CHiANG MAI, 20 February 2011 (NNT) – The Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) disclosed a growing number of tourists in Chiang Mai province during the first quarter of this year as a result of tourism strategy and excellent weather. Director of Chiang Mai Airport Ms Raweewan Natarakavessana,the number of tourists has increased by […]
According to local agencies, of today, foreigners who were issued their six-month or one-year visas by the Chonburi Immigration Bureau no longer have to go to the immigration office to report in person every 90 days. Visa holders wishing to stay legally in Thailand more than 90 days and hold valid visas now have two […]
Foreigners in Thailand and ASEAN are closely following breaking news on the amazing and unprecedented events in the Middle East as the movement to overthrow governments may ripple through even more countries into Thailand causing a potential overthrow of the current government. “Like we hope happens in Egypt, we want an orderly transition into democracy […]
The Staff of an a-go-go bar reveal themselves as a would-be mafia, with a group of 20 punching a group of customers consisting of foreign models and Thai Hi-So’s. Around mid-day on the 9th February 2011 Police General Nantawut Suwanlaorng, Police Officials Pattaya received complaints from Mr. Jestin Elekjoseph, 28, and Mr. Johnny Wittel ,28, […]
As part of Pattaya Police’s continuing city-wide crime suppression operation, officers conducted a total of 15 raids on establishments in the Soi Chayapoom area in Central Pattaya, a popular area consisting of bars and go-go’s frequented by foreign tourists and ex-pats. Prior to the raid, a briefing by Police Colonel Nantawoot took place at Pattaya […]
Thailand earned 1.8 billion baht from foreign film production teams shooting in the country last year, according to the Department of Tourism. Director-General Supol Sripan of the Department of Tourism said statistics from the Thailand Film Office in the Tourism Development Office showed that 530 movies were filmed in Thailand, earning the country 1.8 billion […]
Savings quickly used up on entertainment and women, lacking health insurance, hospitals end up paying for their chronic illnesses. PHUKET : State hospitals in the southern province are shouldering a heavy burden for treating elderly foreigners who cannot afford to pay their medical bills. Many retired foreigners who came to Thailand with the hope of […]
Pattaya police continue the crackdown on foreign-related bars in an effort to change Pattaya’s international image and to squelch the use and sale of drugs in Pattaya bars. In the latest raid, which is one of a series of expected police actions, the bars on notorious Soi 6 where many foreigners go to relax and […]
