Tourism operators have slammed the government’s inefficient public inoculation scheme, which is preventing herd immunity as a fresh outbreak affects the industry for a third time. Thailand’s tourism industry was hurt by a second outbreak of the pandemic late last year and was just starting to glimpse a potential recovery this month with the long […]
Read MoreThe baht opened at 31.38 to the US dollar on Thursday, weakening from its close of 31.36 on Wednesday. The Thai currency is likely to move between 31.35 and 31.45 during the day, Krungthai Bank market strategist Poon Panichpibool said. He mentioned that the new wave of Covid-19 in Thailand was the key problem this […]
Read MoreThai economic uncertainty looms large amid a fragile recovery, says the Bank of Thailand, and it advised the government to prepare additional financial and fiscal aid packages to cushion against a worst-case scenario. The central bank on Wednesday published the edited minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee’s meeting on March 24, where it projected the Thai […]
Read MoreThe Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has decided to cancel all Songkran activities scheduled in all districts of the province in a bid to curb Covid-19 from spreading further after a new cluster of cases linked to entertainment venues in Thong Lo swiftly spread to other areas, deputy governor Kriangyos Sudlabha said on Wednesday. “The Songkran […]
Read MoreThe number of passengers at Thailand’s six main airports dropped by about 20 million or 94.82 per cent to 2.14 million in the first two months of 2021 from a year earlier, Airports of Thailand (AOT) reported on Thursday. “Total passengers at Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Phuket and Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai […]
Read MoreElectronic money (e-money) has grown in terms of spending and top-up value, driven by consumers’ financial behaviour in the digital age and social distancing amid the pandemic. According to the Bank of Thailand, e-money spending value has continued to increase for the past five years. In 2020, the value was 310 billion baht, rising from 276 […]
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