The Cabinet today agreed to improve the “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together) domestic tourism scheme by increasing the value of weekday accommodation vouchers from Bt600 to Bt900 per day, to encourage travel between Monday and Thursday.

The Thai Cabinet has extended the visa amnesty for foreigners so they can remain in Thailand during the Covid-19 global pandemic.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) is making preparations in case there is a second wave of infections, CCSA spokesman Dr Taweesin Visanuyoth said on Tuesday (July 21).

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) is urging would-be Thai returnees to isolate at alternative accommodation and pay for their own quarantine expenses in order to reduce the strain on the government's finances.

Thailand may offer foreigners in the country a grace period until 26 September to apply for visa extensions once the visa amnesty ends 31 July.

The government on Sunday warned it would delist hotel operators from its latest tourism stimulus campaign known as Rao Tiew Duay Kan (We Travel Together) if they are found to have increased their room rates.

The Sai Yok National Park located in Kanchanaburi has not been as high on tourists' popular places in this province as in the past. People visit other areas of the province, such as Thong Pha Phum and Sungkraburi. But considering the attractions it offers, the national park is still worthy of a visit.

Applications considered on case-by-case basis until Sept 26

92 still in hospitals, deaths remain at 58

The government on Friday reported three new cases of coronavirus disease, all quarantined Thai returnees from Sudan on the same flight as a diplomat's infected daughter, raising total to 3,239.

Emirates will deploy its A380 on its daily Amsterdam service, and add a second daily A380 service to London Heathrow starting from 1 August.

The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) is predicting the hard-hit tourism sector will start to recover once a Covid-19 vaccine is rolled out late next year.

The Rajdamnern Boxing Stadium in Bangkok on Wednesday (July 15) reopened for a boxing match for the first time after being shut down in March.

There was no infection found among the 1,603 people tested for Covid-19 after being in places visited by an infected Egyptian soldier in Rayong and the infected young daughter of a diplomat in Bangkok.

Tourism in the eastern region of the country has been slowed by local panic over a new uncontrolled case of infection in Rayong, with operators asking the government to take serious action to stop further damage.