Economy
FTI boss warns Thailand faces a more dangerous geopolitical world with potential Asian flashpoints
Thailand finds itself, at this time, in a part of the world where geopolitical tensions are rising and are already adversely affecting its economy since… Read More ›
Siam Commercial Bank says it plans to open one of the first virtual banks in Thailand due in 2025
New virtual banking services are expected to offer cheaper and more inclusive banking products to customers who are currently not catered for by the existing… Read More ›
PM hails China and Saudi Arabia as friends of Thailand as he unveils the return of Chinese tour groups
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The comments by the prime minister about the closeness of the bond between China and Thailand are reminiscent of his Time magazine interview in 2017… Read More ›
Call for flexible visas to boost the economy as exports, output and business confidence falters
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Downturn in exports and manufacturing is filtering into the wider economy while the recovery of the foreign tourism industry is still a slow and ongoing… Read More ›
Thailand turns to China in 2023 for GDP growth in a world buffeted in real-time by raw geopolitics
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Sentiment regarding the economy has been rising since the return of Chinese tourists on January 9th last. However, with geopolitical tensions and indeed a trade… Read More ›
Thai economy up against it in 2023 despite the hype and hoopla over Chinese tourists returning
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Thailand is an export-led economy operating in an increasingly unpredictable and uncertain world. In 2023, it finds itself relying on a foreign tourism industry which… Read More ›
Reverse course as Minister Anutin confirms all are welcome to Thailand even without a Covid vaccine
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China’s huge Covid wave continues unabated with more countries requiring testing for Chinese arrivals. Thailand’s Minister of Public Health Anutin however has insisted that all… Read More ›
Covid chaos descends again on Thailand’s foreign tourism sector amid cancellations and complaints
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Travel agents in France have been forced to cancel contracts because of the sudden introduction of entry restrictions which have led operators to declare a… Read More ›
Tourism industry blow: Entry criteria for all arrivals reimposed in response to the arrival of Chinese tourists
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No firm details yet as to what date the new regime comes into force nor how it will be administered. Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said it… Read More ›
Economic chiefs promise a brighter 2023 for Thai people despite the more gloomy world outlook for the year
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The foreign tourism industry will be the key driver of economic growth with more money in people’s pockets in 2023 says Bank of Thailand Governor… Read More ›
Ministers urged to tread cautiously on new entry requirements as China reopens to foreign travel this week
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The conflicting reports over the weekend were the product of two high-powered committee meetings within the Ministry of Public Health ahead of a meeting of… Read More ›
Tourism minister’s plan to offer vaccines to foreign tourists as recovery mired at 29% of 2019
Culture, Economy, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Thailand’s long and slow recovery of its foreign tourism industry continues with a somewhat ambivalent attitude towards the now imminent prospect of a return of… Read More ›
PM and Ung Ing to do battle in 2023 for the top job with public debt and the economy as key issues
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Public debt and the management of the economy will be the key battleground for this General Election as it is clear the alternative to the… Read More ›
Pheu Thai to knock back skyrocketing electricity costs hitting business with a 21% rise in 2023 already confirmed
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The business sector, in recent months, is expressing higher confidence with the return of foreign tourism at critical levels but is expecting to be left… Read More ›
War erupts over Pheu Thai’s ฿600 minimum wage plan with the economy as the key election issue
Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
An academic with Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) welcomed the proposal in broad terms as beneficial to newly graduated students taking up employment but expressed his concern… Read More ›
New Air Canada link from Vancouver to Bangkok an aviation first, will boost American arrivals to Thailand
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Direct 13-hour flight from Vancouver to Bangkok is a first for Air Canada and Thailand which is trying to regain its position as a power… Read More ›
Even as the baht surges, Thailand faces economic recession in mid-2023 with lower earnings
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KKP Research, the research arm of Kiatnakin Phatra Bank in Bangkok is predicting the Thai economy to enter recession in the opening quarter of 2023… Read More ›
Foreign tourism is Thailand’s only hope in 2023 as exports dim with hard times seen in key markets
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The Economic Intelligence Centre (EIC), the research arm of Siam Commercial Bank has forecast growth of 3.4% in 2023 compared to similar projections for 2022.… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
DSI chief removed from his post as scandal over a raid on a former diplomatic residence grows
January 18, 2023
Minister of Justice Somsak Thepsutin is believed to
Russian man barrels his way into a Pattaya Seven-Eleven store smashing the glass door to pieces
January 16, 2023
A Russian man went wild in the heart of Pattaya on
Fraud suspect nabbed by police in Phuket linked to $100 million fraud centred on Jersey, US deli shop
January 14, 2023
The search for the third accused in the New Jersey
Thai economy up against it in 2023 despite the hype and hoopla over Chinese tourists returning
January 13, 2023
Thailand is an export-led economy operating in an
Police promise full charges to be filed against reckless Bentley driver over multicar expressway smash-up
January 10, 2023
Driver, with a woman in tow, fled the scene in a taxi.
Covid chaos descends again on Thailand’s foreign tourism sector amid cancellations and complaints
January 8, 2023
Travel agents in France have been forced to cancel
Pattaya police hunt down the killer of a UK man who had just returned to Thailand from Britain the day before
January 6, 2023
UK expat and murder victim was on his way home after
Prayut to make his move for a third term but is the battle for power already lost to Pheu Thai?
January 4, 2023
There are signs that a seismic change is about to
Economic chiefs promise a brighter 2023 for Thai people despite the more gloomy world outlook for the year
January 2, 2023
The foreign tourism industry will be the key driver of
Fears for Aung San Suu Kyi who faces 33 years in a Myanmar prison held under primitive conditions
December 31, 2022
The latest conviction of the popular Burmese
PM orders ‘full force’ help for Thai nationals and families linked to the Poipet casino disaster in Cambodia
December 29, 2022
Fire which destroyed the Grand Diamond casino in the
PM and Ung Ing to do battle in 2023 for the top job with public debt and the economy as key issues
December 27, 2022
Public debt and the management of the economy will be
Police officer, wife of Du Hao kingpin and niece of former police chief arrested and grilled by prosecutors
December 25, 2022
The scale and depth of this corruption scandal keeps
Australian travelling with family arrested for illegal gun possession boarding a Ko Samui flight
December 23, 2022
Police in Ko Samui said on Wednesday that they did
22 still missing as naval chiefs plan refloat of the Sukhothai which capsized and sunk on Sunday
December 21, 2022
35-year-old, US-built vessel lying capsized at a depth
Chinese gangs approaching expectant Thai fathers in private hospitals seeking identity transfers
December 19, 2022
The Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) moved last
King and Queen visit Princess Bajrakitiyabha at a Bangkok hospital after she took ill on Wednesday
December 16, 2022
Well wishes have come from around the country as
