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TAT predicts B1.5tn in best case for 2021

Tourism could generate 1.5 trillion baht in revenue next year in the best-case scenario if market sentiment improves by April at the earliest, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).Despite a resurgent pandemic, the TAT aims for Thailand to be among the top five tourism ...

Narumon Kasemsuk

More people turning assets into cash due to uncertainty over Covid-19, says DPA

The Deposit Protection Agency (DPA) said that due to the Covid-19 crisis, more and more people are turning their assets into cash and depositing this money in banks.Songpol Chevapanyaroj, president of DPA, said on Thursday that 80.82 million people had bank deposits totalling Bt14.67 trillion ...

The Nation Reporter

Tourism operators' confidence index up in third quarter [Video]

The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) has reported that the tourism operators’ confidence index increased from 37 points in the second quarter to 60 points in the third quarter, following the lifting of various COVID-19 restrictions.Keep watching ...

World Bank revises Thai GDP forecast for the year to 8.3 percent contraction

The World Bank expects Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) to contract 8.3 per cent this year, more than the earlier estimate of minus 5 percent.The bank expects the economy to expand by 4.9 per cent next year, with more than two years required for the ...

The Nation Reporter

Thailand to slowly restart tourism with flight from China

Thailand will receive its first foreign vacationers when a flight from China arrives next week, marking the gradual restart of a vital tourism sector battered by coronavirus travel curbs, a senior official said on Tuesday.The first flight will have about 120 tourists from Guangzhou, flying ...

Emergency decree extension, new visas approved

The government will extend the state of emergency through October and approve special tourist visas starting next month after a six-month gap, say ministers.The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday approved the extension through Oct 31, according to ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

What next for tourism sector?

With the deadline for the estimated 150,000 stranded foreign tourists in the kingdom to renew their visas having passed yesterday, it remains to be seen how many will continue to stay in the country either legally, having extended their right to stay, or illegally, facing ...

CCSA panel to approve visa scheme to allow foreign tourists into country

A Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday will approve a Special Tourist Visa (STV) to draw foreign tourists, deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul says.The Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the Ministry of Public Health and various ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Prayut tells UN Thailand is ready to share Covid knowledge

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has expressed Thailand’s readiness to share knowledge and experiences in combatting Covid-19 at the General Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA75).He spoke via a teleconference to the UNGA75 in New York on Saturday, emphasising cooperation ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Ministry aims to sow seeds of growth

The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry and two agricultural companies are giving away vegetable seeds for home cultivation under a project aimed at easing financial impacts caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.Launched yesterday, the offer follows a successful giveaway on May 7 when 10,000 sets of vegetables ...

Apinya Wipatayotin

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