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Tourism council lists urgent issues
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 20/09/2025
» The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) has urged the new cabinet to place cannabis smokers in specific zones, while working to prevent foreigners from stealing local jobs in tourism and encouraging hotels to register.
Domestic tourism subsidy faces delay
Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 25/04/2025
» The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has assured hotel operators that the government will not cancel the 3.5-billion-baht subsidy scheme for domestic tourists during the low season, though the project will be delayed a month.
Tourism sector applauds PM’s vow to tackle cannabis
Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 21/09/2023
» Tourism operators have applauded the prime minister’s pledge to eliminate recreational cannabis usage within six months as they believe unregulated cannabis shops have done more harm than good to tourism over the past year.
Welcome to the high season
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 18/07/2022
» Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise cannabis, removing it from the Category 5 narcotics list after being published in the Royal Gazette on June 9.
Cigarette importers warned
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/10/2021
» The Excise Department has the authority to not approve cigarette importers from setting the product at an unusually low retail price, according to a department source.
Tobacco tax gets the chop
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/10/2019
» The Excise Department will cut the tobacco tax to 2.5 satang per gramme from 10 satang for one year, starting Jan 1, 2020, to give farmers time to adjust.
Tax relief for tobacco growers
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/10/2019
» The Excise Department will cut the tobacco tax from 10 satang to 2.5 satang per gramme for one year, starting Jan 1, 2020, to give farmers time to adjust to the new rate.
Lower tobacco levy to help out farmers
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/08/2019
» The Finance Ministry is planning to propose cutting the tobacco excise tax by one-fourth to lessen the impact on farmers after the previous government hiked the tax from 0.5 satang to 10 satang per gramme.
Tobacco tax cut aimed at farmers
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/08/2019
» The Finance Ministry is planning to propose cutting the tobacco excise tax by one-fourth to lessen the burden on farmers after the previous government hiked the tax from 0.5 satang to 10 satang per gramme.
Phillip Morris International tries lobbying against e-cigarette ban
Business, William Hicks, Published on 29/07/2019
» Phillip Morris International (PMI), the manufacturer of Marlboro cigarettes, is actively lobbying the Thai government to reverse a ban on smoking alternatives like e-cigarettes and "heat not burn" tobacco products.