration is partnering up with businesses in the tourism sector to promote the province as a Mice (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) destination to Malaysians.
Deep South wants direct Saudi flights
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 22/03/2024
» Businesses in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala are urging the government to facilitate tourism in the deep South, including by enabling direct flights between Narathiwat and Saudi Arabia.
Foreign buses to get licence to roam
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/02/2024
» SONGKHLA: Songkhla has proposed the lifting of restrictions on buses bearing foreign licence plates from travelling out beyond the provincial boundary in a push by tourism operators to woo more visitors, mainly from Malaysia, to travel to other southern provinces.
Songkhla favours expansion of foreign bus travel beyond province
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/02/2024
» SONGKHLA: Songkhla has proposed the lifting of restrictions on buses bearing foreign license plates to travel only in the provincial boundary in a push by tourism operators to woo more visitors, mainly from Malaysia, to travel other southern provinces, according to a local tourism governing body.
Easier entry for Malaysians urged
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 06/06/2023
» PHATTHALUNG: The tourism association in 14 southern provinces is calling on the Transport Ministry to ease its regulations to allow tour buses from Malaysia to travel beyond the border province of Songkhla to other southern provinces.
Hat Yai expects 30,000 Malaysians over Songkran
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/04/2023
» SONGKHLA: At least 30,000 tourists from Malaysia are expected to travel to Hat Yai during the Songkran festival and generate 300-500 million baht in revenue, says a local tourism leader.
South eyes more Malaysian visitors
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 25/02/2023
» Tourism associations in the South of Thailand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Melaka Chapter of the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) to boost tourism between the two countries.
13 Myanmar migrants nabbed in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/02/2023
» SONGKHLA: Thirteen men from Myanmar were arrested by a combined police-military team near the border with Malaysia in Sadao district on Thursday morning.