Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort is inviting Thai residents to swap Christmas trees for coconut palms this year in Krabi.

Tourism ministry says struggling hotels need help and fraud can be brought under control

Thai authorities have issued detailed and ongoing instructions, from March to October 2020, about the visa plight of foreigners unwilling or unable to quit the country.

The Centre for the Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on Thursday that some types of visa have been reactivated, the certificate of entry (CoE) validity extended and sports tournaments have been given the go-ahead.

The governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand on Wednesday asked police to prosecute operators of 312 hotels and 202 shops for fraud in the government's "We Travel Together" subsidy scheme.

The BTS Green Line extension, from Phaholyothin 59 to Khu Khot station, and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)’s Gold Line from Krung Thonburi to Klong San stations were officially launched on Wednesday.

Two Thai ministries on Tuesday said they have laid grounds in launching the first medical marijuana tour in Southeast Asia next year as they finalised a draft programme for plantations across Thailand.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has visited the country’s largest transport hub under construction and taken a test ride of the Red Line’s Bang Sue-Rangsit section.

The following is a feature article which gathers statements that have been made so far by the Thai Government in regards to Covid-19 and a Covid-19 vaccine.

Immigration authorities have deported one of the two foreign divers who disturbed marine animals off Koh Pha-ngan in Surat Thani province in August. The other has appealed to stay on in Thailand.

Smog has made its annual return to Bangkok and is expected to continue into February, with outdoor burning banned for now and people working on the streets advised to wear masks.

The baht opened at 30.12 to the US dollar on Monday, weakening from the previous close of 30.04.

Overhead electric cables on some of Bangkok's busiest roads have been successfully moved underground, the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) has said.

The coastal road between Nakhon Si Thammarat's Khanom and Sichon districts was crowded with tourists at the start of the long weekend holiday on Thursday.

There are no unaccounted for Covid-19 cases in the seven provinces where newly infected persons travelled, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department said on Friday.