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Thailand offers free domestic flights for 200,000 foreign arrivals
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/08/2025
» The Tourism and Sports Ministry plans to offer free domestic flight tickets to 200,000 foreign arrivals to boost tourism nationwide over a three-month period.
Passengers advised to arrive early at Phuket airport after security heightened
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/06/2025
» Passengers are recommended to get to Phuket airport early from Friday as it has tightened security measures after defusing an explosive device hidden on its premises.
Thailand expects ‘White Lotus’ travel boom
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/06/2024
» Now that the fictional guests of Season 3 of The White Lotus have officially checked out of their Thai resort, the country is getting ready for the real tourists to arrive.
Calls to revive 'red cars' in Chiang Mai
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/05/2024
» Chiang Mai tourism operators are urging the local government to help revive the transport service provided by the province's iconic rot daeng ("red cars") as more passengers have switched to other forms of transport.
Cannabis U-turn could bring protests, lawsuits
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/05/2024
» The government’s move to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic threatens to trigger street protests and lawsuits by owners of thousands of dispensaries that have sprung up across the country since decriminalisation two years ago.
'Clean air' doctor dies of lung cancer
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/12/2023
» A 29-year-old Chiang Mai doctor who advocated for an end to air pollution died from lung cancer on Tuesday.
TEST YOURSELF: New movie roundup
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/09/2023
» Here are a few films that hit Thai cinemas recently.
Retirees skip smoggy Chiang Mai
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/06/2023
» Chiang Mai tourism operators hope the new government will work on the haze problem to lure back long-stay senior tourists.
German tourist escapes rangers, jumps to death from Krabi cliff
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/01/2023
» A German tourist, said to be suffering from depression, jumped to his death from a cliff while with park rangers on a nature trail in Krabi on Saturday afternoon. His body was found below the cliff at 1am on Sunday.
Bus, van services ready for New Year travellers
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/12/2022
» State-run Transport Co will arrange buses and vans for 3,500 trips a day for New Year travellers, expecting 55,000 passengers a day from next Wednesday to Thursday.