Krungthai Bank joins Kasikorn Bank with suspending all foreign currency exchange
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Krungthai Bank has stepped up its Covid-19 measures, including suspending currency exchange service at all branches and closing its 53 FX booths nationwide from 2 pm today (March 11) until further notice.
Staff involved in...
Thailand cancels visa on arrival for 18 countries and visa exemptions for 3 others...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Wednesday canceled the grant of visa on arrival for 18 countries and visa exemption for three others to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the country’s interior minister said.
Previously,...
Pattaya Restaurant industry starting to feel financial pain from Covid-19 Coronavirus
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The Pattaya Restaurant Industry...and indeed all of Thailand... is starting to feel the pain from the outbreak of the Covid-19 Coronavirus and may suffer a financial loss of as much as 400 million baht...
Bangkok airways decreases many flight routes due to current economic situation
The following is a press release from the Tourism Authority of Thailand:
Bangkok, 10 March, 2020 – Bangkok Airways has announced a decrease in flight frequency as well as flight termination on certain domestic and international...
February Thailand Tourism numbers released, down 44.3 percent
Bangkok-
The number of tourist arrivals in Thailand fell 44.3% in February from a year earlier, primarily due to the coronavirus epidemic, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said on Monday this week.
Visitors from China,...
CP group gets winning bid for Tesco Asia stores for 10.6 billion US dollars
Tesco has accepted a US$10.6 billion bid for its Asian businesses from a consortium of companies controlled by Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont.
The deal, which remains subject to regulatory approval and Tesco Group shareholder approval,...
Qatar bans all Thai nationals from visiting Qatar and 13 other countries
Qatar-
Qatar announced on Sunday that has decided to ban all Thai nationals, regardless if they had a permanent residence, work permit, etc. due to the outbreak of the novel Covid-19 Coronavirus.
The order, which included...
Thai Eastern Hotel Association Chief says cancellation of almost every official event in Pattaya...
Pattaya-
The cancellation of nearly every official event on Pattaya's calendar, including the Songkran Festival which is usually the single biggest holiday and hotel booking time on the yearly calendar along with the Christmas and...
Kasikorn Bank stops all foreign money exchanging nationwide in Thailand due to Covid19 fears
Thailand-
One of Thailand's largest banks has announced they have shut all their in branch and foreign exchange booths effective immediately.
The surprise move from Kasikorn or K-Bank came in a directive issued from 5 pm...
Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor says tourism numbers for February likely down 40 percent,...
Bangkok-
Speaking to Reuters in an interview today, the Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor, Yuthasak Supasorn, said that tourism numbers for February were likely down about 40 percent year over year and March and April...
