The Tourism Authority of Thailand’s (TAT) China office is tempering enthusiasm that many Chinese tourists will visit in the second half this year as travel restrictions ease, as low Chinese purchasing power for outbound trips persists and an uptick in new infections emerges in Beijing. The surging unemployment rate of 6% or 27 million on […]
Read MoreThe Energy Ministry has cut the ex-refinery oil price by 0.5 baht and will continue to subsidise gas purchases as part of its ongoing measures to provide relief to an economy battered by Covid-19. The Energy Policy Administrative Committee (Epac) approved today the price cut in response to a call from a non-governmental organisation, Green […]
Read MoreOne thousand foreign visitors are expected to be allowed entry to Thailand per day and the standard 14-day Covid-19 quarantine rule will be waived, according to an implementation plan for “travel bubbles” to be submitted for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)’s approval on Wednesday. These visitors, who in the beginning will be mostly […]
Read MoreIn recent months, we have faced the negative effects of Covid-19. While we talk about finding opportunities in those challenges, it isn’t black and white in our world. Not every individual and business is lucky enough to find the opportunities to rise above the crisis amid this chaos. The reality is that although we can […]
Read MoreThe influx of international travellers, continuing unabated for almost a decade, created euphoric sentiment for Thailand’s tourism industry. But with more foreign guests arriving, there was a growing gap between international and domestic revenue. That gap widened in recent years when the contribution from the domestic market lagged behind its foreign counterpart. 2014 was the […]
Read MoreWorkers in the auto sector are facing the threat of being replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) and having to demand special compensation allowed by the law if they are forced out of a job, according to labour leaders. Hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, the sector which has seen vehicle exports to European countries and […]
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