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Ailing patient needs help
News, Editorial, Published on 03/02/2020
» The novel coronavirus outbreak has sent a shock wave to the world economy, and Thailand is among countries bearing the brunt of the impact.
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Strict guide for tour firms
News, Editorial, Published on 22/09/2016
» The government's move to regulate zero-dollar tours from mainland China is necessary, however, more long-term measures are needed to ensure fairness to all concerned.
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Legal casinos no easy feat
News, Editorial, Published on 01/04/2024
» The House's acknowledgement last week of a study creating legal gambling zones in the country sparked widespread debate about their finances and social impacts.
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Longer hours welcome
News, Editorial, Published on 16/10/2023
» The government's plan to extend the opening hours of nightspots nationwide is welcome. If implemented, the move will be a tonic that revitalises the country's tourism sector. Downstream operators in tourism, such as taxi drivers, transporters and food vendors, will also benefit from the extension, creating benefits for the wider economy.
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Use the tourism fund ethically
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/01/2023
» Thailand is no stranger to superlatives. Some of them do not engender pride, such as being among the top three nations with the highest number of coups; but a few others, such as having the most visited capital city in the world, make everyone beam with pride.
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What next for tourism sector?
News, Editorial, Published on 27/09/2020
» With the deadline for the estimated 150,000 stranded foreign tourists in the kingdom to renew their visas having passed yesterday, it remains to be seen how many will continue to stay in the country either legally, having extended their right to stay, or illegally, facing arrest and jail as threatened by the Immigration Bureau.
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No room for complacency
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/05/2020
» Sunday saw Thailand ease some of its lockdown measures further in order to revive the economy. Among those businesses allowed to resume operations were department stores and some activities in sports centres. The Prayut Chan-o-cha government also rolled out the Thai Chana website and QR code system as a preventive measure to track people in case of infection.
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Generals don't know tourism
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2020
» The disastrous effects of Covid-19 on Thailand's tourism call for a shake-up in the industry and associated policy support from the government and parliament. The Senate also wants to contribute to a tourism revival, but the formal appointment on Thursday of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's younger brother to sit on its tourism committee is likely only to have further pushed the public's confidence in it to the edge of the abyss.
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It's time to tackle tourist scammers
News, Editorial, Published on 21/07/2019
» A tourist scam in Phuket has prompted Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to raise concern about the adverse impact such incidents may have. He has warned tourist operators not to exploit tourists or the province's reputation will be tarnished.
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Gimmicks won't win over tourists
News, Editorial, Published on 27/01/2019
» State authorities over past weeks have made big efforts to attract more Chinese tourists to come to Thailand.
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