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Thailand sticking with plan to welcome tourists vaccinated against Covid-19 in July
Thailand will go ahead with a plan next month to reopen to vaccinated foreign visitors, starting with its most popular resort island Phuket, as it tries to revive tourism while battling its biggest coronavirus outbreak so far.The plan was approved by the government’s economic task ...
TAT readies new plan for gradually reopening Thailand to tourists
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) preparing a new plan for reopening Thailand, which it will propose to the Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) on Friday.Siripakorn Cheawsamoot, deputy governor for TAT’s marketing in Europe, Africa, Middle East and the Americas, detailed the proposal as ...
The Nation Reporter
TAT says concrete plan for supply side imperative
Phuket must execute a development plan aimed at diminishing poor quality public services in exchange for over 930,000 vaccine doses prioritised for the island in the build-up to the sandbox initiative, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).“Not only Phuket, but another nine areas ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Cabinet approves registration of personal cars for ride-hailing services
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft regulation proposed by the Transport Ministry to allow people to register their personal cars for commercial use.Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob explained that only cars with maximum capacity of seven people would be eligible for registration.The draft ministerial regulation ...
Govt says tourism industry may not recover until 2026
It could take another five years before tourism revives fully in Thailand — an ominous sign for one of the most tourism-dependent economies in the world.The sector, which contributed about one-fifth of the economy before the pandemic, isn’t expected to return to normal until 2026, ...
Third-wave dampens TAT’s bid to boost domestic tourism
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) believes it will not be able to meet its 2021 target because few people are travelling due to the third wave of Covid-19.TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the organization expects 90 million locals to take trips this year, slightly ...
The Nation Reporter
Third wave of pandemic could be death sentence for Thai hotels
Two years ago, the seaside in front of Seksith Pimolnat guesthouse on Phuket’s Patong Beach was packed. Holiday makers from Siberia, China, and the various corners of the European Union crowded together in a cacophonous revelry.Today, Patong is deserted. Another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic.“Many ...
BoT worried over possible rise in NPLs
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is concerned with the expected higher number of non-performing loans (NPLs) of tourism-related businesses in the second quarter of this year because of the the third wave of Covid-19.Both the BoT and financial institutions are concerned about rising NPLs in ...
Somruedi Banchongduang
Third-wave dampens TAT’s bid to boost domestic tourism
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) believes it will not be able to meet its 2021 target because few people are travelling due to the third wave of Covid-19.TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the organization expects 90 million locals to take trips this year, slightly ...
The Nation Reporter
BoT offers reworking of retail loan repayment
The Bank of Thailand has added measures on retail loan restructuring as part of its third phase of debt relief for individual borrowers, aiming to ease hardships caused by the pandemic.The central bank started implementing new measures for debt relief on Friday, including restructuring consumer ...
Somruedi Banchongduang
