"Travel"

Some 5,000 tourists crossed from Malaysia to Thailand via the Sadao checkpoint on Friday, as border traffic surged fivefold after the Thailand Pass system was scrapped.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration recently announced it would scrap the Thailand Pass entry system for foreign tourists from July 1.

A government order from 2020 prohibiting officials from travelling abroad, except on important missions, due to the Covid-19 situation was revoked by a Cabinet resolution on Tuesday, a news source informed on Thursday.

Precisely 1.5 million discounted hotel rooms under the extended fourth phase of the “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together) co-payment scheme will be available for booking from July 1.

Six agencies in Bangkok and Nonthaburi areas are ready to issue vaccine passports to people who wish to travel abroad, according to the Public Health Ministry.

President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr would be “welcome” to the United States given his diplomatic immunity as a head of state, a top Washington diplomat pointed out on Thursday.

Leading Thai real-estate developer Central Pattana plans to implement strategies to create a new standard for hotel stays in a bid to change the country’s travel ecosystem.

The fourth phase of the popular “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together) co-payment scheme is being extended and will take off next month, with rooms and flight discounts for 1.5 million domestic travellers, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) announced on Thursday.

The newly eased Covid-19 regulations for travellers were published in the Royal Gazette website on Monday.

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved an extension of the tourism stimulus campaign, “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together), by adding 1.5 million rights and extending the deadline from May 31 to September 30, a news source from Government House said on Tuesday.

With Malaysia reopening to fully vaccinated travellers, the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) has teamed up with related agencies to attract tourists once again to the country.

As Singapore has reopened its borders to fully-vaccinated travellers, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) kicked off the “SingapoReimagine” campaign on Tuesday in a bid to attract tourists to visit the country.