Two popular islands see only trucks loaded with goods as Covid-shy local travellers stay home

The Ministry of the Interior, led by Mr. Chatchai Phromlert, the permanent secretary of the Ministry, released an order and notice this evening informing all governors in Thailand to mark His Royal Majesty the King’s birthday and two religious holidays online later this month.

Chonburi is mulling stricter measures to curb spread of the coronavirus if the current checkpoints, business closures and stay-at-home request fail to bring down the number of daily cases.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has decided to close Chatuchak Market from July 16 to 29 in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

The country had a record high of 141 new Covid-19 fatalities and a record high of 10,082 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Saturday morning.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand rolled out the Samui Plus programme on Thursday evening, opening the door for fully vaccinated international visitors to explore the three islands of Samui, Pha-ngan, and Tao.

Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos has urged bar operators to reopen their venues as restaurants.

The ‘Samui Plus’ model kicks off today (July 15th), welcoming fully vaccinated foreign tourists, just two weeks after the initial Phuket ‘sandbox’ tourism project was launched.

It was déjà vu all over again as Pattaya fell silent under the second night-time curfew in a year, bringing utter still to an already quiet city.

The "Samui Plus" tourism scheme kicked off on Thursday to welcome fully-vaccinated foreign tourists, two weeks after the Phuket Sandbox reopening.

European Union member states on Thursday agreed to add Ukraine to a list of countries from which travellers can enter the European Union during the coronavirus pandemic, while Thailand and Rwanda were removed.

Stefanie Korényi has offered a list of suggestions for tourism and Phuket officials to consider to help make any similar experiences by other Phuket Sandbox arrivals more pleasant.

Information on the two types of hotel accommodation available under the Samui Plus program, which is due to be launched on 15 July, 2021.

The National Vaccine Committee (NVC) approved today (Wednesday) the procurement of another 120 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for next year

The bed situation for Covid-19 patients in Bangkok is at a critical level, especially for those in the red group, for which there are only 10 per cent of beds available, the Public Health Ministry revealed.