While the other economic engines are losing steam, the government hopes to use the tourism sector to boost the country’s economic growth. Recently, the government announced additional measures to promote hospitality business which is the top-earning service sector. The...
The world’s top five flying routes are all in the Asia Pacific region, according to an International Air Transport Association (IATA) report. Aviation writers say the growth can be attributed to the addition of flights operated by low-cost carriers...
Thai beauty retailer KIS opened its first store in Bangkok just last month and is already planning 30 more across the city. The chain has been created to capitalize on the continuously growing number of millennials, who tend to...
The Biothai Foundation has praised Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for not directly responding to an appeal from US under-secretary of agriculture for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, Mr. Ted A. McKinney, to postpone the ban on glyphosate, one of...
More than 1,000 business leader, high-level government officials and representatives of private sectors as well as academics and members of civil society from across the region are expected to attend the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) to be...
BANGKOK: Despite the stronger Thai baht against the ringgit, a total of 2.96 million Malaysians travelled to Thailand in the first nine months of this year, contributing 75.63 billion baht (RM10.5 billion) in tourism receipts. Based on the latest...
Muslims in the conflict-blistered Thai south on Friday marked with prayers the 15th anniversary of the deaths of scores of protesters who suffocated in army trucks — an incident that galvanized an insurgency and remains an emblem of state...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Monday to delay Brexit until Jan.31, said the bloc’s chairman, Donald Tusk. “The EU27 has agreed that it will accept the UK’s request for a Brexit flex tension until 31 January...
Motorcycle-taxi drivers who repeatedly ride on sidewalks could have their queue jackets confiscated for up to three years, under a proposal being considered by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. BMA spokesman Pongsakorn Kwanmuang discussed the idea on Friday after leading...
Donald Trump will suspend trade preferences for Thailand’s seafood industry after it failed to take steps to improve worker rights, dealing a blow to the multibillion-dollar sector. Thailand is the world’s third-largest seafood exporter but its supplier status has...
