SINCE the 2021 end of the Covid-19 crisis, the Thai tourism industry has enjoyed a healthy revival and is likely to end 2023 just a little shy of 30 million visitors. While that may heighten optimism of hitting the pre-Covid total of 40 million in 2024, the Israel-Palestine war is already having a significant
Day: December 24, 2023
73 foreign tourists rescued after speedboat capsizes in the South
A SPEEDBOAT carrying 73 foreign tourists and a crew of four capsized while sailing from Lipe island off Satun to Lanta island off Krabi today (Dec. 24) but all were safely rescued, Matichon newspaper said this evening. At 10.10 a.m. officials were notified that the speedboat, Bundhaya 19, sank near Bu Bu island, close
Read moreMinister shuts Pink Line for seven days after accident
TRANSPORT Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit inspected the spot in Nonthaburi where three kilometres of MRT Pink Line’s conductor rail fell on the road before dawn this morning (Dec. 24) and ordered the closure of service on this route for seven days, Naewna newspaper said. Preliminary investigation showed that this accident stemmed from construction not system
Read morePink Line rail falls on three vehicles, snaps power pole
A METAL rail of the new MRT Pink Line stretching hundreds of metres detached from the overhead track and fell to the ground damaging three vehicles parked beneath and snapping an electric pole in front of the Royal Irrigation Department market on Tiwanon road, Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi province, before dawn today (Dec. 5)
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