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  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Phuket drops outdoor mask mandate!

    Thailand News Today | Phuket drops outdoor mask mandate!

        Phuket dropped its outdoor mask mandate starting yesterday June 1, despite the Prime Minister saying two days ago that there are NO plans to do so. Medical or cloth face masks will still be required to be worn indoors, in crowded spaces, and badly ventilated spaces. The masking requirement – indoors and outdoors – is still in effect…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Thailand advises airlines of new entry rules

    Thailand News Today | Thailand advises airlines of new entry rules

      International airlines have been issued with a notice from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand, advising them of revised rules for entry to the kingdom from today. CAAT chief, Suthipong Kongpool, says all international airlines serving Thailand are required to screen and categorise passengers into 3 groups. The first group is the fully vaccinated passengers, who, if suspected of…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Thai Govt announces “zero road deaths” policy

    Thailand News Today | Thai Govt announces “zero road deaths” policy

    Thailand’s PM Prayut Chan-o-cha announced that the government aims to cut the number of road deaths by almost 2 thirds by 2027. Thailand has the ninth highest road death rate in the world, with 32.7 deaths per 100,000 people, according to the WHO. Thailand’s target for 2027 is to cut this number to 12 people per 100,000. It also announced…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Airports to screen arrivals for monkeypox

    Thailand News Today | Airports to screen arrivals for monkeypox

    Thailand’s deputy health minister says the country’s international airports are being asked to screen arrivals for monkeypox symptoms. According to Sathit Pitutecha, the screening will apply in particular to travellers from 17 countries. Notably, arrivals from the UK, Spain, and Portugal will be closely screened. Travellers from those countries who have symptoms such as a rash will be asked to…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Thailand to target “wealthy foreign tourists”

    Thailand News Today | Thailand to target “wealthy foreign tourists”

      Thailand’s deputy health minister is hoping to see an end to Covid-19 by the end of this year, despite the risk of new variants. Satit Pitutecha made his prediction yesterday, saying Thailand is proceeding with its plan to declare the virus endemic. The World Health Organisation has yet to make any recommendation on according the virus endemic status. Satit…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Nok Air’s latest investment failure is costing the airline millions

    Thailand News Today | Nok Air’s latest investment failure is costing the airline millions

      Thailand’s Covid situation is continually improving and is expected to be declared an endemic disease more than half a month earlier than expected. According to the Ministry of Public Health, his office originally planned to declare Covid an an endemic disease on July 1 this year. Yesterday, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary Kiatiphum Wongrajit announced that Thailand now plans to…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Crashed China eastern flight possible “intentional nosedive”

    Thailand News Today | Crashed China eastern flight possible “intentional nosedive”

    Black box data on crashed China Eastern 737 suggests possible “intentional nosedive” Investigators are now examining further if the crash of China Eastern Airlines 737-800 on March 21 was indeed due to “intentional action on the flight deck”. The early reports say that there is, so far, no evidence of a technical malfunction. The Wall Street Journal reported this week…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Tourism surge on Phuket and Koh Samui

    Thailand News Today | Tourism surge on Phuket and Koh Samui

      The country is still under an emergency decree which will last at least until the end of this month, and could be extended again for another 2 months, as it has since April 2020. The emergency decree bypasses all Covid-related matters and budget from the Thai parliament, with the CCSA, chaired by the prime minister, meeting every 2 weeks…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Wonder Space Pattaya to host ‘The Carnival’

    Thailand News Today | Wonder Space Pattaya to host ‘The Carnival’

    Yesterday, the Minister has announced that 3 types of cannabis oil have been added to Thailand’s National List of Essential Medicines, or NLEM. Now that cannabis is listed as an “essential medicine”, government hospitals may freely prescribe cannabis extract oil to patients in selected circumstances, according to Thailand’s Government Pharmaceutical Organisation, the GPO. The first type of cannabis oil contains…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today I Still no idea what “endemic” in Thailand means

    Thailand News Today I Still no idea what “endemic” in Thailand means

    As the west holds concerts in packed stadiums without masks, here in Thailand we still have no idea what endemic means for us. According to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the National Communicable Diseases Committee has STARTED talking about post-pandemic measures when the coronavirus is declared endemic in Thailand, and whether travellers should still wear face masks. Speaking to Thai…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Update | Thailand Pass Updates & Costs increase in Thailand

    Thailand News Update | Thailand Pass Updates & Costs increase in Thailand

    The updated Thailand Pass online registration system is now accepting applications for the new test-free entry. It opened just after midnight, today. From 1st May 2022, travellers arriving in Thailand by air will be subject to much-simplified entry measures… Fully Vaccinated Travellers only need to upload the following documents: A Passport Certificate of vaccination And Proof of insurance , now…

  • Thailand video newsThailand Pass to be dropped on June 1 | GMT

    Thailand Pass to be dropped on June 1 | GMT

    The Tourism and sports ministry has said that the cancellation of Thailand Pass registration is expected to take place on June 1. Controversy surrounding a famous Youtuber catching hermit crabs and ministers promoting cancel culture. Truck drivers rally, Postal prices increase but nothing will stop Justin Bieber from coming to Thailand. All this and more on todays Good Morning Thailand.

  • Thailand NewsVisa Options and Paying Tax as a Foreigner in Thailand

    Visa Options and Paying Tax as a Foreigner in Thailand

    What are the current visa options available for foreigners to work in Thailand? How does a foreigner pay tax while working from Thailand? What visa should you be applying for before considering to move to Thailand? Tim newton sits with Ben hart from Integrity Legal to find out more about visa and tax in Thailand.

