Pattaya City seems unlikely to reopen to tourism on Sept 1 as planned with local businesses blaming the delay on red tape and a sluggish Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
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Southeast Asia saw a decrease in new Covid-19 cases and related deaths on Saturday for the second successive day, collated data showed.
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There were 233 more Covid-19 fatalities and 19,014 new cases over the past 24 hours
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A total of 261 Covid-19 fatalities and 20,571 cases were reported over the past 24 hours
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International travel in regional markets worldwide continued to decline during the first five months of this year, according to the latest data compiled by Statista.
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Mahouts at a Najomtien elephant camp have begun livestreaming pleas for baskets of food for their hungry elephants.
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Minister of Public Health Anutin Chanvirakul and Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Poramudwinai are engaged in a high-level exchange of information on COVID-19 vaccines, agreeing that they would help one another find sources of the vaccine to meet both current and future demand.
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Signs have emerged that suggest Covid-19 infections are about to level off despite a doctor warning the country could see up to 400,000 new cases.
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Samui Plus continues for vaccinated tourists
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There were 240 new Covid-related fatalities and 19,851 new cases over the past 24 hours, lifting the total since the epidemic began to more than one million, the Public Health Ministry said on Friday.
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Thailand, like other countries around the world, has been working on indigenous vaccines that will supplement its vaccine programs.
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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is welcoming international tourists to Thailand under the Phuket Sandbox with the launch of its ‘Happy Paradise’ activities.
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The TAT hopes to add 500,000 Russian visitors to its 1 million international tourists this year, after the CCSA allowed tourists inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine to visit ‘sandbox’ destinations in the country.
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Tree cutting has stopped, but work continues on the Pattaya Beach renovation project.
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Singapore is activating Vaccinated Travel Lanes from Germany and Brunei Darussalam and will lift border restrictions for travel from Hong Kong and Macau, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore announced 19 August.
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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced plans for a “travel bubble” agreement between Thailand and South Korea, to allow quarantine-free travel between the two countries. The scheme will be launched to stimulate the tourism sector once the pandemic eases.
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Domestic flights catering to Phuket Sandbox travellers will be allowed at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports, starting next month, says a source at the Transport Ministry.
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GAA wants to increase capacity of refuelling services at U-tapao airport to accommodate 60 million passengers a year.
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Kanchanaburi floatel trespasses on Sai Yok National Park
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The Phuket Fishing Port on Koh Siray, east of Phuket Town, will shut down for 14 days to have all operators and fishing crews operating out of the port tested for COVID-19 following a spate of infections on board fishing boats using the port.
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Vietjet has confirmed it will resume four routes starting in September as well as the last quarter of the year to link Thai destinations in the provinces without stops in Bangkok.
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Updated measures for travel to Phuket that came into effect 18 and continue until 31 August allow some domestic travellers to enter the island.
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Thailand crossed the 300 mark for a second day running with 301 deaths on Thursday and 20,902 new infections, 148 of which were found in prisons.
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Hotels and tourism operators are desperate for an October reopening, but there is plenty to do before then
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Thailand discovered a total of 20,515 daily Covid-19 infections with 312 additional deaths in the past 24 hours, CCSA Assistant Spokesperson Apisamai Srirangsan announced today, August 18th.
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Thailand’s stock exchange confirmed Tuesday Nok Air failed to submit its financial reports for the first six months of the year along with two other unrelated companies.
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The lockdown in the heart of Phuket Town has been lifted, but the municipality fresh market on Ranong Rd that sparked the lockdown will remain closed for at least a few more days, Phuket Vice Governor Pichet Panapong announced this morning (Aug 18).
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In addition to a surge in Covid-19 patients, Bangkok has reported an unprecedented number of dengue patients between January 3 and July 3 this year, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said recently.
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