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Passenger traffic through Thailand's six main airports tumbled further in February with a twenty point six percent year on year contraction due to a continued slowdown in travel demand caused by the global recession and domestic political problems. The fall was steeper than in the preceding month wh...

There is always a light at the end of the tunnel, though many in Thailand's tourism industry may believe the light is very dim at the moment. I believe that operators can survive amid the worldwide economic downturn and local political uncertainties if they offer something different from others Weer...

The 5 Billion Baht fund for tourism operators is not enough for them to all survive the slump, said Tourism and Sports Minister Chumpol Silpa-archa. The financial support programme was officially launched yesterday and will run until April 30. The Federation of Thai Tourism Associations (FTTA) predi...

 Tourist arrivals in Thailand may fall less than was originally feared this year however tax revenue may be worse than expected due to the severity of the economic slump Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday. "We had expected the arrivals number to fall eighteen  or twenty ...

Search teams have recovered the bodies of 5 foreign tourists from inside a dive boat that sank three days ago off Thailand's south-western coast. The search is continuing for a Thai national. The body of an Austrian woman was found on Tuesday.  The boat was returning from a dive trip near the S...

A non-hunting area in Phatthalung puts the southern province on birdwatchers' must-go list Bird watching in Talay Noi Non-Hunting Area is a popular activity that draws thousands of visitors to Phatthalung, eight hundred and fourty kilometres south of Bangkok, every year. Talay Noi is four hundred an...

Thai Marine Police Tuesday found the body of a missing scuba diver floating near the site where a boat sunk in a sudden storm after a diving tour to the Similan Islands, leaving six foreigners and a Thai national missing and believed drowned.  "We found the body of a Western woman but we couldn...

Hundreds of Suvarnabhumi airport staff will undergo intensive training in an effort to halt illegal wildlife trafficking under the "Wildlife Trafficking Stops Here" campaign. Jointly organised by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry and Airports of Thailand (AoT), the campaign is aimed at ...

The Transport Ministry's plan to allow the budget carrier Nok Airlines to take over loss-making secondary domestic routes from Thai Airways International has received favourable responses from the two airlines. Thai Airways executives said the airline could let go of the routes serving Phitsanulok, ...

 The head of Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) says the Suvarnabhumi Airport expansion will proceed as a single undertaking rather than being split into several parts as suggested recently by its new chairman.  The expansion needs to proceed without delay as the airport is operating near...