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Israeli breakout blamed on apps
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 24/12/2021
» The failure to synchronise a tourist tracking system is the main reason some tourists have avoided the health screening process, as happened with the Israeli tourist who left his hotel in Bangkok.
Airlines give up on state's soft loans
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 19/11/2021
» The long-awaited soft loans for local airlines valued at 5 billion baht have failed to materialise as there is no further support from the government to shore up the aviation business, while Bangkok Airways is banking on a recovery in international tourism to help revive its profits.
Tourism readies for takeoff
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 29/10/2021
» After testing the water in July with the Phuket and Samui sandboxes, Thailand's tourism-dependent economy is on course to progressively open up to international tourists by waiving quarantine and area restrictions for fully vaccinated travellers from 46 low-risk countries from Nov 1.
Buri Ram's jab priority eases
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 23/07/2021
» The priority to vaccinate the population of Buri Ram must be revised after the MotoGP event was cancelled because of the country's rapid rise in new infections, says the Tourism and Sports Ministry.
Hoteliers urge state to utilise decree to speed up vaccines
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 23/03/2021
» Hoteliers are pressing the government to speed up the sluggish Covid-19 vaccination programme by using an emergency decree to put the entry process in the fast track and setting July as the earliest date to reopen.
ADT chief readies wellness package to tap elderly market
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 13/08/2020
» The newly elected president of the Association of Domestic Travel (ADT) aims to offer a wellness tourism package targeting the elderly to help shore up the stagnant domestic market struggling with the fallout from the outbreak.
Travel agents hopeful of domestic tourism
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 10/06/2020
» The Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA) aims to attract 1 million outbound tourists who booked tour packages over Songkran but failed to use them because of the pandemic to travel domestically instead, in hopes of raising 20 billion baht in tourism revenue.