The government expects about two million foreign tourists to visit Phuket this year after the island reopens to vaccinated visitors from July 1. Tourism Council of Thailand vice president Vichit Prakobgosol said the holidaymakers may generate about 105 billion baht in revenue in the second half. It will be the...
State-run interprovincial bus operator Transport Company will add 5,000 bus trips per day over the six-day Songkran holiday from April 10 to 15. Transport Co president Sanyalak Panyawatthanalikhit said the move aims to ensure that no passengers are left behind as the company estimates that around 110,000 people per day...
Phuket authorities set the goal of vaccinating 100,000 people in April before the opening of the province on July 1 in line with plans for accepting vaccinated foreign tourists without quarantine. Phuket Governor Narong Woonclew has urged all Phuket residents to prepare for the inoculation and sign up on the...
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports and Faculty of Engineering at Kasetsart University have collaborated to create safety standards for land tourism and zip-line adventure activities. Tourism and Sports deputy permanent secretary Taweesak Wanichcharoen said representatives of the two organizations held a meeting this month and have created tourist manuals...
The Bangkok City Hall has opened a vaccination center in Phasi Charoen district, bordering Samut Sakhon province, with 908 people requesting to be vaccinated at the time of this report. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has commenced a vaccination program in Phasi Charoen district, which is one of the 6 Bangkok...
The Tourism Authority of Thailand has launched a new tourism campaign highlighting temples and other places of worship, offering tourism products for specific tourists while promoting the preservation of Thai traditions. The Tourism Authority of Thailand’s (TAT) campaign is known as the WAT, short for Worship Activities Traditition, as a...
The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has passed Phuket’s principles for accepting vaccinated international tourists, set to be implemented from this September 1. Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Yuthasak Supasorn reported that the CCSA has given its approval to guidelines for accepting vaccinated foreign visitors, proposed...
As skateboard riding is a very popular sport at present, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration joined hands with le coq sportif Thailand, to hold "Longboard Dance Thailand 2021" BMA spokesperson, Police Captain Pongsakorn Kwanmuang together with President of Thailand Longboard Freestyle Dancing Association Mr. Attarapon Ketdee and ICC International company limited,...
Phuket will submit its reopening plan to the Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) for approval this Friday in a bid to let inoculated tourists visit without quarantine in July. Yuthasak Supasorn, Tourism Authority of Thailand governor, said the reopening plan, known as the Phuket Tourism Sandbox, will depend largely...
The Public Health Ministry has assured that there are enough doses of Covid-19 vaccine for people in Phuket and Surat Thani’s Samui Island to immunize local people before tourists return. Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said 800,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine, which had arrived in Thailand on Saturday, would be distributed to...
