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The future is not mass tourism
Oped, Published on 23/09/2020
» A huge challenge awaits Thailand as plans are afoot to open up the country to rescue the tourism industry: How to prevent a new round of environmental onslaught from mass tourism.
Clock ticking for Phuket to reinvent itself
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 14/09/2020
» Phuket, Thailand's top tourist destination, has experienced the worst hardship in the country as a result of travel restrictions with international airports shut down for almost six months.
Soft power needed
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/09/2020
» Re: "Thammasat bans Sept 19 rally", (BP, Sept 11).
Don't rush to reopen
News, Editorial, Published on 31/08/2020
» In an attempt to revive tourism, the government came up with a plan to reopen the country to foreign visitors under the so-called Phuket model, which was, at best, cautiously welcomed by businesses. While the plan is worth trying, the government must pay heed to local residents' views, or the scheme could fail.
Understand problems to solve them
Oped, Published on 13/08/2020
» What is happening with the Covid-19 economic crisis is that governments and economists around the world are trying to solve it on a "trial and error" basis because no one actually has experience with a crisis of this magnitude. Textbook measures like mega-fiscal spending, helicopter money, loan payment holidays, SME business loans and near-zero interest rates are being implemented.
Red tape chokes unis
News, Postbag, Published on 21/07/2020
» Re: "Covid-19 hastens university revolution", (BP, July 19).
The virus will make everything you hate about flying worse
Published on 20/07/2020
» SYDNEY: Last month, my wife and I planned our first holiday in six months. It was a hectic experience. Borders between most Australian states had been closed since the start of the coronavirus lockdown. We’d been hoping to fly three hours to the tropical resort town of Cairns in northeastern Queensland state, to escape the Sydney winter and holiday with friends.
Covid success coming at a heavy price
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/07/2020
» It was a matter of time before the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha became a victim of its own misguided success in handling the coronavirus pandemic. By presiding over a public mindset of "zero" local virus infections, the government raised unrealistic expectations at a high price. The fiasco that transpired in Rayong last week, when an infected Egyptian air force official was allowed to roam in a shopping mall and thereby fuelled fears of "second wave" infections, should serve as a wake-up call for an overdue change in virus-fighting strategy.
Soldier slip-up unforgivable
News, Editorial, Published on 14/07/2020
» While the government and the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) keep warning the public to "not let their guard down" in order to prevent a second wave of infections, it is becoming evident that state agencies are the ones failing to strictly abide by anti-coronavirus measures.
The greatest test
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 13/04/2020
» Songkran is strange this year. There will be no water war where people dowse buckets of water on each other to cool off from the summer heat. We are encouraged to stay home and not to visit our old parents. Or if we do, we have to stay at least 2m away from them.