Thailand allowing quarantine-free entry for tourists from 10 countries on Nov 1
IN a nationally televised addressed at 8.30 p.m. tonight (Oct.11) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the country will on November 1 be initially reopened to tourists from 10 low-risk countries without the necessity of quarantine but they have to be fully vaccinated and present evidence of a negative result from a RT-PCR test […]
Read MoreReopening of Bangkok to vaccinated tourists being put off to Nov. 1
THE Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is to propose to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) smaller committee today (Sept. 22) that the reopening of Bangkok and four provinces to fully vaccinated tourists be postponed to November 1, Siam Rath newspaper said. The earlier target was to reopen Bangkok and Chiang Mai’s Mueang, […]
Read MoreSamui Plus Model D-Day today with 3 flights winging in
KOH Samui starts welcoming tourists again today (July 15) with the launch of the “Samui Plus Model” project that reopens three islands with the other two being Koh Phangan and Koh Tao, Amarin TV said. Three Bangkok Airways flights will be mainly bringing members of the media for this launch. However there are foreign tourists […]
Read MoreMove to reopen Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao on July 15
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, as head of the the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee, took up a proposal to reopen Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao islands to tourism on July 15 just days after Phuket does so on July 1 at a teleconference joined by senior officials from Surat Thani […]
Read MoreBangkok’s parks remain shut despite order to reopen
THERE was confusion at Bangkok’s public parks this morning (June 14) with people who had gone there to exercise finding that the gates were locked despite Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha having announced the reopening of five business groups and activities from today, Amarin TV said. Amid the disappointment among those who had gone specially […]
Read MoreBMA allows 5 types of establishments to reopen from tomorrow
THE Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) today (May 31) allowed five categories of establishments to reopen again from tomorrow and among them are museums, tattoo parlours, beauty clinics and botanical gardens, Sanook.com said. In its announcement of easing coronavirus control BMA said that the outbreak in the capital is currently clustered at workers camps, markets and […]
Read MoreMuch-loved planetarium reopening tomorrow
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com GOOD news for children and astronomy buffs, the Bangkok Science Museum and Planetarium is reopening tomorrow (June 20) after being shut for a long spell due to the coronavirus outbreak, Sanook.com reported. However the reopening will be under the New Normal structure with there being strict measures in place to prevent […]
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: About-face on reopening Phuket airport
By Bhuva Chira, Sanook.com THE Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) issued an announcement today (15.5.2020) closing Phuket airport, with the stated reason being that the coronavirus pandemic remains a threat, even though it had issued an announcement yesterday allowing it to reopen on May 16, Sanook.com reported. In yesterday’s announcement CAAT said Phuket airport […]
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