Bid to let inoculated tourists visit in July

Phuket, Samui plan for July reopening

There are enough doses of Covid-19 vaccine for people in Phuket and Surat Thani’s Samui Island to immunise local people before tourists return.

Hopes that relaxation of the country’s quarantine rules for overseas visitors will boost international arrivals may be premature.

Pattaya City is ready to welcome tourists when more arrivals are allowed from April 1, governor Sontaya Kunplome said on his Facebook page on Sunday.

A summer storm hit Nakhon Thai district on Sunday night, causing extensive damage in the local town and surrounding areas.

Thailand stayed at 54th in the rankings of the World Happiness Report that saw Finland on top of the globe and Singapore the best among Asean members.

Khao San business operators say 'no splashing, no money'

Thousands of tourists are flocking to Wat Kham Chanod in Udon Thani province during weekends after the temple reopened its doors to the public on Wednesday.

Tourists can once again brave the mythical Naga that guards Wat Kham Chanod in Udon Thani from Wednesday, when the temple reopens its doors after more than two months.

A ‘Sea Walker’ boat operator in Pattaya has been arrested for allegedly illegally operating their service and conducting activities which increase damage to marine resources according to officials.

The chief of the Patong Municipality Sanitation Division has dismissed the notion that wastewater flowing into the bay is in any way contributing to the macro algae bloom along the Patong beachfront.

Another batch of Sinovac vaccine has arrived in Thailand, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Saturday.

Tourism operators expect dull sentiment for the Songkran festival next month.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday approved reducing the quarantine period from 14 days to 10 days for travellers as proposed by the Public Health Ministry, starting from April 1.