WITH the authorities enforcing strict control during the 10 dangerous days of the New Year festival (Dec. 27 to Jan. 5) 19 traffic offenders were ordered by court to wear electronic monitoring (EM) bracelet today (New Year’s Eve Dec. 31), Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Suriya Singhakamol, head of the Probation Department, said
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Total inbound travellers soars to 140,000 a day
THE LIVELY New Year festive season has led to a spike in the total number of inbound travellers to 140,000 a day while the Immigration Bureau is ready to accommodate over 150,000 a day, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (Dec. 30). Pol. Lt. Gen. Phanumas Boonnalak, commander of the Immigration Bureau, said the
Read moreBus terminal packed as holidaymakers head home
THE New Year travel rush has started with 120,000 people expected to board buses and head home from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak) by 11 p.m. this evening (Dec. 27) with a key difference this year being strict scanning of luggage, TV Channel 7 said. Most of the travellers were carrying lots of gifts for
Read moreSamut Prakan kicks off fun-filled festival to welcome 2025
WITH the New Year just round the corner, revellers of all ages looking for a cool way to say farewell to this one might like to join “Travel Locally, Eat Deliciously in Samut Prakan Province” festival which started on Christmas Day and ends with a spectacular New Year countdown fireworks, Amarin TV said this
Read more400 baht minimum wage for key tourist areas approved
THE TRIPARTITE wage committee approved 400 baht per day minimum wage for four provinces and one district that are key tourist areas from Jan. 1, 2025 onwards with this set at 372 baht for Bangkok and neighbouring provinces, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Dec. 23). Mr. Boonsong Thapchaiyut, permanent secretary of the Labour
Read moreNew Thai E-Visa scheme will NOT affect tourists from 93 visa-free countries
CITIZENS of 93 countries eligible for visa-free access to Thailand can continue to travel as normal WITHOUT having to apply for the online E-Visa set to take effect as of Jan. 1, 2025. The new scheme is only applicable to those coming for non-tourism purposes from the 93 countries as well as citizens of
Read moreExpressway tolls waived for eight days during New Year
THE Cabinet today (Dec. 17) approved exemption of toll fees on Burapha Withi Expressway (Bang Na-Bang Pakong) and Kanchanaphisek Expressway (Bang Phli-Suk Sawat) – plus motorways No. 7 and No. 9 for eight days during New Year holidays, Amarin TV said. To speed up travel and ensure the safety of people no toll fees
Read moreCabinet to approve extra holidays for 2025
THE CABINET is set to approve additional public holidays for 2025 particularly Friday Jan. 2 so that New Year celebration could stretch across five days, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Nov. 12). With Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra currently in Peru to attend the 31st Apec Economic Leaders’ Meeting and related meetings during Nov.
Read morePolitical, economic conditions a bigger concern than technology, sustainability, ITB Berlin survey shows
MORE than 60% of the respondents to a survey by ITB Berlin fear “political and economic conditions” will have a bigger impact on business than either technology or climate change. The response has paved the way for a long-overdue shift in the focus of discussion at the world’s biggest travel show, as well as
Read more2025 budget bill sails through House at principle-approval stage
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE 2025 BUDGET legislation smoothly sailed through the House of Representatives tonight (June 21) after a three-day-long floor debate. A total of 311 government MPs cast yea votes to approve in principle the 3.75 trillion baht budget bill, compared to 175 opposition MPs who cast nay votes against it. A
Read moreSuthin taken to task over contentious defence budgeting
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI-ATTACHED DEFENCE Minister Suthin Khlangsang was today (June 20) taken to task over the questionable defence budgeting which allegedly focuses on personnel rather than high-tech weapon systems and equipment to meet today’s warfare challenges. During the second day of House floor debate on the 2025 budget bill, Move Forward
Read moreChinese-made goods to flood Thai markets under digital wallet scheme: Move Forward
By Thai Newsroom Reporters VARIETIES OF CHEAP, Chinese-made merchandise will likely flood Thailand’s domestic markets under the vote-wooing, Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project, Move Forward leader Chaithawat Tulathon concluded today (June 19). During the first day of a marathon floor debate in the House of Representatives, the Move Forward leader-cum-Opposition leader took the Pheu
Read morePM underscores digital wallet project will spur economic growth
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (June 19) reconfirmed the much-heralded, yet-delayed digital wallet project will definitely become a major economic stimulus to increase domestic consumption, manufacturing of goods, creation of jobs and hefty revenue to the state coffers. Addressing the House of Representatives on the 2025 budget legislation during the
Read morePM might fail to address House on 2025 budget bill next Wednesday
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin might possibly fail to address the House of Representatives on the 2025 budget legislation next Wednesday if suspended by court from doing his duties with immediate effect a day earlier. The Pheu Thai-attached prime minister could possibly be immediately suspended at an order of the Constitutional
Read moreUN declares 2025 Year of Peace & Trust: Golden opportunity for Asean tourism to take the lead
THE UN General Assembly has proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Peace and Trust (IYPT), and called for a full scale mobilisation of efforts to build sustainable peace, solidarity and harmony via political dialogue, mutual understanding and cooperation amongst nations and peoples. 2025 will mark the 80th anniversary since the end of World
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