Thailand on Wednesday reported no new coronavirus cases for the first time since March 9. Thailand has a total of 3,017 cases and 56 deaths since the outbreak escalated in January. The Thai government …
Laos To Press Ahead With ‘Destructive’ New Dam On Mekong
Water levels have dropped to record lows over the last year, exposing rocks and killing fish, a phenomenon blamed by villagers in Thailand and Laos on the operations of dams. On Monday, Laos’ …
Thailand tourist arrivals may fall by 65% in 2020 due to virus outbreak
The number of foreign tourists in Thailand may plunge by almost two-thirds to 14 million this year, the lowest level in 14 years, as the coronavirus pandemic hits global travel, estimates from the …
Dozens of local food banks spring up in Thailand as virus hits incomes
Villages and urban communities in Thailand have turned to helping neighbours left jobless due to the coronavirus lockdown by creating dozens of local food banks comprising instant noodles, canned food …
Medical Tourism Drop Hits Core of Thailand’s Bumrungrad Hospital
Bumrungrad Hospital Pcl said the plunge in medical tourists traveling to Thailand amid the coronavirus pandemic has squeezed its business, as the majority of the health-care operator’s revenue …
Grooming service returns for Thailand’s pampered pets
Ella had just had her hair washed, blow-dried and trimmed and now her bun was being readjusted. Across the way, Giddy was getting her nails done.As Thailand cautiously eased some coronavirus …
With coronavirus destroying tourism industry, Thailand elephants in captivity risk starvation
The millions of unemployed in Thailand due to the coronavirus include elephants dependent on tourists to feed their voracious appetites. With scant numbers of foreign visitors, commercial elephant …
With coronavirus destroying tourism industry, tamed Thailand elephants risk starvation
The millions of unemployed in Thailand due to the coronavirus include elephants dependent on tourists to feed their voracious appetites.
“Goa may be the new Thailand, ” says Ritesh Agarwal as OYO pivots to a new strategy — ‘driving, and not flying, destinations’
And now, the 27-year-old founder of OYO Ritesh Agarwal knows he has no other choice but to change his strategy. “The coronavirus has impacted 1-2 quarters of our growth trajecto …
A ‘millionaires club’ is chauffeuring take-out from Michelin-starred restaurants to its ultrawealthy members in Thailand
As wealthy people in the US hire limos to shuttle mail to the Hamptons, rich people in Thailand get take-out chauffeured by butlers in black sedans.