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Public Debt Seen Hitting 57% Of GDP

03 Oct, 2020

Key finance official says budget deficit is expected to average 2.8-2.9% into 2025

Thailand Now Officially Open To Long Stay Foreign Tourists

02 Oct, 2020

Thailand’s Government Gazette website announced that long stay foreign tourists would now be allowed to enter the Kingdom. The announcement comes after the Cabinet approved the measure on September 15.

Pattaya City Planning To Add Another Traffic/parking Lane To Beach Road

02 Oct, 2020

According to Pattaya Mayor Sonthaya Khunpluem part of the plan for the remodeling of Beach Road is to add another lane of traffic to the beach which can also be used for parking at times.

Bangkok Offers Seniors A 20% Discount

02 Oct, 2020

Bangkok Airways offers 10 to 20% off its standard fares to Thai citizens who fit five demographic sectors.

TAT Confirms Special Tourist Visa Scheme

02 Oct, 2020

The Tourism Authority of Thailand has confirmed that the initiative to welcome foreign tourists back to Thailand under the Special Tourist Visa (STV) scheme will proceed.

CAAT Predicts 68% Drop In Passenger Numbers This Year

01 Oct, 2020

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) expects passenger numbers in 2020 to plummet 68 per cent year on year to 52.8 million, due to the Covid-19 impact, said director-general Chula Sukmanop.

THAI Schedules October Flights

01 Oct, 2020

Thai Airways International will operate 15 flights to five destinations this October mainly to accommodate Thais requiring repatriation.

First China Group Returns To Phuket

01 Oct, 2020

The first group of Chinese visitors are due to arrive in Phuket 8 October aboard a Thai Airways International flight from Guangzhou.

Khao San Set To Reopen For Locals, Expats

01 Oct, 2020

Khao San Road will reopen to trade at the end of next month with more vendors and promotional events lined up to pull in local crowds.

Hotel On Koh Chang 'ready To Settle' In Libel Saga With Guest

01 Oct, 2020

Sea View Koh Chang, a hotel on Koh Chang in Trat that is pursuing a defamation suit against an American teacher based in Thailand over his allegedly unfair reviews of the hotel, said on Wednesday it is ready to negotiate a settlement.

BoT Predicts Growth In Upcoming Q2

01 Oct, 2020

Low-base effect from 2020 helps with optics

Thailand Sends Mixed Messages On Travel

30 Sep, 2020

Thailand has extended the amnesty on visa renewals until the 31 October, local media reported on Monday, a move that takes the heat off thousands of foreigners stranded in Thailand.

World Bank Revises Thai GDP Forecast For The Year To 8.3 Per Cent Contraction

30 Sep, 2020

The World Bank expects Thailand's gross domestic product (GDP) to contract 8.3 per cent this year, more than the earlier estimate of minus 5 per cent.

THA Tells Hotels To Lighten Up

30 Sep, 2020

Hoteliers have to accept feedback, the Thai Hotels Association (THA) says with regard to the conflict involving an expatriate being sued by a resort in Koh Chang.

Phuket Ready To Open Up

30 Sep, 2020

Island to welcome Guangzhou tourists

Visa “amnesty” Period Officially Approved To Be Extended In Thailand

29 Sep, 2020

At a brief press conference this afternoon in Bangkok Traisuree Taisaranakul, the Thai Government spokeswoman, acknowledged that the amnesty period for foreign nationals in the country had been approved and extended until the end of October.

August Indicators Show Thai Economy Recovering

29 Sep, 2020

Economic indicators for August show significant improvement from July but suggest the economy is still contracting, according to the Finance Ministry.

Koh Samui ALSQs Prepared For New Visitors

29 Sep, 2020

Health volunteers posted at each hotel

Govt Beckons Further Arrivals

29 Sep, 2020

Six more groups get green light to visit

Suvarnabhumi Has Sights Set High

29 Sep, 2020

Covid fails to deter regional hub hopes

More Foreigners To Be Allowed Entry Into The Country

28 Sep, 2020

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) approved on Monday entry into the country for more groups of foreigners.

Thailand’s Tourism Recovery Four Years Away

28 Sep, 2020

In Thailand, the tourism sector supported almost 20% of the national GDP last year, but the recovery could take four years to reach 2019 levels.

Police: Visa Amnesty ‘Likely’ To Be Extended Till Oct. 31

28 Sep, 2020

An immigration bureau spokesman Monday that another round of visa amnesty for foreigners residing or stranded in Thailand due to the coronavirus pandemic is very likely.

Sea Bed Along Southern Coast Is Now Protected By Law

28 Sep, 2020

Thailand’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on Friday said that sea grass, coral reefs and undersea rock formations in Thailand’s four southern coastal provinces are now legally protected.

Thousands Flock To Yala Skywalk To Glimpse Sea Of Mist

28 Sep, 2020

More than 4,000 tourists visited Yala province’s iconic Ai Yerweng skywalk to enjoy a view of the sea of mist from an altitude of over 600 metres, Anan Boonsamran, chief of Betong district, said on Sunday.

17 Thai Soldiers Among 22 New Covid Imports Monday

28 Sep, 2020

The government reported 22 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, raising the total to 3,545. The death toll was unchanged at 59.

Thailand Under Pressure To Act Against The Sanakham Dam Project

27 Sep, 2020

Pattaya City Council Urges For Legal Action Against Controversial Abandoned Waterfront Condominium.

27 Sep, 2020

Pattaya City Council urges for legal action, demolishment, against controversial abandoned Waterfront condominium at Bali Hai Pier

Undeterred By Virus, Phuket To Go Ahead With Annual ‘Je’ Festival

26 Sep, 2020

Thailand’s famous resort island of Phuket announced on Thursday that it will hold the annual vegetarian festival while observing strict social distancing measures amidst the ongoing pandemic.

Koh Chang Resort Defends Suit Against Unhappy Expat Guest

26 Sep, 2020

Defamation complaint was last resort after American posted repeated 'untrue' reviews