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TAT: New Year tourism to bring B760m to Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 29/12/2023
» SONGKHLA: The Tourism Authority of Thailand predicts tourism in Hat Yai will generate 760 million baht in revenue for the South’s biggest city during the New Year holiday period.
Easier entry for Malaysians urged
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 06/06/2023
» PHATTHALUNG: The tourism association in 14 southern provinces is calling on the Transport Ministry to ease its regulations to allow tour buses from Malaysia to travel beyond the border province of Songkhla to other southern provinces.
Hat Yai expects 30,000 Malaysians over Songkran
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/04/2023
» SONGKHLA: At least 30,000 tourists from Malaysia are expected to travel to Hat Yai during the Songkran festival and generate 300-500 million baht in revenue, says a local tourism leader.
Tourism back to life in Songkhla after Thailand Pass scrapped
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 01/07/2022
» SONGKHLA: Tourism surged back to life at the Sadao immigration checkpoint, as visitors from Malaysia and Singapore thronged to this southern border province on Friday, the first day the Thailand Pass requirement for international visitors was scrapped.
Songkhla gears up for December reopening
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 26/11/2021
» SONGKHLA: At least 10,000 tourists from Malaysia and Singapore are expected each week in Hat Yai when Songkhla reopens to foreign tourists in December, say local tourism operators.
Jobless tour guides 'committing suicide, forced to steal'
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 07/09/2021
» SONGKHLA: Nine tour guides based in Hat Yai have taken their own lives since the pandemic shut down the tourist sector, while others have descended to theft to stay alive, according to an industry spokesman.
Pandemic triggers tour guide suicides
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/09/2021
» SONGKHLA: Nine tour guides based in Hat Yai have taken their own lives since the pandemic shut down the tourist sector, while others have been forced to steal to stay alive, according to an industry spokesman.
Thai Lion Air suspends Chengdu flights
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 29/01/2020
» HAT YAI: Thai Lion Air, a low-cost airline, has announced the suspension of five flights between Hat Yai international airport in Songkhla and Chengdu, the capital of southwestern China's Sichuan province, as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus.
Phatthalung polishes its tourism sheen
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 29/06/2019
» Phatthalung used to be a far-flung, overlooked destination which visitors once travelled past almost without noticing.
Southern Thai Muslims heading home for Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/06/2019
» SONGKHLA: The Hat Yai railway station was on Sunday filled with Thai Muslims heading home for the Hari Raya Aidilfitri, the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast.