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Thailand to unveil Asean tourism push

Thailand is set to release comprehensive gastronomy guidelines for the Asean region by the end of this year to facilitate the recovery of tourism figures, after the industry has been hurt by a string of challenges, including dangerous air pollution in the North, the global ...

Phuwit Limviphuwat

Cross-border trade, tourism promoted

Cross-border trade and tourism are being promoted at Baan Khao Din border checkpoint in Sa Kaeo province which has been upgraded to permanent status.The Department of Foreign Trade, under the Ministry of Commerce, has confirmed that Baan Khao Din border checkpoint in Khlong Hat district ...

Tewit Kemtong

Haze casts shadow over Songkran tourism

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has forecast tourism levels during Songkran to drop by 10 per cent, partly due to the northern haze problems. Meanwhile, the Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA) expects the strong baht to encourage Thais to travel abroad during the Songkran ...

The Nation Reporter

Three measures promoted for Thai traditional Songkran festival

All sectors are preparing to take care of and facilitate everyone who will return to their hometown to celebrate the Songkran festival while the cabinet has acknowledged three measures to promote the Thai traditional Songkran festival.Keep reading ...

Supawadee Wangsri

Bangkok top in Asean, second in Asia for sustainable conference destination

Bangkok has placed second on the list of Asian destinations in the latest Global Destination Sustainability (GDS) Index. The rating, which measured social and environmental sustainability strategies, industry supplier support, and Convention Bureau strategy and initiatives.Keep reading ...

The Nation Reporter

Authorities release e-visa guide

Last month Thailand officially launched its e-Visa on Arrival (E-VOA) application. The system will cut processing times to minutes and is seen as key to halting the recent decline in Chinese visitors. The service is run by Thai Immigration in cooperation with the SAMART Group, ...

Tourism’s influence on Thai politics

A recent news report in Thailand has revealed that Thai netizens do not believe official government statistics regarding the actual number of tourist arrivals to the country. Several readers of a popular local news portal wrote similar comments in response to a statement made by ...

Sheith Khidhir

EEC tabbed for tourism lift

The Tourism and Sports Ministry says the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) initiative could help boost tourism and small business in a greater area along the Eastern Seaboard.“The eastern region now has high potential to become a tourism hub, thanks to megaprojects,” said Tourism and Sports ...

Suchat Sritama

New dawn for remote Andaman Sea island tourism

Few have heard of the Mergui Archipelago, and even fewer have managed to visit the 400km string of scattered islands in the Bay of Bengal’s Andaman Sea.Most of the 800 offshore islands are uninhabited, apart from a few seasonal settlements of the seafaring nomadic Moken, ...

Businesses rip North border crossing rule

Representatives of Chiang Rai’s business community plan to ask the government to ease cross-border travel regulations at a planned mobile cabinet meeting next Monday and Tuesday. Pornthep Inthachai, president of the Chiang Rai Chamber of Commerce, said authorities should review and revise regulations that are ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

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