A Norwegian tourist has complained about Chiang Mai taxi drivers taking advantage of foreign visitors and tarnishing the city’s image. In a letter addressed to the Tourist Police and The Nation, Leif E Holterud said he visited Chiang Mai and stayed at the BP Chiang Mai City Hotel in Muang district. On January 28, while […]
Pedestrians in the capital will be able to enjoy greater convenience and safety now that Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has promised to spend Bt15 billion on building the Super Skywalk System, a 50-kilometre clutter-free elevated walking space. The construction is scheduled for completion in four years. “It will help Bangkok residents move around more easily […]
Bangkok (AIT News) – A powerful earthquake has hit Laos on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 10:53 PM. The quake measured magnitude 4.6. The earthquake struck 101 km (63 miles) E of Muang Nan, Thailand and 587 km (364 miles) NNE of Bangkok, Thailand. The quake was also felt in the area of northern Thailand […]
TRAT, Feb 23 – This eastern Thai province has announced the closure of three islands indefinitely after over 90 per cent of their coral reefs are experiencing coral bleaching and have died from global warming, according to local officials. Chalerm Glinnimnuan, chief of Mu Ko Chang National Park, said the announcement applies to only three […]
BANGKOK, 23 February 2011 (NNT) – Travel warning has been issued against the disputed area on the Thai-Cambodian border by two countries, which are Australia and Taiwan, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Following the TAT board meeting, TAT Governor Surapol Svetasreni confirmed that the enforcement of the Internal Security Act (ISA) in […]
A British tourist was seriously injured and a Swiss woman was killed when two male elephants went on the rampage in Thailand. The incident at Khao Sok national park, happened after two tour groups, carrying tourists on an elephant ecotour came head to head on a jungle path. Mahouts were unable to control the two […]
Four border patrol policemen were given a death sentence Wednesday for possessing a large number of metamphetamine tablets with the intent to sell. They were arrested in a sting operation three years ago. The Criminal Court handed down the maximum penalty to the four Chiang Mai-based officers, overruling a legal condition that subjects convicts to […]
BANGKOK, 23 February 2011 (NNT) – The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs has disclosed that six Thai nationals in Christchurch, New Zealand, are now missing following the deadly tremor yesterday. In the latest development of the earthquake disaster in Christchurch, Deputy Director-General of the Information Department and Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesperson Jesda Katavetin stated that […]
