Thailand cannot expect a big influx of tourists after the government launches a new visa scheme for long-term visitors, says a key trade group.

Health officials on Monday said they have yet to find coronavirus infection among those in close contact with the country’s second domestic patient in a single month, but they can’t establish how he contracted the virus either.

Health officials have been tracing the movements of a Myanmar mother and her child after the baby tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 after returning home from Thailand.

The cabinet is thinking about declaring another long holiday, to allow people to travel and boost sagging local economies, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Tuesday.

Bangkok will open walking streets on Khao San Road and the road along Ong Ang canal on weekends from October to stimulate tourism.

Thai Airways International has asked its creditors to file their requests for debt repayments with the Department of Legal Execution after the Central Bankruptcy Court on Monday accepted its request for debt restructuring.

Over 1,000 people on Sunday joined in a fun run activity in Phuket to promote tourism of the southern Thai island.

Maj-General Thakad Lordsiri, commander of the Surasi troop which patrols the Thailand-Myanmar border in Prachuap Khiri Khan, checked the barbed wire fences placed in different parts of the province, including the Dang Singkhon pass, which is only used to transfer goods for now.

Thai Airways International, the nation’s flagship carrier, faces one of its biggest challenges in its 60-year history, with the Central Bankruptcy Court set to rule on its debt restructuring on Monday.

Several residents have escaped after an elephant visited their home in Chonburi early this morning.

The government on Friday reported seven new cases of coronavirus disease, five Thais and two foreigners already in quarantine after arriving from abroad.

Health officials, police join hands to curb problem

Officials on Wednesday doubled down on their proposal to resume limited tourism amid the global coronavirus pandemic by expanding a vague reentry plan to cover the entire country.

Risk plan can handle any new infections

Health minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday said the proposal to reopen Phuket to foreign tourists will go ahead in spite of opposition from the local communities.