18 Aug 2021
Tourism
International tourism is experiencing a new wave of challenges again as many countries have been hard hit by the highly contagious Delta coronavirus (COVID-19) variant, with a rising number of infections. As a result, many countries have tightened border controls and issued an advisory warning again... Read more
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1 Jul 2021
On June 29, 2021, the Ratchakitcha website (Government Gazette) published “Thailand’s Tourism Reopening Scheme”, which comes into effect on July 1, 2021. Cooperation among the related parties allowed the second phase of the reopening plan to move forward according to plan on July 1, 2021. Provinces ... Read more
22 Apr 2021
The latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic may take longer to ease as compared to the two previous waves because the number of daily cases is substantially higher and most people have been infected by the fast-spreading variant. This is likely to delay the government’s efforts in re-opening the countr... Read more
12 Apr 2021
The third wave of COVID in 2Q21 presents bad news for travel-related businesses that had begun to bounce back following the latest resurgence of COVID-19 towards the end of last year. According to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the number of Thais travelling in the country during February 2021 ... Read more
26 Mar 2021
KResearch views that the overall trend for domestic travel will see improvement during the 2021 Songkran festival. However, the festivities will differ markedly from those that took place in the era before COVID-19, as Thailand continues to be on high alert for signs of local transmission. For this ... Read more
20 Jan 2021
Domestic travel is imperative in driving Thailand’s tourism in 2021. Unfortunately, it has slowed down again since the beginning of 2021 due to the resurgence of COVID-19. As a result, the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has reimposed stringent COVID-19 restrictions, especially i... Read more
9 Dec 2020
Thailand’s inbound tourism in 2021 has begun to see positive news, regarding significant progress on the COVID-19 vaccine development, and its planned use with people in many countries by the end of 2020. In addition, Thailand has signed an advance agreement with a pharmaceutical firm to secure supp... Read more
27 Oct 2020
After the government managed to successfully contain the spread of COVID-19 and issued stimulus packages like the ‘We Travel Together’ campaign to boost domestic tourism, the number of Thai tourists traveling domestically markedly increased. Based on data provided by the Ministry of Tourism and Spor... Read more