Zero-dollar tours have returned to Thailand along with Chinese tourists. The government is cracking down on travel agencies offering cheap tours. Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports has investigated illegal travel companies offering cheap tours and forced 10 of them to close. Travel officials said these grey-market companies already account for 50 per cent of…
A bank account and mobile phone SIM card must be registered in the same name to use mobile banking. The telecoms regulator said accessing bank accounts via a banking app from smartphones with a SIM card registered in a different name will require authorisation on a case-by-case basis, as it begins a crackdown on the…
Residents of Thailand’s resort island of Phiphi have suffered from freshwater shortages for more than two months due to drought, which has damaged tourism massively. The resort island of Phiphi in Thailand’s Krabi province is again facing freshwater shortages despite similar incidents occurring over the past few years during the high tourist season. Residents of…
Chonburi province leads the way in the number of condominiums sold to foreigners. Residential properties in Jomtien, Bang Saen and Pratamnak top the list. The residential property market in Chonburi province, home to Pattaya, is expected to continue to grow throughout 2024, helped by continued foreign interest in condominiums despite an impressive number of new…
Minnesota police have uncovered an illegal gambling business imitating the popular Thai lottery and arrested the vendors. Police in St Paul, Minnesota, have uncovered an illegal gambling business imitating the popular Thai lottery. According to Yahoo News, two residents of the city have been charged with running illegal gambling operations. King Tao, 57, and Chua…
Thailand is losing attractiveness to foreign investment and facing increasing competition and challenges to tourism recovery. Thailand’s declining attractiveness in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), an uneven tourism recovery and the currency outlook are putting pressure on the country’s current account surplus, which is still below pre-pandemic levels, BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, said. Once…
NIDA poll: the majority of Thais oppose the legalization of casinos and online gambling, as well as a referendum on the subject in Thailand According to a survey conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration of Thailand (NIDA), most of the country’s citizens oppose the government’s plans to build an entertainment complex with a…
Most Thai provinces have recorded dangerous levels of PM2.5 in the air, with Bangkok and the country’s center the worst hit. Authorities are urging caution. Thailand is facing another wave of air pollution. Smog has enveloped much of the country. According to the Geo-Information and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda), on the morning of Tuesday,…
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is launching electric water taxis along canals and its own app for hailing motorbike taxis anywhere in the capital city. Bangkok’s Krung Thep Thanakom (KT), the commercial arm of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, has announced the imminent launch of an on-demand electric water taxi service developed by the administration. The on-demand…
Thousands of tourists and hotels in Thailand have been stranded after one of Europe’s largest tour operators suddenly went bankrupt. A tourism crisis has erupted in Thailand following the collapse of a major tour operator from Germany. Thousands of holidaymakers and hundreds of hotels have been affected by the sudden shutdown of Europe’s third-largest tour…