BANGKOK, 28 August 2016 — The Prime Minister has ordered a total clampdown on “zero-coin” tours for their adverse impact on Thailand’s tourism industry. Maj. Gen. Sunsern Kaewkumnerd, spokesman of the Prime Minister’s Office, said that after PM Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha had instructed the Tourism Ministry, the Tourist Police and related agencies to join forces […]
PHUKET: Phuket Tourism & Sports officials accompanied by Tourist Police officers arrested a Georgian national in Kata on Friday (September 19) for selling tour packages without a work permit or a tourism license. “The arrest came after a complaint through Facebook and a letter saying there was a foreigner selling tour packages in the Kata […]
BANGKOK, 12 May 2014 (NNT) – Thailand’s prolonged political conflict has caused a fewer amount of foreign tourists to spend their holidays in the Land of Smiles. At least ten tour companies whose customers are primarily foreign tourists have to close down, as the dwindling number of tourists has generated lower income and has caused […]
The Thai Embassy in Belgium issued a statement yesterday saying that 14 passengers on a Thai Airways flight bound for Bangkok late last month were denied entry into Frankfurt because of concern about a “visa scam”. The THAI flight was delayed due to technical problems, forcing some 106 passengers and crew to seek overnight accommodation […]
BANGKOK, 29 December 2013 (NNT) – The U.S. Embassy Bangkok warns its citizens who now live or travel in Thailand to avoid the areas with political demonstrations. Meanwhile, Hong Kong prohibits travel agencies to sell New Year’s Eve countdown tours in Thailand. More than 300 million baht is expected to be lost. Former Chairman of […]
A Russian Travel Agency is once again under the spotlight and is thought to have sold an estimated 3 Million THB worth of non-existent tour packages to Russian Tourists. The “World of Chang” Tour Company had been reported by American and Lativian Tourists to Pattaya Police on 17th February but now a further 10 Russian […]
