Disasters and emergency response

Fuel consumption in Thailand contracted in January, especially for jet fuel, following the return of Covid-19 in mid-December last year, according to the Department of Energy Business (DOEB).The largest plunge was jet fuel consumption, which contracted by 82.6% to a daily average of 3.85 from ...

Thailand will import the first doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine from Asia after Europe enforced export controls, the country’s health minister said on Thursday.The European Union (EU) last week set restrictions on the export of vaccines from the bloc through to March to ensure it will ...

The Tourism Minister will discuss with the prime minister a request for 5 million doses of vaccination for the tourism industry and also push a vaccine passport measure to enable foreigners to return in the third quarter of this year.Minister for Tourism and Sports Phiphat ...

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) suggests the government make Covid-19 vaccination a national agenda, with the tourism sector the first to receive vaccines as soon as July.People working in the tourism industry should be receive in the first priority grouping ...

Consumer confidence dropped for a second straight month in January, hitting a nine-month low, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce reported on Thursday.The UTTC consumer index fell to 47.8 in January from 50.1 in December.The report attributed the drop to concerns about the ...

Thailand’s economy, hit hard by the pandemic, is predicted by the World Bank to take approximately two years to recover. Living through periods of great uncertainty and rapid change is unnerving for us. But, around the world, leading companies are using pandemic-driven changes to position ...

The Bank of Thailand held its benchmark interest rate steady at an all-time low as fiscal measures take the lead in reviving the economy amid a renewed outbreak of Covid-19.The central bank held the policy rate Wednesday at 0.5% in a unanimous decision, after cutting ...

Fuel consumption in Thailand contracted by 12.5% last year because of strict state measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19, including a lockdown order, according to the Department of Energy Business (DOEB).The government did not enforce a nationwide lockdown for the fresh outbreak starting last ...

The government said on Tuesday that the country’s coronavirus outbreak situation is improving, despite the high number of cases that are being found via pro-active screenings, and as 836 new cases were reported in the previous 24 hours.Increased effortยs in conducting proactive tests are ongoing ...

The tourism ministry outlined assistance schemes for tourism-related businesses on Tuesday, as the tourism minister said we were going to ask for Covid-19 vaccines to be rolled out to tourism workers to boost the shattered sector.The proposals include a salary co-payment programme, soft loans, and ...