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Fewer Malaysian visitors to Hat Yai hiring guides
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/07/2025
» SONGKHLA - Visitors from Malaysia are changing a pattern by increasingly favouring travel to southern Thailand in private vehicles, causing concern to tour guides who fear losing their livelihoods.
Community-based tourism on the rise
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 23/06/2025
» Local communities continue to be a critical stakeholder in the Thai tourism supply chain.
The price of progress
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 23/06/2025
» Ongoing construction at the former site of Scala is opposite a major predecessor. Opening in 1985 at the corner of Pathumwan Intersection, MBK Center is located on a plot of land leased to Mah Boon Krong Drying and Silo Co Ltd. It features a 20-storey office building and an eight-storey shopping mall.
Creative destruction
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 16/06/2025
» Salinee Hanvareevongsilp's family moved home for a job opportunity when she was five and the land was subsequently developed into Siam Square in 1965. Still, it remained her favourite haunt. She frequented three movie theatres in the area -- Siam, Scala and Lido. In Matthayom 3, she protested against Japanese goods on Rama I Road.
Chinese man offering VVIP tours arrested in Bangkok
News, Online Reporters, Published on 11/06/2025
» A Chinese man has been arrested for working illegally as a tour guide, operating a VVIP programme for Chinese customers on Rattanakosin island in Bangkok.
In the abode of tigers
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 05/06/2025
» Jaipur, India's Pink City, is world renowned for its gemstone industry. However, in Jaipur's Nahargarh lurks another one of the subcontinent's gems and its national animal. It is also home to one of India's 58 protected tiger reserves and the majestic Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), among other animals like Asiatic lions.
Foreign exchange students injured when bus hits power pole in Bangkok
News, Online Reporters, Published on 02/06/2025
» At least ten passengers were injured when the brakes of a tour bus carrying Indian exchange students failed, causing the vehicle to crash into a roadside power pole on Phahon Yothin Road near Kor Por Aor Intersection in Bangkok on Monday.
Poland holds tight vote with EU role at stake
AFP, Published on 01/06/2025
» WARSAW - Poles began voting on Sunday in a tight presidential election with major implications for the country's role in Europe, and for abortion and LGBTQ rights.
Croatia's Game of Thrones filming sites face threat from Trump tariffs
Reuters, Published on 16/05/2025
» DUBROVNIK — The fortresses and cobbled streets of the ancient Croatian town of Dubrovnik are often crowded with tourists eager to visit the locations from the Game of Thrones television series or the Star Wars: The Last Jedi film.
Blitz on dodgy tour operators
Post Reporters, Published on 11/05/2025
» The government has set up a nationwide joint task force to crack down on illegal tour operators and unlicensed tour guides, said deputy government spokeswoman Sasikarn Watthanachan.