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Thailand: TAT stumped on budget

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is expected to look elsewhere for stimulus after the prime minister asked the cabinet last week to prepare new mechanisms to accelerate year-end spending. The agency had been pushing for a tourism stimulus plan totalling 1 billion baht, proposed in June, financed by a budget from the 500-billion-baht loan decree. […]

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Thailand: Plant-based food exports set to soar

Export prospects look promising for Thai plant-based food, with expected growth of more than 20% this year driven by rising numbers of health-conscious consumers, innovations, and an increasing global population, according to the Thai Food Processors Association. Visit Limlurcha, honorary president of the association, said while the export values of the country’s plant-based food remain […]

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Thai trade up 28% despite weaker Sep

Cambodia’s commodity exports to Thailand saw a sharp 37.57 per cent on-year increase in the first nine months of 2022, at $655.050 million versus $476.155 million last year, as the government works to leverage its economic diplomacy strategies to drive up international sales of domestic products. The January-September bilateral commodity trade between Cambodia and Thailand […]

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Thailand: 10 sectors promising in near term

Restaurants, accommodation and travel booking services, Mice (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions), pharmaceutical products, health and beauty services, and medicinal plants are sectors that expected to see brighter prospects during the latter part of this year and into next year, in part because people have become more concerned about their health. According to Deputy Commerce Minister Sinit […]

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Thailand: Global economy to grow by 3.2% amid downturn

The global economy is growing at 3.2% this year, a substantial drop from 6% last year, with an even gloomier outlook for next year, according to Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith after the Apec Finance Ministers’ Meeting on Thursday. Mr Arkom announced the forecast as part of the result of the meeting, which was attended by finance […]

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