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Phoenix: facts first
News, Postbag, Published on 11/07/2018
» Re: "Phuket boat tragedy shows our indifference", (Opinion, July 9).
Random thoughts from Trump's nation
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 26/06/2018
» 'Iknow Bruce Lee. Aargh...aargh...aargh…!," screamed a black driver in front of me at the intersection near the Marriott Hotel in Rockville, Maryland.
'Sweet Joke' gets gig at Tourist Police Bureau
News, Published on 08/09/2017
» The Police Commission's decision to have Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpan work as deputy chief of the newly upgraded Tourist Police Bureau (TPB) is viewed as a move to empower him in the bureau he reportedly wants to run more freely.
Survey ranks City of Angels as world's best-value long-haul destination
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 13/08/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was pleased with an international tourism survey that ranked Bangkok as the world's best-value long-haul city break in 2017.
Zero-dollar crackdown hits U-tapao airport
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 16/01/2017
» The slowdown in Chinese arrivals caused by the clampdown on zero-dollar inbound tour scams has reduced passenger traffic through U-tapao airport.
Network expansion to fuel TAA's 2017 growth
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 06/01/2017
» Greater penetration of India and the Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) subregion will constitute the main growth drivers for Thai AirAsia (TAA) in 2017.
The New Chinese migrants making waves
Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016
» Any news stories about the Chinese grabbed people's attention easily this year. Whether addressing the large number of Chinese tourists -- and their reportedly unruly behaviour -- the building of mega-dams on the Mekong River, the spread of banana contract farming or zero-dollar tours, anything about the Chinese seemed bound to sweep the top spot for most views or shares on social media.
Our top 10 stories in a year that will be hard to forget
Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016
» Over the past year 'Spectrum' has reported a wide range of issues to give readers valuable insights. Our reporter ambushed the monk who helped Leicester City to their shock English Premier League title to get an exclusive. Another reporter blended in with Chinese yuppies in the new business district of Bangkok to find out why they decided to migrate to Thailand. Two reporters did a series of stories on the Tiger Temple by hanging out with the veterinarian, monks and national park officers to listen to all sides. We were determined to find the truth. Last month we also went up to Chiang Mai to talk to Hmong girls wrongly accused of stealing a British tourist's watch. Here are the top 10 stories in another exciting year of reporting.
TAT focusing on 'quality' Chinese tourist market
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 19/12/2016
» The days of staggering number of Chinese arrivals in Thailand may soon be over as the tourism structure has changed.
NewGen Airways struggling to survive
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 15/12/2016
» The plunge in Chinese tourist arrivals caused mainly by the crackdown on zero-dollar tour scams has left NewGen Airways struggling for survival.