Showing 1 - 10 of 100
Visa-free stays to be cut from 60 to 30 days
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/02/2026
» The Tourism and Sports Ministry insists the government's plan to reduce visa‑free stays from 60 to 30 days should not impact tourism, as most foreign tourists on average stay for less than a month.
Bangkok's Song Wat Road targeted as new tourist hotspot
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/08/2025
» The Commerce Ministry plans to promote Song Wat Road as a new Bangkok landmark.
China-only livestreamers busted at Bangkok mall
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/06/2025
» Police have arrested a group of Chinese and Thai nationals who set up a livestreaming operation in a shop at a Bangkok mall to sell unlicensed Thai products exclusively to Chinese people, generating at least 30 million baht per day.
PM orders revision of visa-free scheme
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/04/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday ordered a revision of the visa-free entry scheme, because of the number of visitors overstaying and working illegally in Thailand, a government spokesman said.
Jurassic World approved in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/02/2025
» The Board of Investment (BoI) has approved a project to build Jurassic World, a new Bangkok-based attraction featuring animatronic dinosaurs, to promote tourism.
Online TM6 form for visitors to Thailand coming on May 1
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/01/2025
» The Ministry of Tourism and Sports is preparing to promote the online TM6 immigration form, which will be compulsory for all foreign arrivals entering Thailand as of May 1, though the government is reluctant to start collecting the 300-baht tourism fee this year.
New art house opens in Ratchathewi
Life, Gary Boyle, Published on 16/01/2025
» Leaving Ratchathewi station on the skytrain to Siam takes you past a small park on the left, whose walls host an outdoor gallery of vibrant graffiti. The small public space is called Chaloem La, a name echoed by a new art house set to open right next to the park.
Airports ease booze rules
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/12/2024
» The Prime Minister's Office has announced a new regulation allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages every day at major international airports.
Phuket airport explains misuse of Singapore photo
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/12/2024
» Phuket International Airport has explained why it used a photo of a heritage building in Singapore instead of a picture of similar historical architecture found in Phuket.
City Hall ‘sorry’ for cycle lane chaos
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/11/2024
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has issued an apology and reopened a lane to traffic in Sukhumvit Soi 39 a day after closing it for a bicycle lane.