Category archives: Tourism

Bangkok’s street food queen, Che Fai, as she is popularly known as, as in ‘che’ meaning older sister in Chinese and ‘fai’ referring to the prominent moles scattered over her face – wins the prestigious Icon Award — Asia 2021 at Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards, which was held virtually…

The government expects about two million foreign tourists to visit Phuket this year after the island reopens to vaccinated visitors from July 1. Tourism Council of Thailand vice president Vichit Prakobgosol said the holidaymakers may generate about 105 billion baht in revenue in the second half. It will be the…

Phuket authorities set the goal of vaccinating 100,000 people in April before the opening of the province on July 1 in line with plans for accepting vaccinated foreign tourists without quarantine. Phuket Governor Narong Woonclew has urged all Phuket residents to prepare for the inoculation and sign up on the…

The Ministry of Tourism and Sports and Faculty of Engineering at Kasetsart University have collaborated to create safety standards for land tourism and zip-line adventure activities. Tourism and Sports deputy permanent secretary Taweesak Wanichcharoen said representatives of the two organizations held a meeting this month and have created tourist manuals…

The Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) has approved opening the Phuket “tourism sandbox” to vaccinated tourists from July 1 as proposed by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said vaccinated tourists can fly into Phuket and move around freely without having to quarantine…

The Tourism Authority of Thailand has launched a new tourism campaign highlighting temples and other places of worship, offering tourism products for specific tourists while promoting the preservation of Thai traditions. The Tourism Authority of Thailand’s (TAT) campaign is known as the WAT, short for Worship Activities Traditition, as a…