Category archives: Business

Thailand’s Surat Thani province will continue the “Samui Plus” program to attract vaccinated foreign tourists, with Bangkok Airways set to resume flights between Phuket and Samui Island on 25 August. Surat Thani governor Witchawut Jinto said on 21 August, that 257 inoculated foreign tourists had traveled to Samui, after spending…

The Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG) has again activated assistance for entrepreneurs by offering payment deferrals until the end of the year, after helping guarantee loans for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to allow them to access funding during the past seven months, resulting in the value of approved credit…

Thailand’s Office of National Water Resources has set up a technical team to study and develop a seawater desalination project, to provide water to the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said securing water supplies was one of the issues raised at a meeting, chaired by Prime Minister…

Police investigations are actively proceeding to find and arrest the person responsible for the murder of a Swiss tourist found dead in Phuket while on holidays. Investigators are now gathering evidential information, while waiting for autopsy results. The police have mobilized a specialized team of investigators from Bangkok and local…

The Phuket Sandbox scheme, is celebrating its one month anniversary since launch day, generating income of 800 million Thai baht, by welcoming around 14,000 fully vaccinated tourists, and recording 300,000 hotel reservation nights. According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), following the launch of the scheme on 1st July…

Phuket Governor insists the Phuket Sandbox scheme will continue amid rising COVID-19 new cases, while the Tourism Authority says, hotel reservations have slowed down. Narong Woonciew, Phuket Governor insists the Phuket Sandbox, which welcomes fully vaccinated tourists without a 14 day mandatory quarantine, will continue. He reassured the public that…