Tag: industry
Thailand heading for a bustling high season
THE TOURISM Authority of Thailand (TAT) expects a busy high season this year with both Thais and foreigners travelling extensively after Covid control measures were relaxed from April onwards with the country fully opened to tourism in July, INN News said this evening (Sept. 3). Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn, TAT’s governor, said a large number …
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Nightlife business operators lobby PM for reopening on June 1
OPERATORS of all types of nightlife businesses asked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to quickly allow the reopening of their establishments and restore the 300 billion baht industry at the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee meeting on Friday May 20, Thansettakij said this morning (May 18). Eight nightlife associations together with 230 …
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Police crackdown on gangs sending victims to ‘hell fishing boats’
A TEAM of top police officers led raids on six locations in three provinces to crush human trafficking gangs that send their victims to “hell fishing boats” where they are forced to work like slaves and beaten if they refuse to take drugs, Naewna newspaper said this morning (May 5). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. …
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High on hope for Thai hemp industry
Thai citizens can now register to grow, trade and have in possession hemp under a new ministerial regulation that comes into effect today (Friday). The regulation permits the production, import, export, distribution and possession of hemp, or kanchong, a Type 5 narcotic. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deputy secretary-general Supattra Boonserm told the Bangkok Post …