Phuket’s hotel industry is reaching breaking point and the government needs to step in and offer serious economic support to help it survive the upcoming high season, industry leaders said.
View MorePhuket Airport held a dress rehearsal on Tuesday (September 8) on dealing with international tourists as per the government’s “Phuket Model” programme.
View MoreMembership of the National Savings Fund (NSF) has dropped by 500,000 to 2.4 million during the Covid-19 crisis, as people have been unable to maintain their annual contributions, said its secretary-general Jaruluk Ruangsuwan.
View MoreAlcohol sales via electronic channels will be prohibited, the Royal Gazette announced on its website yesterday (September 8).
View MoreMore Thais are flying to this southern island resort province for a holiday, providing a boost for local tourism confidence, Phuket international airport director Thani Chuangchu said.
View MoreFacilities preparing for tourist isolation
View MoreThe government on Wednesday reported one new case of coronavirus disease, a Japanese film producer already in quarantine in Bangkok, raising the total number of cases to 3,447.
View MoreThailand's exports could fall by 10% this year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and a persistently strong baht.
View MoreA proposal for a 2.9 billion baht mega-development in the Cape Bali Hai area of this tourist city was approved at a public hearing on Tuesday.
View MoreRoyal Cliff Hotels Group is offering a 40% discount as part of a promotion to encourage domestic travellers to visit the five -star resort.
View MoreThe Bank of Thailand (BOT) said some 85 per cent of retail debtors struggling in the fallout of Covid-19 have applied for the second-phase of debt relief, while Kasikornbank projects 60 to 70 per cent of debtors will be able to start repaying their debts once the subsidy wraps up.
View MoreA spike in coronavirus infections in Indonesia's holiday island of Bali and Thailand's first locally transmitted case in 100 days have dealt further blows to Southeast Asian hopes of reviving vital tourism industries.
View MoreThe government on Tuesday reported one new case of Covid-19 infection, a quarantined Indian man who returned from abroad, raising the total number of cases to 3,446.
View MoreHotels and guest houses in Tak province have seen only 50 per cent reservations by tourists during the four-day long weekend from September 4-7, compared to previous long weekends, due to news of Covid-19 spreading in Myanmar.
View MoreThe Department of Disease Control (DDC) provided updates on Monday (September 7) of the people who are suspected of having been in contact with the 37-year-old man who tested positive for Covid-19 while in detention at the Central Special Correctional Institution for drug charges.
View MoreA senior official of the Chinese embassy in Bangkok has ruled out early reopening of tourism between China and Thailand, as the two countries are not ready to open the sector.
View MoreThe government on Monday reported one new case of the coronavirus disease 2019 over the past 24 hours, a returnee from India, as total cases rose to 3,445.
View MoreThe Legend Siam in Sattahip is set to re-open again on October 2nd with the new concept ‘Fully Fun in 1 Day’.
View MorePopular tourist destinations were teeming with holidaymakers over the four-day long weekend, giving the ailing tourism industry some hope of recovery.
View MoreThere’s been a traffic jam in, of all places, Trat, as impatient domestic tourists waited for the ferry to head to Koh Chang from the mainland.
View MoreGiving at least some local business and hotel owners a welcome reprieve, Pattaya was bustling Saturday night as thousands of domestic Thai tourists spent the weekend in Pattaya.
View MoreA tunnel under construction in the north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima has collapsed, injuring 12 workers. The tunnel is an underpass running below the Map Kabao-Jira Junction dual railway track. The underpass was bring constructed by the Italian-Thai company.
View MoreThe Immigration Bureau has urged foreigners to renew their visas before the end of an exemption which falls on Sept 26.
View MoreThailand has confirmed six new cases of the novel coronavirus imported from Singapore and the United Kingdom.
View MoreEnvironment minister says natural habitat needs regular recovery breaks from tourism
View MoreSeven new Covid-19 cases were reported on Saturday, all foreigners in alternative quarantine facilities from five countries.
View MoreSeveral leading Walking Street business owners, from seafood restaurants, to small shops to bars have warned of a “total collapse” of the Pattaya tourist industry if the Thai government does not find a way to allow in foreign tourists.
View MoreThe Thai cabinet has approved a number of concessions on the situation for people stranded in Thailand under any form of tourist visa after September 26.
View MoreThe Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has lifted its ban on food and drinks served on domestic flights, according to the authority's director-general Chula Sukmanop.
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