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Visa Offices To Open This Saturday

30 Oct, 2020

Immigration offices will be open to accept and process visa renewal requests on Saturday, the last day of the visa amnesty.

Tourists Urged To Stay Away As Molave Makes Phu Kradueng Mountain Dangerous

30 Oct, 2020

In a Facebook post on Friday, Phu Kradueng National Park advised tourists to delay their trips as continuous, heavy rainfall brought by tropical storm Molave has made travelling up or down the mountain difficult.

Cabinet To Visit Koh Samui, Phuket

30 Oct, 2020

Cabinet ministers will travel to Koh Samui and Phuket early next week, a visit designed to boost confidence in the islands' readiness for reopening to tourists.

Panel Proposes Quarantine Cut To 10 Days

30 Oct, 2020

Movement tracing in lieu of longer stay

Cabinet Okays Reopening To Tourists, Yacht Crews

29 Oct, 2020

The cabinet on Wednesday approved in principle a guideline to reopen the country for foreign tourists and crews of foreign yachts under a special tourist visa (STV) scheme.

Airlines Face Failures In 2021

29 Oct, 2020

The global airline industry cannot slash costs sufficiently to neutralize severe cash burn to avoid bankruptcies and preserve jobs in 2021.

Bangkok-Nong Khai High-speed Rail Contract Inked With China

29 Oct, 2020

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has hailed the development of the Thai-Sino high-speed rail project as key to strengthening the country's competitiveness.

Ministry Raises GDP Outlook To -7.7% From -8.5%

29 Oct, 2020

2021 GDP growth seen at 4.5%, exports to increase 6%

Popular Phi Phi Reef Area Sealed Off For Two Years

28 Oct, 2020

The area around where a large section of a karst in Phang Nga Bay collapsed, sending some 30,000 tonnes of rock onto a popular coral reef below, will remain sealed off for safety for at least two years.

Immigration Bureau Reminds Foreigners To Apply For Visa Extension Before Oct 31

28 Oct, 2020

The Immigration Bureau on Tuesday reminded foreigners whose visas are expiring to submit their applications for extension of temporary stay before October 31.

Tokyu Department Store In Bangkok To Close

28 Oct, 2020

The Tokyu department store in Bangkok will shut its doors in January, forced to close by rising competition and the loss of tourism, Nikkei financial news reported on Wednesday.

Storm Warnings As Typhoon Enters Vietnam

28 Oct, 2020

Flooding was reported in six provinces on Wednesday, with heavy rain and flash-flood warnings for all five regions into Friday.

AOT Reports 49 Per Cent Loss In Passenger Number Due To The COVID-19 Impact

27 Oct, 2020

Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) revealed that its passenger number had decreased by 48.8 per cent year-on-year to 72.6 million in the 2020 fiscal year starting from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020.

PM2.5 Rises Past Safe Levels Again In Bangkok

27 Oct, 2020

PM2.5 dust pollution has returned to Bangkok and vicinities, where levels in three districts exceeded safe limits on Tuesday.

B50bn Contract To Be Signed For Part Of High-speed Railway First Stage

27 Oct, 2020

The government will sign "Contract 2.3", worth more than 50 billion baht, for work on the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima on Wednesday.

Visa Amnesty Extended To Oct 31

27 Oct, 2020

The visa amnesty which expired on Sept 26 has now been officially extended until Oct 31

145 More Chinese Tourists On Special Tourist Visa Arrive In Thailand

27 Oct, 2020

After what authorities are calling an initial successful first batch of tourists from China arriving earlier this month an additional 145 Chinese tourists on Special Tourist Visa’s arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok today

Government To Draw Up List Of Covid-19 Low-risk Countries To Consider Easing Restrictions

27 Oct, 2020

The Public Health Ministry will make a list of low-risk countries for the Covid-19 pandemic, which will be submitted to the Interior Ministry to draw up criteria for further easing restrictions on entry of foreigners into the country.

7 Thai Returnees Found With Covid Monday

26 Oct, 2020

Thailand recorded 7 new imported coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the total number of infections to 3,743. No new deaths were reported.

Centara Watergate Sells QT Pack

26 Oct, 2020

Centara Watergate Pavillion Hotel Bangko has unveiled a unique range of upscale Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ) packages for Thai citizens, international travellers and expatriates returning to Thailand.

Bangkok Temporarily Closed To Large Trucks During Day From Dec 1

26 Oct, 2020

In a move to control PM2.5 levels in the capital during the dry, cool season, the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) has decided to stop six-wheelers from entering the city from December 1 onwards.

Bangkok's Air Quality 16th Worst Among World Cities

25 Oct, 2020

The Air Visual application reported on Sunday that Bangkok’s air pollution level according to the US Air Quality Index (AQI) standard stood at 108, with the level of particulate matter less than 2.5 micrograms in diameter (PM2.5) at 38mcg per cubic metre (µg/m3), placing it at 16th on the list of cities with the worst air in the world.

Infected Tourist On Samui

24 Oct, 2020

Woman had a fever 17 days after arriving

Thai Government Ends Declaration Of A Severe Emergency In Bangkok

22 Oct, 2020

An order in the Royal Gazette that was just issued and takes effect at noon today, October 22, 2020, ends the declaration of a severe emergency in Bangkok.

Centara Opens COSI In Krabi

22 Oct, 2020

Centara Hotels & Resorts will debut its COSI brand in southwest Thailand with the opening of COSI Krabi Ao Nang Beach this Friday, 23 October.

Arrivals From 7 Countries Found Infected

22 Oct, 2020

The government on Thursday reported 10 new cases of novel coronavirus infection, all quarantined arrivals from Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom or Yemen, raising the total to 3,719.

Island Collapse Dumps 30,000 Tonnes Of Rock Onto Phi Phi National Park Reef

21 Oct, 2020

Quarantine For Tourists Could Be Reduced To 10 Days – Or Even None: Anutin

21 Oct, 2020

The Public Health Ministry aims to reduce quarantine for tourists to 10 days.

TAT Says Country's Reopening Must Proceed With Small Steps

21 Oct, 2020

Thailand must start its reopening plan slowly after the first Chinese tourists under the special tourist visa (STV) scheme arrived on Tuesday, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

Khao San Road To Reopen With Special Fair

21 Oct, 2020

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is to hold a fair on Khao San Road from Oct 30-31, in a bid to showcase the popular tourist location's new look.