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Tourism fee has promise
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/04/2023
» Despite taking considerable flak for floating the policy, Tourism and Sport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has made it clear the Thailand Tourism Fee will be levied from September.
Rail station in limbo
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/11/2022
» As Krung Thep Abhiwat Central Terminal, formerly Bang Sue Central Station, gears towards full operation this week, questions have emerged about the future of the 105-year-old Hua Lamphong train station.
Heritage must be guarded
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/11/2021
» The demolition of the historic Scala theatre to pave the way for another high-rise in the Siam Square area has kicked off a public frenzy.
Ask public over promenade
News, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2021
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has been praised for two urban public park projects. One, which opened last year, the "Phra Pokklao Skypark" -- the city's first skypark across the Chao Phraya River -- creatively transformed the deserted pillars of the decommissioned urban train structure into a leisure area.
The Mahakan Fort mistake
Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/10/2020
» After booting the old Mahakan Fort community out of their homes in 2018, and turning the area into a park intended for tourists, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) recently, for the first time, tacitly admitted to its mistake.