Heavy traffic was reported at several sections of Mittraphap Road to the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday, as more people left Bangkok for their home provinces ahead of the Songkran festival, from April 13 to 15.

The Culture Ministry will hold special events from April 20 to 24 to mark the founding of Bangkok on April 21, 1782.

Thailand will consider scrapping a mandatory real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test on arrival for foreign visitors as the country further relaxes its visa rules to attract tourists.

Netizens are going wild over photos posted on Facebook yesterday morning of six naughty wild elephant calves that ran off from their herd to cool off in a pool of mud at a national park in Prachin Buri province, central Thailand.

PM urges 'collective responsibility'

Many countries – such as the United States and several European and Asian nations – have been relaxing entry restrictions in order to rejuvenate their tourism sectors, said TCT President Chamnan Srisawat.

As India’s restrictions on international flights lift, the national carrier for Thailand, Thai Airways, is ready to resume operations between the two countries.

Indian tourists count Thailand as a favorite beach destination.

A Thai health foundation has found that two people were killed in road accidents every hour in Thailand in 2020. The total number of people killed in road accidents throughout that year was 17,831.

The Thai tourist ministry is to urge the Cabinet to abolish altogether the Test and Go and Sandbox entry procedures as early as June 1.

Newly opened Outrigger Surin Beach Resort in Phuket and Outrigger Khao Lak Beach Resort have created special value-added deals for Thai residents and ex-pats for the Songkran holiday, 11 to 17 April 2022.

The latest update on the opening/closing status of national parks in Thailand, covering both the annual seasonal closure for the rainy months and temporary closure resulting from the COVID-19 measures.

here will be no parades or water fights, and with water off the menu, the only events left for Songkran are services organized by the Education, Religious and Culture Promotion for Education Office at Lan Po Public Park in Naklua on April 18 and Chaimongkol Temple in South Pattaya on April 19.

Tourism and Sports Ministry will propose removing all travel restrictions on June 1 if the Covid-19 situation improves.

While the government plans to declare Covid-19 endemic on July 1, many in the business sector would like a more rapid rollback