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Thailand poised to target 50% EV use, carbon neutrality by 2050
EV committee will discuss at the end of March and prepare to set carbon emission to zero with 50 per cent user to drive EV within 2030.Kulit Sombatsiri, permanent secretary for energy, said during the launch day ceremony for EGAT EV Business Solutions on Thursday ...
The Nation Reporter
Cabinet won't extend tour scheme
The cabinet has turned down a proposal from the Tourism and Sports Ministry to extend the fraud-plagued Rao Tiew Duay Kan (We Travel Together) scheme scheduled to end on April 30.Instead, the Tourism and Sports Ministry and Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) were instructed to ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thailand's tourism sector wants country reopened on July 1
Leading tourism companies in Thailand launched a campaign on Tuesday to reopen the country’s borders from July 1, 2021.The #OpenThailandSafely campaign was launched by more than 15 major companies including Minor Group, Asian Trails, YAANA Ventures, Capella Hotels and Resorts EXO and many others. Minor ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand poised to adopt vaccine passports to kick-start tourism
The tourism minister has asked the Public Health Ministry for approval to launch a vaccine passport system in a bid to kick-start the tourism industry this year.Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn said on Monday that the government was waiting for a World Health Organisation ...
The Nation Reporter
MPI records 6.03% rise in January
Thailand’s manufacturing production index (MPI) in January rose by 6.03% to 101.82 from 96.03 points in December amid the new Covid-19 outbreak as officials expect better economic prospects in the months ahead following the recent delivery of vaccines.Plastic bead manufacturing, which increased by 10.8% year-on-year, ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
TAT expecting 44% fewer trips during long weekend
The damage from the second wave of the pandemic persists for the tourism industry, as an estimate suggests there will be 44% fewer domestic trips during the Buddhist festival holiday which begins on Friday, according to Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said ...
Narumon Kasemsuk
TAT touts competitive enhancement fund
The tourism industry should have a competitiveness enhancement fund to transform businesses in order to avoid a massive collapse in the post-pandemic era, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the objective of such a fund is not to remedy ...
Narumon Kasemsuk
Thailand welcomes first “villa quarantine” tourists
A hundred foreign tourists have arrived in Thailand to take advantage of new “villa quarantine” rules, which will allow them to roam within designated resorts after a first week confined to their rooms. The country is seeking ways to stimulate its essential tourism industry despite ...
Massive fraud in tourism scheme
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has lodged a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division against almost 1,000 business operators for alleged fraud relating to the government’s co-payment tourism scheme.CSD deputy chief Pol Col Anek Taosuphap said on Friday the complaint involved fraudulent practices in ...
Wassayos Ngamkham
'Unlimited' domestic flights brewing
The government may offer a subsidy for an unlimited travel pass to people who buy domestic air tickets in advance to help struggling airlines in Thailand.Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the redemption rate on airfare for the ongoing “We travel together” ...
Narumon Kasemsuk