Chiang Rai opens local textile winter market
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For this year’s winter season, local weavers in Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai province have opened a local textile flea market selling the district’s famous OTOP-branded textiles for visitors. The local textile flea market at Hat Bai – Hat Sai Thong sells hand-woven textiles using the traditional technique of…
Diplomats on King’s Wisdom tourism route in Chumphon
Diplomats have been visiting Chumphon which is on the King’s Wisdom tourism route. The province has only two seasons: summer and rainy season. In the rainy season, there is a lot of rain throughout the area causing frequent floods, but the “Nong Yai Monkey Cheek” project, one of the royal…
Khaosan Road reopens after renovation in time to celebrate Halloween
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Bangkok Gov. Aswin Kwanmuang said that Khaosan Road will reopen with a Halloween party, with Loy Krathong and New Year’s events to follow in order to stimulate travel and spending in the fourth quarter of the pandemic struck year. Put on a scary-sexy costume and join the fun. Vendors will…
Vegetarian festival underway in many provinces
In Bangkok, Yaowarat is the first place people think of when joining the annual Vegetarian Festival. Each morning, people gradually arrive to shop for a wide variety of products, especially vegetarian food, agricultural protein and fruit at this time of year. However, vendors on the street, say there are fewer…
Tourism and Sports Ministry expects 400 foreign visitors in early November
The Minister of Tourism and Sports expects that there will be approximately 400 foreign visitors in early November and expressed his belief that the Bangkok protest situation will not affect their confidence. Mr. Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, Minister of Tourism and Sports, said the Special Tourist VISA lasts 90 days and can…
4.56 million people register for We Travel Together campaign
More than 4.56 million people have registered for the government’s latest tourism stimulus campaign known as Rao Tiew Duay Kan (We Travel Together) since July 15. Mr Lavaron Sangsnit, Director General of the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO), as a spokesman of the Ministry of Finance, said today that the Ministry…