Some of the oil that leaked from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand washed up on a beach in Rayong province late on Friday

The southern province of Krabi was named Thailand’s Most Welcoming City based on 1.3 million travellers’ reviews of 12,969 hotels in Thailand.

The Public Health Ministry plans to declare Covid-19 an endemic disease by the end of this year, using its own criteria and with or without World Health Organization confirmation.

Royal Cliff Hotels Group has announced the appointment of a new group general manager effective March 2022

Registration for Thailand’s quarantine exemption scheme known as Test & Go is reopening next week

While there has been no formal announcement, it appears the deadline to apply for the 60-day “Covid” visa extension scheme has been pushed to March 25.

Thailand is reopening to foreign travellers under the “Test & Go” scheme from February 1, though this time some changes have been made.

Businesses in the entertainment, nightlife, bar and sex industry in Pattaya are breathing a sigh of relief as international tourists will, again, be able to visit the seaside party town as part of the government’s Thailand Pass updates.

Hospitality and tourism business operators in Pattaya city have welcomed the government's decision to include the city, part of Bang Lamung district, and other districts of the coastal province in the tourism sandbox scheme.

Thailand’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) approved the return of the Test & Go entry scheme and the reopening of Pattaya and Ko Chang Sandbox schemes starting 0900, 1 February 2022

Thailand will resume the 'Test & Go' quarantine waiver for vaccinated arrivals from Feb 1

The Test & Go programme will be reintroduced soon while entry rules under the scheme will be tweaked to allow close monitoring of overseas arrivals' health

The Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration will consider relaxing coronavirus restrictions Thursday, which might mean Pattaya and Chiang Mai become tourist sandboxes again.

Thai Vietjet launched Monday its ‘Power Pack’ promotion consisting of different packs of air passes for flying Thai Vietjet’s domestic network.

The government may revive the quarantine-free visa programme for vaccinated travellers from abroad, less than a month after suspending the waiver, as fears of a new wave of Omicron-driven Covid cases recede.