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  • Phuket NewsRussian Ambassador meets with Phuket officials, discusses establishing a sister city

    Russian Ambassador meets with Phuket officials, discusses establishing a sister city

    Impeccable timing! The Russian Ambassador to Thailand met with officials in Phuket to discuss establishing Russia’s Kamchatka Krai Administrative Region as a sister city and other matters that affect the roughly 8,000 Russian citizens on the island. Vice Governor Pichet Panapong says Thai authorities are in the process of reviewing the Memorandum of Understanding with the region, adding that it…

  • Thailand NewsHoteliers asked to issue refunds to Test & Go travellers for Day 5 packages

    Hoteliers asked to issue refunds to Test & Go travellers for Day 5 packages

    With the government scrapping the Day 5 requirements for Test & Go travellers, more than 2,000 hotels and their partner hospitals or test centres are being asked to refund the costs of a night stay with Covid-19 RT-PCR testing. Under the revised entry requirements, travellers can take a self-administered antigen test instead of a PCR test on the fifth day…