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Opinion: Thailand Travel Restrictions And Health And Safety-What To Expect Next? By Andrew J. Wood

29 Jun, 2020

The following is an opinion and the thoughts and writing within are the authors own. You can submit your own opinion for consideration of publishing at pattayanewseditor@gmail.com

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Thailand Covid-19 Center To Finalize Phase 5 Restrictions Tomorrow, Dismisses Criticism On Rules Being “too Strict”

29 Jun, 2020

The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will on Monday disclose details of the easing of Phase 5 restrictions, due to begin on the first of July, while stressing the need for effective disease control measures to prevent a second wave.

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Bangsaen Beach Packed, Road Access Temporarily Closed Due To Crowding Concerns

29 Jun, 2020

Popular Bangsaen Beach was heavily crowded this morning and early afternoon leading to traffic police and local officials to temporarily close road access to the beach, disappointing many potential visitors.

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Building Back A Better Pattaya

29 Jun, 2020

PATTAYA, 29 June 2020: Here’s one mother of a memory lane excursion that dates back 20 years when I was the director of marketing and sales at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort in Pattaya.

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Thailand Elephants Receiving Vital Support To See Them Through COVID-19 Crisis

28 Jun, 2020

Much needed help in the form of money and food donations, medical care and other support is being given for the welfare of elephants in Thailand’s elephant camps which, like many of the kingdom’s hotels and tour operators, are reeling from the COVID-19 crisis.

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No New Covid Cases In Thailand Sunday

28 Jun, 2020

The government on Sunday reported no new cases of novel coronavirus for the second consecutive day, leaving total infections in Thailand at 3,162.

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No New Virus Case, 51 Remain In Hospitals

27 Jun, 2020

The government reported zero new coronavirus cases and no new deaths on Saturday, leaving the total number of infections in Thailand at 3,162 with 58 deaths since January.

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Monday Likely To Bring Multiple Major Decisions From Thai Government: Emergency Decree, Bars And Clubs, International Travel And More

27 Jun, 2020

Monday, June 29, 2020, is set to be a major day for the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) as they will be holding a significant series of meetings led by Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan O’Cha that are set to decide several major and pressing issues of importance to Thailand as well as foreigners attempting to come to the country.

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PM Urges Asean Travel Relaunch

27 Jun, 2020

Covid response fund gets bloc's green light

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Chiang Mai’s Maetaeng Elephant Park Reopens With Free Weekend Shows

26 Jun, 2020

Maetaeng Elephant Park in Chiang Mai province is giving free elephant shows each weekend and on holidays, while its buffet service is being delivered in picnic boxes to ensure social distancing among visitors.

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New Covid Cases Among Returnees

26 Jun, 2020

The government on Friday reported four new coronavirus disease infections, all people in quarantine who had returned recently from the United Arab Emirates or Sudan.

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Thai Airways Feels Loss Of State-owned Enterprise Status

26 Jun, 2020

AoT pulls check-in counters, stands

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Bubble Tourism Wears Flak

26 Jun, 2020

Thais must let down guard to spur growth

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TM30 Reporting Rule On Foreigners Eased

25 Jun, 2020

Property owners will no longer be required to report the presence of foreign tenants in their properties as often as they do now, starting from Tuesday.

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Thailand Logs 1 New Covid Import Thursday

25 Jun, 2020

Thailand on Thursday reported one new coronavirus case detected in a Thai national returning from abroad, taking the country to 31 days without a local transmission.

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Gov’t Rejects Substitute Songkran Holidays In July

25 Jun, 2020

BANGKOK — PM Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday said the government formally turned down a proposal to hold the canceled Thai New Year holidays in July.

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BoT Forecasts Record Contraction

25 Jun, 2020

Panel keeps policy rate on hold at 0.50%

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50,000 Select Foreigners To Start Arriving Next Week

24 Jun, 2020

The first group of foreigners to be allowed to enter Thailand will comprise business representatives, skilled workers, experts, people with Thai families, teachers, students and patients who agree to quarantine, according to the government.

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A Suspect Package Sent Six People To The Hospital And Caused An Evacuation -- Its Contents Turned Out To Be Some Very Smelly Fruit

24 Jun, 2020

(CNN)Twelve German postal workers received medical treatment and dozens more were evacuated due to a pungent suspect package -- which turned out to be a shipment of the notoriously smelly durian fruit.

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More Thai Routes Open As Airlines Ease Out Of Lockdown

24 Jun, 2020

The Department of Airports is overseeing a steady increase in the number of routes and flights offered by two airlines, while new routes will open after the fourth phase of lockdown easing.

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One New Case, No Local Infections

24 Jun, 2020

The government on Wednesday reported one new case of coronavirus disease, a returnee from the Philippines already in quarantine.

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Cabinet Approves 4-day Weekend In July

24 Jun, 2020

The cabinet on Tuesday approved extra public holidays for Asarnha Bucha Day and Buddhist Lent, making a 4-day weekend from July 4-7.

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Airlines To Get New Relief Measures

24 Jun, 2020

Parking fees waived, airport fees slashed

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Orphaned Teen Paints Landscapes Of His Town For College Money

23 Jun, 2020

KALASIN — With each painting of lush wet rice fields with leaping catfish, each blooming lotus pond with palms in the background brings one 18-year-old boy closer to his dream of being an architect – and preserving his hometown’s beautiful environment.

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5 New Covid Cases, No Deaths Tuesday

23 Jun, 2020

The government reported five new imported coronavirus cases and no new deaths on Tuesday, the 29th consecutive day with no confirmed local transmissions of Covid-19 and taking the total number of infections in Thailand to 3,156 with 58 deaths since January.

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Rejuvenated Khao Yai National Park To Reopen July 1

23 Jun, 2020

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Khao Yai National Park, which is set to reopen to tourists from July 1, has regenerated well during the time it has been closed to help contain the Covid-19 pandemic, park director Maj Narin Pinsakul said on Tuesday.

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Road Accidents Slow By 13 Per Cent In May

23 Jun, 2020

The number of road accidents decreased by 13 per cent last month, the Department of Highways reported.

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Nightspots Cry Foul At Curbs List

23 Jun, 2020

'Distancing' will ruin us, warn operators

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Confirmed: Investors, Medical Tourists To Be Allowed In First

22 Jun, 2020

It was confirmed on Monday that investors and businessmen based in Thailand, and medical tourists, would probably be the first foreigners allowed in when the kingdom gradually reopens its doors to outsiders.

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Thailand Logs 3 New Covid Cases, No Deaths Monday

22 Jun, 2020

The government reported three new coronavirus cases and no new deaths on Monday, the 28th consecutive day with no confirmed local transmissions of Covid-19 and taking the total number of infections in Thailand to 3,151 with 58 deaths since January.

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