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.

Prior to the pandemic, Southeast Asia had made huge advancements and was forecasted to be the fourth biggest economy by the year 2030.

To see the disastrous impact of Covid-19 on Thailand’s tourism industry, look no further than Krabi.

Plans to auction off the bankrupt Dhara Dhevi Hotel in Chiang Mai have been suspended after its operator opposed the Legal Execution Department's reserve price of Bt2.116 billion.

Nearly 10,000 people were implicated in a massive scheme to defraud the government through an aid program to revive domestic tourism amid the pandemic, police said Thursday.

Industry moots waiver of quarantine, free travel for visitors. Thai island plans to inoculate 70% of residents by Sept. 1

In a blow to Bangkok’s mass-transit plans, bidding for the Orange Line to link the east and west of the city was cancelled on Wednesday.

The government on Thursday reported 809 new Covid-19 cases, 796 local infections and 13 imported, raising the total to 22,058.

A health official on Wednesday contradicted health minister Anutin Charnvirakul on the potential date when the vaccination against COVID-19 will begin, the latest sign that the country’s inoculation drive is far from ready.

Trade between Thailand and Myanmar resumed in Kanchanaburi province on Wednesday after Thai authorities temporarily eased Covid-19 restrictions.

The Samut Sakhon Public Health Emergency Operation Centre reported today that a decision has been made to “hard restrict” seven major factories in the province out of precaution for the entire month of February.

A Cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved in principle the use of a person’s name on vehicle licence plates, deputy government spokeswoman Traisulee Traisaranakul said.

Under four key focuses, Safety and hygiene, Environmental sustainability, X-extra experiences, and Yield, the ‘SEXY’ tourism concept aims to restore traveller confidence post-COVID-19

Two more deaths recorded

Barely back on their feet after the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Thailand’s less well-off communities have been sucker-punched by the second wave that started in December. And this time around, while the impact on small and micro-businesses is much the same, the government’s refusal to call a formal lockdown means support is harder to come by.