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5-star Hotel Price Pressure Crushing Pattaya Budget Inns

07 Jul, 2021

Aggressive rate-cutting by Pattaya’s corporate-owned five-star resorts may put the city’s mid-range and budget inns out of business.

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Amazing Thailand’s Latest Vaccination Rollout For Foreigners

07 Jul, 2021

The latest initiative to get foreigners jabbed opens on July 12.

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Vaccination Day Arrives In Pattaya, But Vaccines Don’t

07 Jul, 2021

Angry and disappointed Pattaya residents voiced their displeasure after showing up at Pattaya City Hospital for their Covid-19 vaccinations only to be told there were no vaccines.

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Pattaya Cleans Up Naklua Streets, Canal, Beach

06 Jul, 2021

City officials sent out crews on Monday to spruce up Naklua into the international tourist destination it claims to be.

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Survey Suggests Hotels Lacking Liquidity

06 Jul, 2021

The remaining liquidity of most hotel operators means they will be able to cover operation costs for less than three months, a Bank of Thailand (BoT) survey suggests.

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Kathu Municipal Schools Closed Over COVID Concerns

06 Jul, 2021

Four municipality schools in Kathu have been closed over concerns of one parent and a student at one of the schools being confirmed as infected with COVID-19.

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Tuesday Covid Update: 5,420 New Cases And 57 Deaths

06 Jul, 2021

5,420 new Covid-19 cases and 57 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.

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Delta Variant To Take Over, Warns Expert

06 Jul, 2021

Strain accounts for 52% of capital cases

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Leaked Memo Leads To Calls For MRNA Vaccine

06 Jul, 2021

Health workers seen as group with most urgent need for it

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Chiang Mai To Reopen Field Hospital

06 Jul, 2021

Authorities will reopen this field hospital in Chiang Mai to cope with a surge of infections.

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Covid Closure Brings Rare Wildlife Back To Songkhla National Park

05 Jul, 2021

Images of hornbills and other rare wild animals taken in Songkhla’s Khao Nam Khang National Park were posted on the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Facebook page on Sunday.

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PM Prayut Self-isolating After Selfie With Covid-positive Business Leader

05 Jul, 2021

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been self-isolating since returning from Phuket where he was pictured beside a business leader who later tested positive for Covid-19.

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50 Die, Over 6,000 More Contract Covid

05 Jul, 2021

Health authorities on Monday said 50 more Covid-19 fatalities and 6,166 new transmissions were reported in Thailand on Sunday

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Photo Tour: Pattaya Goes From The City That Never Sleeps, To The City That Can’t Wake Up

05 Jul, 2021

The following photos and gallery were taken by our Thai team and originally published for Thepattayanews.co.th, our popular Thai version of our news.

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Surat Thani’s Tourist Islands Launches “Samui Plus Model”

05 Jul, 2021

Surat Thani’s three major islands, namely Koh Samui, Koh Tao, and Koh Pha Ngan, are scheduled to reopen and welcome vaccinated foreign tourists under the “Samui Plus Model” tourism scheme later this month!

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Pattaya Boat Operators Hope City Re-opens Quickly

05 Jul, 2021

Pattaya boat operators want the government to reopen the city to foreign tourists as soon as possible, pointing to Koh Larn, where 70 percent of the island’s tiny population is vaccinated against Covid-19.

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Pattaya Scuba Divers Remove Gigantic Fishing Net From Coral Reef

05 Jul, 2021

Local maritime officials and dozens of fishermen and scuba divers joined to retrieve a giant fishing net dropped off one of Pattaya’s Far Islands.

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Explorar Hotels & Resorts Launches In Thailand

05 Jul, 2021

Leading international boutique hotel group, The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts proudly announces the launch of its new and highly anticipated hotel brand, Explorar Hotels & Resorts, headquartered from Phuket, Thailand

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Blue Tree Phuket Reopens

05 Jul, 2021

Blue Tree Phuket is delighted to announce it will be opening its Lagoon, Tree House Restaurant and Beach Lounge from this coming Saturday (July 3)

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Deputy Health Minister Reopens Phuket Town’s Lard Yai Walking Street

05 Jul, 2021

Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutecha was in Phuket yesterday (July 4) to officially reopen the once-popular Lard Yai Sunday Walking Street market in Phuket Town.

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Opinion: A Nation Of Desperation And Suicide

05 Jul, 2021

The Department of Mental Health released new statistics this week which showed that last year was the worst year on record for suicides with some 7.37 suicides per 100,000 people.

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Deadline To Apply For “Covid” Visa Extension July 29; Office Closures

05 Jul, 2021

The deadline to apply for a 60-day special “Covid” visa extension is July 29, but many should apply at least a week prior as Immigration offices will be closed for public holidays during the last week of the month.

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Every Phuket Sandbox Arrival In First 3 Days Found To Be Covid Free: TAT

05 Jul, 2021

None of the 1,271 foreigners arriving in Phuket between July 1 and 3 have tested positive for Covid-19, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) reported on Monday.

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Leaked Comments Over Pfizer Vaccine Sparks Outrage On Social Media

05 Jul, 2021

Some senior doctors are worried that the arrival of the mRNA Pfizer vaccine will make recipients of the Sinovac vaccine believe they have been given an inferior product

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Slow Pace Of Vaccination Casts A Shadow Over Baht

05 Jul, 2021

The baht opened at 32.16 to the US dollar on Monday, strengthening from Friday’s closing rate of 32.19.

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Business Baffled By Gaffes

05 Jul, 2021

The government's management of the pandemic is posing a raft of difficult questions

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Govt Blasted For Jab Delay

05 Jul, 2021

Nation 'slow to place orders for vaccines'

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Government Defends Phuket Beach, Booze Photos

04 Jul, 2021

The government has clarified two controversial photos, including one featuring cabinet ministers relaxing on a Phuket beach without face masks following their arrival on the tourist island last Thursday (July 1)

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Inside Phuket’s Sandbox – Questions Answered | VIDEO

04 Jul, 2021

The Sandbox is the first step in reopening Thailand to vaccinated travellers, without a formal 14 day quarantine in a hotel.

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Flights And Passenger Numbers Slowly Rising In Phuket Sandbox

04 Jul, 2021

As we enter day 4 of the Phuket Sandbox reopening, while numbers aren’t anywhere near earlier estimates or historical totals, they are steadily growing day by day.

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