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Welcome to the high season
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 18/07/2022
» Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise cannabis, removing it from the Category 5 narcotics list after being published in the Royal Gazette on June 9.
Phuket hoteliers optimistic on recovery
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 16/07/2021
» The first 14 days of the Phuket sandbox scheme have shown promising signs as the number of Covid-19 cases is less than 1%, says a tourism trade group, with operators urging the government to approve the Sputnik vaccine to attract the Russian market by October.
Samui Plus sealed route open for bookings
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 13/07/2021
» Inoculated tourists can start booking for the second reopening destination, Samui Plus, under sealed route programme as the registration for certificate of entry (COE) was opened on Monday.
Krabi hoteliers eye sandbox
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 18/06/2021
» Hoteliers in Krabi are banking on the Phuket sandbox model to jumpstart international travel sentiment, paving the way for hotels to reopen and job recruitments to begin for the upcoming high season.
Association of Domestic Travel urges quick jabs
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 01/05/2021
» The Association of Domestic Travel (ADT) is urging the government to hasten the vaccination programme and deliver on tourism stimulus after a collapse of the domestic travel segment.
The local touch
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 22/03/2021
» The pandemic hit the tourism industry the hardest, which is expected to take several years to fully recover. Yet some folks are looking at this period as an opportunity to accelerate the move towards sustainability.
Soft-shoe for survival
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 28/12/2020
» While most tourism operators are preparing for another two years of turbulence until travel sentiment returns to pre-Covid levels, some hoteliers are joining large chains to survive.
Revenue per room uptick projected
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 21/01/2020
» Despite hotels in Thailand tallying a 6% plunge in revenue per available room (RevPar) in 2019, the prospect of 40 million tourist arrivals this year has led to the likely addition of 50,000 new rooms across the country over five years.