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Plush cruises eyed to boost tourism cash
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/03/2023
» Authorities are looking at cruise ships to support the recovery of the tourism sector, which will also be boosted by a new plan to cooperate with Netflix in launching a creative travel guide to attractive locations featured in movies, a government spokesman said yesterday.
Tourists cruising back to Koh Samui, PM pleased
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/12/2022
» Surat Thani: Koh Samui yesterday welcomed the second of three cruise ships to the resort island since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, bringing more than 1,800 visitors vital for hastening the recovery of tourism.
Downturn hits tycoon pockets
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/07/2022
» Amid a slow economic recovery, the collective wealth of tycoons on the 2022 Forbes list of Thailand's 50 richest fell nearly 6% to US$151 billion from a year ago.
Aid effort kicks off in wake of Pabuk's wrath
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/01/2019
» Survival kits and other aid for storm and flood victims have started to roll in to hundreds of communities and farms affected by Tropical Storm Pabuk, as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha makes a trip to the South to lead the recovery effort.
New childcare centre will have CCTV
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/11/2022
» Security cameras, among other equipment, will be installed at the new child development centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province, which will replace the Ban Nong Kung Si Pho Si Somphon School building where 22 mostly young students were killed after a massacre there early last month.
B500bn to save economy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/05/2021
» An executive decree allowing the Finance Ministry to borrow 500 billion baht to fight Covid-19 has come into effect and it is hoped it will stimulate economic growth in 2021-2022 by another 1.5%, according to Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.
Calls for a post-virus blueprint
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/09/2021
» The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) has asked the government to come up with a long-term plan for reopening the economy to reduce the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
HM King honours, posthumously promotes ex-Seal Saman
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/07/2018
» His Majesty the King has posthumously promoted former Navy Seal Saman Gunan, who died during the Tham Luang cave rescue mission, to the rank of lieutenant commander -- an unprecedented rise of seven ranks.
Jailed Swiss man linked to 1MDB freed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/12/2016
» Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo, convicted of selling information to anti-government groups in Malaysia, has arrived in Switzerland after he was released from a Thai jail under the latest royal pardon.