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1.9m sign up for domestic travel perk
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/07/2020
» More than 1.9 million people signed up for the "We travel together" tourism stimulus package as of 6pm on the first day of registration, a scheme devised to promote local travel as the industry has been battered by the pandemic.
State agencies prep new 'gifts'
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/12/2022
» Government agencies including the Finance Ministry are expected to propose measures to ease the cost of living for consumers and businesses, aiming to stimulate domestic consumption via "New Year's gifts", for cabinet consideration on Tuesday, says a ministry source who requested anonymity.
Sector could bring in B2.38tn next year
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/09/2022
» Thailand could earn up to 2.38 trillion baht in tourism revenue in 2023, an official said yesterday.
Exim Bank touts life support for airlines
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/01/2022
» Export-Import (Exim) Bank of Thailand has provided financial assistance to local airlines totalling more than 6.2 billion baht to increase their liquidity and restructure their debt, says bank president Rak Vorrakitpokatorn.
Exim preps loans for local airlines
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/11/2021
» Export-Import Bank of Thailand (Exim Bank) will continue to provide loans to the local airlines next year, said the bank's president Rak Vorrakitpokatorn.
Arkhom calls for post-Covid reforms
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/10/2021
» Thailand will have to improve in three areas in order to handle key problems in the future, said Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.
Methods sought to ease airlines' liquidity crunch
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/09/2021
» Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has instructed the Fiscal Policy Office and the Bank of Thailand to jointly seek ways to relax some of the criteria for state banks to lend to domestic airlines to improve their liquidity.
EXIM set to extend debt relief
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/08/2021
» Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand) is poised to extend the two-month debt relief period that began last month for its customers until the end of the year to ease their burden from the impact of the pandemic, said the bank's president Rak Vorrakitpokatorn.
Govt 'won't back' billion-baht THAI cash injection
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/05/2021
» The Finance Ministry will not recapitalise financially troubled Thai Airways (THAI) of which it is the biggest shareholder, the State Enterprise Policy Office (SEPO) chief said.
Jet fuel tax cut extended to year-end
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/04/2021
» The government has agreed to extend excise tax reductions for jet fuel until the end of the year, a move to help mitigate the plight of airlines hard hit by Covid-19 outbreaks which have almost wiped out cross-border travel and tourism.