Tourists
Updates on foreign tourism in Thailand, covering government policies, regulations, and travel statistics.
- Pattaya News
Pattaya police crackdown on middle eastern bike renters
PHOTO: Pattaya Update News Regular and traffic police have been out…
- Tourism News
Pattaya tourist slump – visitors leaking to Vietnam
The new Minister of tourism and sports says tourism in…
- Tourism News
Thailand’s tourism copes with surging baht headache
PHOTO: Thailand’s new tourism & sports minister, Piphat Ratchakitprakarn, hoping…
- Transport News
UPDATE: Thai PM tells Phuket people to “stop ripping off tourists”
PHOTO: Two Australians file their report with Karon police this…
- Tourism News
British travellers to Thailand make more insurance claims than any other country
According to a survey, the ‘Travel Smart Insurance Index’ recently…
- Opinion
What to do with Thailand’s elephants?
The goring of an Italian tourist in February 2019, whilst…
- Tourism News
TAT chief blames high baht for drop in tourists to Thailand
Thailand’s tourism numbers have been dropping over the past three…
- Bangkok News
Bangkok tuk-tuk driver is caught after over-charging three American tourists
PHOTOS: Tourist Police A tuk-tuk driver, who charged three American…
- Tourism News
100 baht tourist tax to cover basic insurance and repatriation
Every foreign tourist arriving or departing Thailand will be charged…
- Tourism News
Four southern islands to be closed to tourists during monsoon
PHOTO: Koh Kradan Four islands in the Haad Chao Mai…
- Thailand News
Tourist arrivals stagger and drop 1% – March figures
What goes up must go down, or at least falter…
- Pattaya News
Foreign tourists being tracked down for driving dangerously in Pattaya
Daily News reports that Pattaya Police are tracking down two…
- Phuket News
More than ten thousand million baht generated during Chinese New Year in Phuket
The TAT Phuket has done its sums for this year’s…
- Phuket News
Chinese tourists caught on camera removing sea stars at Coral Island
An Asian tourist has been caught on camera showing a…
- Pattaya News
Chinese Embassy delegation requests better safety for their compatriots visiting Pattaya
A delegation of Chinese Embassy officials and diplomats from Bangkok…
- Phuket News
Pabuk: ‘War room’ set up to help tourists
The Sports and Tourism Ministry has set up a war…
- Opinion
OPINION – The devil is in the detail. Phuket tourism
“Last year Phuket International Airport hosted a record number of…
- Krabi News
New red flags set up at Maya Bay to prevent tourist swimmers
The Mu-Koh Phi Phi National Park Officers have set new…
- Phuket News
Number of tourists visiting Phuket still high – TAT Phuket
In response to a number of completely fabricated negative stories…
- Travel
Want that perfect picture? Just wait your turn.
PHOTO: Tomas Alfoldi In this modern day of social media…
- Chiang Mai News
One in ten that die on Chiang Mai roads are foreigners
Ten percent of the people that die on Chiang Mai’s…
- Phuket News
The Phoenix rises to the surface
PHOTOS: Facebook/สุรเชษฐ์ หักพาล The yacht sank late afternoon on July…
- Krabi News
French couple get lost in the Krabi mountains
More than 20 officers were searching more than four hour…
- Thailand News
Panicked tourism associations call for visa fee exemption for Chinese
The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) wants Chinese tourists…
- Chiang Mai News
Tourists flock to Doi Inthanon for the morning mists
Tourists are heading for the hills to enjoy the first…
- Chiang Mai News
Chinese tourists ignoring the PM’s orders
If Thai PM Prayut doesn’t have enough to worry about…
- Bangkok News
Bangkok’s gone to the dogs
by Wong Chun Wai, The Star, Malaysia PHOTOS: TrueLove at Neverland…