Month: October 2020

Thailand expecting to reduce the 14 day quarantine period to 10 days
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Thailand expecting to reduce the 14 day quarantine period to 10 days

Good news for travellers out there, it is with confidence that Thailand’s National Communicable Disease Committee (NCDC) has issued its agreement to reduce the average 14 day quarantine period to a more manageable 10 day period for new arrivals to the country who may be suspected of the COVID-19 and it has also agreed to […]

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Foreign Tourists to arrive this month
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Foreign Tourists to arrive this month

Despite the delays for the first batch of foreign long-staying travellers to arrive with their latest Special Tourist Visa, the Tourism and Sports Ministry says it will promise to raise the number of tourists to meet its 1,200 tourists per month quota. According to Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, there was a slight delay in the arrivals […]

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Condé Nast Traveller Readers rate Thailand to be their top 20 best countries in the world
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Condé Nast Traveller Readers rate Thailand to be their top 20 best countries in the world

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has just announced that Thailand is to be ranked as the top 20 countries worldwide by the readers of Condé Nast Traveller from the 33rd Readers’ Choice Awards of 2020 with Thailand receiving a total score of 92.62 which puts them at 7th place with Chiang Mai ranked as […]

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Visa Amnesty Extended until October 31st for foreigners in Thailand
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Visa Amnesty Extended until October 31st for foreigners in Thailand

Announced on the 1st of October the Royal Thai Government has thus issued an extension on visa amnesties to the 31st of October for foreigners who are unable to leave the country due to the measures taken to curb the spread of COVID-19. This marks the fourth extension made thus far from 26 march to […]

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Khao San Road due to open after the COVID-19 Pandemic for Local Business

The famous or infamous depending on who you ask Khao San Road is set to re-open soon for business with the intention of drawing in the Thai and ex-pat communities once again according to the Bangkok’s Deputy Governor Sakoltee Phattiyakul. Once a mecca for international tourism as a stop along the way for backpackers seeking […]

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Phuket set to open to the first batch of Chinese tourists after the 6-months lockdown

There is an expectation that the first groups of tourists who are under the new scheme for Special Tourist Visa will be landing some time on the 8th of October in Phuket. According to reports by the Bangkok Post, the flight from Guangzhou from southern China will be carrying 120 tourists which will first be […]

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