RESIDENTS in Chiang Mai are perplexed at the authorities digging up footpaths to lay water pipes during high season which endangers tourists and locals alike, Sanook.com said today (Dec. 14). This northern city is currently full of tourists but a Tiktok user highlighted the danger they face by posting photos of foreign tourists walking
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Koh Samui tourism body asks for more flights during high season
AMID fears of losing business opportunity during the high season that starts next month, Koh Samui Tourism Promotion Association called for increased local and international flights to meet the needs of foreign tourists eager to travel to the resort island, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Nov. 23). Mr. Ratchaporn Poolsawat, the association’s president, said
Read moreStrong winds halt day trips to Similan islands for 3 days
ALTHOUGH the Andaman Sea tourism was launched today (Oct. 15) with day trips to Similan and Surin islands off Phang Nga coast permitted till May 15, 2023, strong winds forced the halting of trips to the former group of islands for three days, Amarin TV said this evening. The Department of National Parks, Wildlife
Read morePrayut tells coalition partners to indefinitely put off partying
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (Nov. 30) told coalition partners in government to indefinitely put off partying among themselves in the wake of an Omicron variant. During today’s cabinet meeting at Government House, Prayut called for the indefinite postponement to the planned partying among all cabinet members and MPs attached
Read moreAs Asia’s tropical storm season arrives, grounded airplanes at risk of damage
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Taipei: Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region’s tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of planes grounded by the coronavirus pandemic cannot be moved easily. Major airports in storm-vulnerable regions such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines,
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