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Tourism Goals Dashed After Third Covid Surge

24 Apr, 2021

The government has halved its expected number of international visitors to 3-4 million this year and slashed its tourism revenue forecast.

Eight Covid Deaths, Record 2,839 New Cases

24 Apr, 2021

56% of new cases in Bangkok, total since April 1 reaches 27,000

Thai Vietjet Continues Flying Despite Third Wave

23 Apr, 2021

Despite the new wave of Covid-19, Thai Vietjet has announced that it will continue operating all its flights and claims it is one of the safest travel alternatives during the pandemic.

Bangkok Cuts Flights Due To Covid Surge

23 Apr, 2021

Bangkok Airways has delayed the launch of a new route, Bangkok – Mae Sot until 17 October 2021, due to a surge in Covid-19 infections across all 77 provinces in Thailand.

Office Of Buddhism Urges Temples To Cremate Their Covid Dead

23 Apr, 2021

The National Office of Buddhism (NOB) has ordered temples across the country to ensure that those who die from Covid-19 disease are afforded a proper cremation service.

Bangkok Tackles Complaints On Covid-19 Hotline As Thousands Call Every Day

23 Apr, 2021

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to overhaul its 1669 Covid-19 hotline following complaints from people unable to reach the staff.

Exhaustive Checks For Phuket Arrivals

23 Apr, 2021

Extra scrutiny of high-risk visitors

Sputnik V To Launch Here

23 Apr, 2021

Putin gives personal pledge on vaccine

Covid Cases Top 2,000 A Day, 4 Deaths

23 Apr, 2021

The government on Friday reported four new deaths related to Covid-19 and a new daily high of 2,070 infections confirmed over the previous 24 hours.

TAT To Set New Thailand’s Tourism Revenue Forecast In 2021 Following Third Wave Of Covid-19 Outbreak, Phuket’s Reopening Plan Continues

22 Apr, 2021

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has aimed to set a new target for total tourism revenue from both domestic and international tourists in 2021 after the third wave of the Covid-19 outbreak occurred in Thailand

Seven Covid Deaths, 1,470 New Cases

22 Apr, 2021

The government on Thursday reported seven more deaths related to Covid-19, raising the toll to 117, and 1,470 new cases, for a total of 48,113.

Infections Rise In Chiang Mai, Some At Meditation Centre

22 Apr, 2021

An additional 237 Covid-19 cases were reported in Chiang Mai on Thursday, with at least 27 at a Buddhist meditation centre in Muang district.

Thailand’s Covid Vaccine Passport – Will It Only Be Used For Travel?

22 Apr, 2021

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Thailand Gears Up To Eliminate Malaria By 2024

22 Apr, 2021

Thailand is one of 8 new countries which have been recently identified by WHO as having the potential to eliminate malaria by 2025.

Thailand Floats Hydro-solar Projects For Its Dams As Fossil Fuel Supplement

22 Apr, 2021

Thailand is close to completing one the world's biggest floating hydro-solar hybrid projects on the surface of a dam, a step toward boosting renewable energy production after years of criticism for reliance on fossil fuels.

Tennis Tournament Beat Covid Challenges

22 Apr, 2021

The 13th Fitz Club Tennis Tournament, a three-day event hosted by the Royal Cliff Hotel Group, successfully concluded having complied with government health and safety measures.

Phase 3 Of ‘We Travel Together’ Scheme Opens For Tourism Operators

22 Apr, 2021

Hotels, restaurants and tourism operators who joined previous phases of the government’s “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together) travel subsidy campaign can register for the third phase until April 30.

Phuket Waives THB300 Covid Test Fee For Thais Entering Province

22 Apr, 2021

Thais who wish to enter Phuket but have not yet been tested for Covid-19 will get a rapid test free of charge, while foreign visitors will have to pay THB500, authorities said on Wednesday (April 21).

Atta Pins Hopes On Q4 For Rebound

22 Apr, 2021

The Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta) is banking on the country to reopen by the fourth quarter as the tourism industry faces another setback following a new wave of infections.

Virus Spoils Phuket Plan

22 Apr, 2021

JSCCIB says vaccines a must for reopening

Two Deaths,1458 New Cases

21 Apr, 2021

Two new local deaths related to Covid-19 and 1,458 new infections have raised the death toll to 110 and the number of cases to 46,643.

Cross Makes It Three Hotels In Pattaya

21 Apr, 2021

Cross Hotels & Resorts has signed a hotel management agreement with Kasetsinn Co Ltd to open Cross Pattaya Phratamnak.

Hotels Mull Closing Down For Low Season

21 Apr, 2021

New Covid-19 wave has reduced incomes

Govt To Punish Patients Who Reject Stays In Field Hospitals

21 Apr, 2021

The Public Health Ministry is considering taking legal action against a number of Covid-19 patients who refused to be transferred to field hospitals for treatment.

Phuket Hopes To Overcome Virus Crisis And Welcome Foreign Tourists From July

21 Apr, 2021

The next two months are crucial for Phuket as it attempts to surmount the current Covid-19 crisis and see the government’s widely welcomed “sandbox” scheme for the tourism hub go ahead in July as planned.

BMA To Allow More ‘hospitels’ As Covid Cases Rise

21 Apr, 2021

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to establish more hospitels, or hotels converted into hospitals, for patients without severe Covid-19 symptoms to cope with the increasing number of serious virus patients in the province.

Thailand Adopts Use Of Jab Passports

21 Apr, 2021

The government has announced it will adopt the so-called vaccine passport, a certificate of vaccination, for use with Covid-19 vaccination in Thailand as an official travel document for those already vaccinated against Covid-19 and travelling to other countries.