  • Thailand video newsFate of Thailand Pass decided today | GMT

    Fate of Thailand Pass decided today | GMT

    The CCSA in Thailand meets today to decide the fate of the Thailand Pass. Koh Phang-ngan has a lot more potential than just being the next Ibiza. A lost cat owner finds a very innovative way to find her cat and you can now experience hot air balloons in Thailand. All this and more on todays Good Morning Thailand.

  • Thailand video newsWhy is Phuket Ignoring its Taxi Problem? | GMT

    Why is Phuket Ignoring its Taxi Problem? | GMT

    Celebrating Bangkok’s 240th birthday today! Why does Phuket not tackle its issues with Taxi’s and seem to ignore the issue? Ten more women have come forward to accuse former politician Prinn Panitchpakdi and the International Jazz & Blues Festival 2022. All this and more on todays Good Morning Thailand.

  • Thailand video newsThailand endemic on track | Good Morning Thailand

    Thailand endemic on track | Good Morning Thailand

    The Public Health Ministry is reportedly stockpiling medical supplies to ensure the country’s readiness to handle rising Covid-19 cases after the Songkran festival. It is also however keeping to its original schedule of declaring Covid-19 as endemic on July 1. Mango sticky rice as a cultural heritage item, Minister in a lot of trouble with allegations from several women and…

  • Thailand video newsThailand airport pandemonium goes viral | Good Morning Thailand

    Thailand airport pandemonium goes viral | Good Morning Thailand

    A top Thai YouTuber shared the confusion he witnessed at Suvarnabhumi Airport as foreign tourists arriving under the Test & Go scheme stood around looking lost. The Songkran holidays, or the Thai New Year, is a time notorious for road accidents all over Thailand. Arrivals in Thailand, Free parking in airports and more coming up on todays Good Morning Thailand…

  • Thailand video newsPollution haze across Thailand | GMT

    Pollution haze across Thailand | GMT

    Unsafe levels of PM2.5 ‘particulate’ cloud Bangkok and surrounding areas today. The kingdom is expected to record about 100,000 new Covid-19 cases per day following the Songkran holiday. April will see THAI Cargo operate 58 flights to Guangzhou, 12 to Chengdu, eight to Kunming, and another nine from Kunming to New Delhi. With traditional Songkran water fights banned in Thailand…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Update | Covid Visa Extension pushed back to May 24th

    Thailand News Update | Covid Visa Extension pushed back to May 24th

    Starting April 1, that’s next Friday, the mandatory quarantine period for unvaccinated travellers entering Thailand will be reduced to five days. International travellers will also no longer need to take a pre-travel PCR Covid-19 test. The new requirements are pending publication in the Royal Gazette and the official announcement is expected to be published before the end of the month.…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Update | Talks to scrap pre-departure Test & Go PCR test

    Thailand News Update | Talks to scrap pre-departure Test & Go PCR test

    Thailand’s Public Health Ministry is set to make a proposal to scrap the pre-departure PCR for Test & Go travellers, making entering the country at least a bit easier convenient and less expensive.The proposal will need to be approved by the CCSA, which will meet again tomorrow and is expected to discuss a number of topics, including possibly lifting the…

  • Thailand video newsTest & Go by February | GMT

    Test & Go by February | GMT

    The health minister of Thailand is pushing for the legalisation of Cannabis and wants people to have the ability to grow it at home. Test & Go is looking more likely to make a come back in February, Stick Boy leaves Thailand and an asteroid is going to do a fly by. All this coming up on today’s Good Morning…

  • Thailand video newsRestoring test & go program as omicron fears ease | GMT

    Restoring test & go program as omicron fears ease | GMT

    The deputy prime minster and health minster is going to propose to bring back the Test & Go programme to win back tourists to Thailand. The tonga under water volcanic eruption has left devastation in its path, Thailands first virtual monk and demands for crocodile meat double! Thats all coming up in todays Good Morning Thailand with Jay and Tim.

  • Thailand video newsThailand restrictions mood change & Test & Go reboot demands | GMT

    Thailand restrictions mood change & Test & Go reboot demands | GMT

  • Thailand video newsNo cutoff date for approved Test&Go/Sandbox tourists to enter Thailand | GMT

    No cutoff date for approved Test&Go/Sandbox tourists to enter Thailand | GMT

    There is no travel cutoff date for those approved to enter Thailand under the Test & Go or Sandbox entry schemes. Following the cancellation of Thailand’s “Test & Go” tourist scheme amidst fear of an Omicron outbreak, the Europe’s largest travel firm TUI Nordic announced it had cancelled scheduled chartered flights to Phuket from December to April next year. Stories involving…

  • Thailand video newsSpecial tourist Visas, New programs, Thai food MSG | Thaiger Bites | Ep55

    Special tourist Visas, New programs, Thai food MSG | Thaiger Bites | Ep55

    Jay and Tim go through your video messages, comments and feedback from Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and Thaiger Talk forum on the website as the figure out the meaning behind the quote “Nothing higher than the piano”.

  • Tourism News‘Entry Thailand’ website launched to facilitate process for international travellers

    ‘Entry Thailand’ website launched to facilitate process for international travellers

    To facilitate the process for travellers entering Thailand, tourism officials have launched a website as a one-stop-shop to make arrangements to travel to Thailand including booking an alternative state quarantine hotel. As to who these travellers would be at this time, that hasn’t been made clear. The “Entry Thailand” website set up by the Tourism Authority of Thailand outlines 6…