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Breaking travel news affecting Thailand, including flight disruptions, visa policies, and new regulations.
- Expats
Travel bubbles for foreign travel to be discussed on Wednesday
More information has emerged today about the proposed travel-bubble arrangements…
- Covid-19 News
Borders start to reopen in Europe but restrictions on free travel remain
From today, a number of European countries will tentatively open…
- Covid-19 News
No Aussie dollars in Thailand for at least 3 months
As Thailand starts to poke its head out over the…
- Economy News
Finance Ministry looking at 3,000 baht ‘travel bank’ in next stimulus round
The Finance Ministry is looking at giving domestic tourists a…
- Covid-19 News
Phuket officially reopens Monday, but with restrictions
Phuket is scheduled to reopen to outsiders on Monday, to…
- Covid-19 News
Security chief says country to reopen July 1
The chief of Thailand’s National Security Council announced today that…
- Covid-19 News
July 1 will end all lockdowns in Thailand, including international travel
The Thai government says it will lift all remaining business…
- Covid-19 News
Government looks to domestic travel in phase 3 of easing Covid restrictions
A committee has been convened to agree which restrictions can…
- Tourism News
Thailand depending on Chinese travellers for tourist reboot
Thailand is looking to China to rebuild its battered travel…
- Covid-19 News
Misery as arrival ban keeps families apart
Thailand’s ban on foreign arrivals is causing misery among families…
- Covid-19 News
Ban on international travel into Thailand extended until June 30
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand has today announced an…
- World News
Fewer Chinese tour groups, more independent travellers to reboot SE Asia travel
Hoping that Chinese tourism is going to ride magically back…
- World News
Regional travel bubbles, the short-term tourism solution
As nations slowly get their heads around the first outbreaks…
- Covid-19 News
Major slump in tourists expected this year
It’s not looking to good for Thailand’s tourism industry. This…
- Covid-19 News
Thai Health Minister says China, South Korea no longer virus hotspots
Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has provisionally approved a suggestion from…
- Covid-19 News
Airbnb slashes 1,900 staff to ride out the travel downturn
Accommodation-sharing online disruptor, Airbnb, says it’s slashing a quarter of…
- Covid-19 News
6 million unemployed in tourism alone – a stark outlook for Thailand’s tourist industry
More accurate predictions are starting to emerge as the full…
- Covid-19 News
Thailand turns to China to revive post-Covid tourist economy
The Covid-19 pandemic has crushed Thailand’s tourism sector, long considered…
- Covid-19 News
Tourism minister, TAT hope for a return of limited domestic travel
For weeks, interprovincial travel has been heavily restricted if not…
- Covid-19 News
Buriram and Chon Buri get ready for easing of restrictions starting May 1
“Anyone leaving the province will have the stickers removed and,…
- Covid-19 News
14 Thai provinces apply travel restrictions for residents
14 provincial governors around the country have declared ‘travel restrictions’…
- Covid-19 News
Phuket adds Kathu and Chalong sub-districts to ‘lockdown’ list
Chalong and Kathu districts are now being added to Phuket’s…
- Covid-19 News
All new arrivals to Thailand banned, effective immediately
Effective today, and until at least April 15, Thailand will…
- Covid-19 News
Department of Disease Control says social distancing is a must to slow spread of virus
A leading expert on communicable diseases at the Ministry of…
- Covid-19 News
Chinese tourist packing their bags to come back to Thailand
Some groups of Chinese say they’re ready to pack their…
- Covid-19 News
240 Thais return home after ‘naval quarantine’
240 “phee noi” (little ghosts), Thais who have thus far…
- Covid-19 News
Thai Airways passengers, flying from ‘at risk’ destinations, now require health certificates
Thai Airways is now demanding passengers, departing on their planes…
- Covid-19 News
Worst case scenario – Thailand loses 10 million tourists this year
Thailand’s tourist industry could be decimated in the wake of…
- Tourism News
Thai tourism ministry proposes 5 billion baht in tourist stimulus packages
Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn says he will propose…
- Tourism News
World’s largest travel fair, ITB, cancelled in Berlin
Organisers of the world’s biggest travel expo, the ITB travel…
