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Tour guide criteria lowered to 4th grade
Online Reporters, Published on 05/08/2013
» The Ministry of Tourism and Sports plans to lower the minimum education level needed to become an accredited tour guide to Grade 4 for three foreign languages.
National jobs, international workers
Life, Published on 06/09/2016
» Last week activist Srisuwan Janya filed a petition with the Office of the Ombudsman claiming that Thailand's new tallest building, MahaNakhon Tower, breached Thai laws by hiring a foreign architect to design it. He also complained that several foreign workers also run or own shops in markets around the country, a practice that is against the law.
Michelin Guide, TAT extend their partnership through 2026
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 06/04/2023
» The Michelin Guide Thailand has helped to generate more than 842 million baht for the tourism economy during its first five-year contract with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) starting in 2017, according to the agency.
Chiang Mai tourist death mystery
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/03/2011
» Five recent unexplained deaths, three of them at the same hotel with Coxsackie B virus present in one of the bodies.
Death of a ‘death hotel’
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/05/2012
» Being known as a ‘death hotel’ is not good for business, so it is not surprising that a Chiang Mai hotel where several guests died mysteriously is being torn down.
Ban Maejo goes back to nature
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 13/08/2016
» Choosing whether to stay in bustling Bangkok where jobs are plentiful and returning to a rural town where there is only farmland and forests cost Thongbai Leknamnarong many sleepless nights.
Foreign tour guides under fire
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 10/07/2017
» Associations of local tour guide operators nationwide have gathered to oppose the government's plan to allow foreign tour guides to offer services in the country, saying the policy will result in huge unemployment.
Tour guides oppose registering illegal foreign guides
Online Reporters, Published on 26/06/2015
» A group of local tour guides in Chiang Rai have strongly opposed to moves by the Tourism and Sports Ministry to register illegal foreign guides.
Foreign investment policy: New focus on industries
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/01/2013
» By mid-year rewards & incentives to foreign companies will change but Japan says go slowly so existing investors can adjust.
Safe driving: App to help UK tourists in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/03/2013
» Worried about auto accident deaths of UK citizens in Thailand, Spain & Australia, British govt developed a mobile phone app to keep British tourists safe.