Thailand introduces electronic VAT refund system for tourists
BANGKOK (NNT) - The Customs Department has joined hands with the Immigration Bureau to electronically link the entry and exit data of foreigners with the tourists VAT refund scheme to improve services.
The Customs Department’s...
Prominent Thai Politician calls for legalization of brothels and adult shops in Thailand
Bangkok-
Thai Civilized party leader, and member of the House committee studying ways to reduce rape and other sexual violations, Mongkolkit Suksintharanont, has proposed that Thailand should permit regulated and licenced brothels and sex toy...
Vietjet Air launches direct route from Ho Chi Minh City to Pattaya
VIETNAM (VOV)- The low-cost carrier Vietjet Air have recently opened a direct air route connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Pattaya in Thailand, with four return flights per week.
The Ho Chi Minh City -...
Tourism Council of Thailand forecasts year over year tourism increase by 2.1 for this...
The Tourism Council of Thailand forecasts 11.02 million international arrivals in the first quarter of 2020, up 2.1% year-on-year.
Chairat Trirattanajarasporn, president of the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT), said the tourism sector will...
Thailand Hotel Association head says year over year bookings look to be down 15...
The head of Thailand's hoteliers' association has predicted a tough year ahead for Thai tourism if bookings for the upcoming Chinese New Year are anything to go by.
Bookings in Thailand look to be down 15%...
Thai House of Representatives approves 2020 budget bill, Prime Minister thanks everyone involved
BANGKOK (NNT) - The House of Representatives has cast an overwhelming vote in favor of the 2020 Budget Bill following four days and three nights of debate. Prime Minister/Defense Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha thanked...
Thailand opens first full time medical clinic specialising in Marijuana based medicine
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand opened its first full-time clinic specialising in traditional and alternative cannabis-based medicine on Monday, as part of a move by the government towards developing a medicinal cannabis industry.
"This is a pilot clinic,...
7-11 to introduce free paper bags in high tourist areas such as Pattaya after...
Pattaya-
CP All, who runs the 7-11 chain in Thailand, announced today that after only six days into stopping providing plastic bags at their thousands of locations they are going to provide for free paper...
Labor Minister says this year will bring major crackdown on foreigners working without work...
Labor Minister MR Chatumongkol Sonakul told the news media this week that 2020 will be a year of going after foreigners illegally working in Thailand.
The labor ministry in partnership with law enforcement and Thai...
Baht plunges in start of New Year, biggest decline since 2007
The battle over the Thai baht intensified in the new year, with the currency suddenly dropping even before domestic markets opened this morning.
The baht plunged as much as 1.8% on Thursday, the biggest decline...
