Fifty-four people died and 373 were injured in 388 road accidents across the country on Monday

Despite the annual celebrations, water fights and parties being mostly side-lined this year, Songkran goes on for 2021, albeit in a much-subdued form.

Infections in Hua Hin near 200

Pre-pandemic, Phuket's Patong Beach was not a place you'd go for peace and quiet.

Thirty people were killed and 374 injured in 357 road accidents throughout the country on April 11

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has prohibited airlines from serving food and drinks to passengers on board planes flying domestic routes, except in emergency cases, with effect from April 13, in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Five elephants and their unemployed mahouts (elephant trainers) that had started walking home from Pattaya to Surin and Buriram, a destination of hundreds of kilometers, are now traveling in style – on trucks with one more elephant on their way home.

On Saturday, Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health announced that since the vaccination program began, the country has inoculated 470,301 persons with at least one dose of a vaccine.

The capital has sufficient beds to cope with the recent spike in Covid-19 linked to the Thong Lor area cluster.

More than half a million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been given to Thai people across the country, a government official said on Saturday.

One new Covid-19 death and 789 new cases, 781 of which were local, were reported on Saturday, raising the totals to 97 deaths and 31,658 cases.

Private hospitals can procure 10m doses

An estimated 50,000 people poured out of Bangkok on buses to their home provinces on Friday, about half the predicted figure for the traditional Songkran rush.

TAT projects 50% decrease in receipts during Songkran

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phuket Office recently organized a ‘Phuket – Save the Sea Project’ responsible tourism event to promote conservation of natural marine resources among all stakeholders.