As the number of domestic tourists taking advantage of the Thai government’s plan to boost tourism has fallen short of what the government expected, the Tourism Authority of…
While scrolling through Richard Barrow’s Twitter feed this morning, I came across a tweet he had recently posted that answered a question I have had for a while…
August 31st, 2020 It seems the Emirates flight from Dubai to Bangkok the airline announced will be kicking off on September 1st is fictitious, and possibly nothing more…
Sad news today that Japanese department store Isetan has closed permanently in Thailand’s Central World. Earlier in the year, the company announced its lease at Central World was…
EDITORIAL: The vast majority of people visiting Thailand on vacation do so because the country is relaxed, people are friendly and it is cheap and easy to travel…
Thai Hotels Association president Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi says Thailand expats should get the travel stimulus deals just like all Thais already get. After all, they live and work…
As human rights in Thailand continue to disintegrate under the military junta government of Prayut Chan-o-Cha, human rights lawyer Anon Nampa has been arrested after making a speech…
As Thailand’s government continues to insist the Thai economy will ‘turn around’ in the last six months of 2020, everything being reported seems to point to otherwise. The…
Every new day is a new problem for Thailand’s economy. Today’s news comes from the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT), who estimates at least 30% of tourism-related businesses…
Things continue to worsen for the Thai economy daily as news from the Thai Rice Exporters Association says Thailand’s rice exports are plummeting to the worst levels in…
With hundreds of thousands of foreign business people, foreign family members of Thais and tourists trapped in Thailand after the Thai government shut down the borders to international…
EDITORIALÂ As Thais all over Thailand are suffering economically due to a large drop in GDP as a result of Thailand’s lockdown over a panic about COVID-19, the…
With Thailand’s borders still completely closed to international tourists, and likely to remain so for the next few months, the Thai government is counting on domestic tourism in…
Things are looking extremely bad for budget airline AirAsia this month as a new report shows the Malaysian company is struggling to stay afloat as lockdowns of most…
In the last couple of weeks, the Thai government and the Thai Tourism Minister have spent their time talking about ‘travel bubbles’ when it comes to reviving the…
Thailand already has the worst performing economy in Asia. Its gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to contract by at least 8.1% this year due to its coronavirus…
With news of Thailand’s tourism industry likely to experience a significant crash in the coming weeks and months, the Thai government is trying to persuade a select group…
With Thailand’s tourism industry in its biggest crisis since the 2004 tsunami, and worse than even then, the Thai government is currently considering allowing a few thousand people…
As Thailand’s economic outlook continues to look dire for at least the rest of 2020, with a deep recession that could last well into 2021 potentially imminent, budget…
As things continue to look bad for Thailand’s economy, the latest report from the Thai Ministry of Commerce shows Thai exports falling in May to their lowest level…
When I read the latest article about Thailand from Bloomberg this morning, first of all I laughed out loud. Because “Thailand to turn away from mass tourism, target…
With countries around the world implementing different measures when it comes to tourists in the next few months, the Cambodian government has decided to completely destroy its tourist…
Things at Thai Airways could hardly be more dire. With the airline industry worldwide in almost-collapse due to COVID-19, Thai Airways (THAI) has experienced the same problems almost…