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Ratchaprasong Jittery Over Protests

16 Oct, 2020

Retailers close early, shore up security

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Protest Leaders Call For Calm In Tense Bangkok Stand-off With Police

15 Oct, 2020

Large numbers of school and university students, many wearing their student uniforms, joined the anti-government protest in Bangkok on Thursday.

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Protesters Occupy Ratchaprasong Intersection

15 Oct, 2020

Anti-government protesters blocked Ratchaprasong intersection, in Bangkok's inner business district, late on Thursday afternoon.

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Twenty Protesters Arrested, Planned Thursday Rally Prohibited

15 Oct, 2020

Police said 20 demonstrators, including three rally leaders, were arrested in Bangkok early on Thursday as the protest outside Government House was dispersed.

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Discount Treat On A Two-night Stay

14 Oct, 2020

The 88-villa Banyan Tree Samui is offering a complimentary one-night stay to the country’s professional healthcare workers when they book two nights.

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Controversial Thai Canal Back In Spotlight

14 Oct, 2020

Public hearings, study to be sped up

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Chiang Mai Tourism Faces Chilly Prospects

14 Oct, 2020

The high season could fall flat, writes Narumon Kasemsuk in Chiang Mai

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Looser Quarantine Eyed

13 Oct, 2020

More freedom to move in first 14 days

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Survey On People's Travel And Spending Points To An Uphill Road For Tourism Recovery

13 Oct, 2020

About one-fourth of respondents in a government survey in September travelled upcountry during weekends and holidays and the majority of travellers spent less than Bt5,000 on the trip.

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Thailand To Make, Supply AstraZeneca's Covid-19 Vaccine

12 Oct, 2020

Thailand has agreed to manufacture and supply AstraZeneca Plc's experimental Covid-19 vaccine in the kingdom and other nations in the region.

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THAI Offers Leave, Early Retirement

12 Oct, 2020

Thai Airways International (THAI) has announced it is planning to furlough more workers and offer early retirement to its staff to trim its workforce.

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Thai Holidays To Boost Domestic Travel

12 Oct, 2020

Thailand will add two long weekend holidays before the end of the year to boost domestic travel.

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Sluggish Recovery

12 Oct, 2020

A tourism nosedive, deteriorating asset quality, lower exports and the continued Sino-US trade war mean a long stay in the trough.

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Girl, 2, Among 5 Infected Returnees Monday

12 Oct, 2020

Thailand on Monday reported five new coronavirus cases, all Thai nationals returning from overseas, raising the total to 3,641. No new deaths were reported.

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Popular National Park In Loei Reopens

11 Oct, 2020

After a six-month closure -- two months longer than normal due to a devastating forest fire in March -- Phu Kradueng National Park is now welcoming visitors again.

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New Bangkok BTS Line To Start Running In December

11 Oct, 2020

A new Bangkok public transport monorail extension, the BTS Gold Line, is expected to start running before the end of the year.

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18 Dead In Chachoengsao Bus-train Collision

11 Oct, 2020

Eighteen passengers were killed and 44 injured on Sunday when a bus collided with a train in Chachoengsao province.

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Chiang Mai Suffers B100bn In Lost Tourist Revenue

10 Oct, 2020

The tourism reliant economy of Chiang Mai is estimated to have lost 100 billion baht this year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the provincial Chamber of Commerce.

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'Killer' Wild Elephant Tracked Down To Rayong Mountain And Sedated

10 Oct, 2020

Wildlife sanctuary officials successfully caught a wild elephant that had been on a rampage in Rayong’s Wang Chan district and killed two locals last week.

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Similans Ready To Reopen For Tourism After Being Out Of Bounds For Seven Months

10 Oct, 2020

Mu Koh Similan National Park officials on Friday brought tourism entrepreneurs and the press to witness its natural beauty and readiness to reopen for tourists in the upcoming high season from October 15 onwards.

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Tourism Minister Raises Caveat On Reopening

10 Oct, 2020

First batch of arrivals via the special tourist visa scheme must be 100% clear of Covid-19

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Pandemic Tourist Visas Shelved In Favor Of Local Vacationers

09 Oct, 2020

A visa program that would allow foreigners to visit Thailand and bring in the much needed tourism revenues was delayed until later this month for the sake of Thai tourists who wish to vacation without concerns of possible virus outbreak, officials said Thursday.

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Jailed American Apologizes For Defaming Koh Chang Resort

09 Oct, 2020

An American on Thursday offered a formal apology to a hotel that accused him of cybercrime for a series of disparaging reviews he wrote online – a complaint that resulted in the expat spending two nights in a police jail.

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AirAsia Evolves Into A Super App

09 Oct, 2020

Airasia.com revealed its brand new identity online as “ASEAN’s super app”, Thursday, completing what it calls a transformation from digital airline to comprehensive lifestyle platform.

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Vaccine To Arrive In Thailand ‘early Next Year’

09 Oct, 2020

A Covid-19 vaccine which may be released by the University of Oxford before the end of 2020 will be supplied to Thailand under an agreement signed this coming Monday (October 12).

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Medical Chief Backs Reopening

09 Oct, 2020

Preventing Covid-19 forever is 'unrealistic'

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THAI Staff Angered By Executive Promotions

09 Oct, 2020

Union says promotions can wait until company is restructured

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Royal Cliff Wins AREA Accolade

08 Oct, 2020

The Royal Cliff Hotels Group has set another benchmark for social responsibility excellence by adding the Asia Responsible Enterprise Award (AREA) to its portfolio of awards and accolades.

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THAI Smile Signs Sabre Pact

08 Oct, 2020

Sabre Corporation, a travel software and technology provider, announced Wednesday a new distribution agreement with Thailand’s low-cost airline THAI Smile.

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No Refunds: Gov’t Delays ‘Special Tourist Visas’ 2 Days Before Launch

08 Oct, 2020

The special visa would allow tourists to visit Thailand during the coronavirus pandemic was delayed indefinitely just 48 hours before it was supposed to come into effect.

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