BANGKOK, 22 August 2011 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has expressed confidence that a total of 1.4 million Chinese tourists will come to Thailand throughout this year, thanks to the economic recovery. Director of the TAT Beijing Office Ponganan Sanpanich pointed out that the number of Chinese nationals traveling to Thailand this […]
Thailand’s fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has arrived in Japan with an offer to assist in the reconstruction of the country’s earthquake and tsunami-damaged northeastern coast. Mr. Thaksin, a former telecommunications tycoon ousted from office in a 2006 coup, told Japan’s Kyodo news agency he will visit areas devastated by the March 11 twin […]
BANGKOK, Aug 22 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday declined to answer today’s doorstep media questions saying some issues were merely created for politically-motivated purposes. The Thai premier’s latest move came as she refused to answer media questions but instead posted messages gathering her comments on her Facebook social network page stating that […]
His children are in government care in Britain and his land has all but already been gobbled up by his Thai wife. Legendary turkey farmer Joe Stanyer, who used to supply Thailand’s best hotels with their Christmas bird, has now been told that the last patch of land he has in Hua Hin, which he […]
BANGKOK, 22 August 2011 (NNT) – Thailand’s former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said it would only encourage social divides to establish a village exclusively for Red Shirt members, adding that the move would not represent them symbolically as they claimed in the past. The Head of Democrat Party designate, Mr. Abhisit, said he would like […]
Most people want ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to distance himself from politics in Thailand and give his sister, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a free hand in managing the country, a poll has found. Abac Poll, conducted by Assumption University, last week asked 2,193 Thais in 17 provinces what they think about the Pheu Thai led […]
BANGKOK, 21 August 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she was not bothered by the Opposition Party’s debate while showing her confidence that the Foreign Minister would be able to defend himself regarding the entry visa to Japan for her brother. Pheu Thai is expected to deliver the policy statement from Tuesday to […]
Panaji, Aug 19 – Arguably called the sex tourism capital of the world, Thailand is now deliberately using the family tourism label to shed the sex destination tag, a Thai diplomat said here Friday. Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of an event organised in Panaji to promote Thailand as a tourism destination, Tomwit Jarnson, […]
