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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered various public sector organisations to undertake a survey of infrastructure and check whether these are all functioning normally as citizens will need to travel back to their hometowns at the end of the year.

The Cabinet decided to make December 28, Phraya Taksin Day, a holiday for the Eastern region, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam announced on Thursday.

The figures, which exclude automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants, exceed the previous record in 2020 when holiday sales grew 8.2 percent to 777.3 billion dollars.

The National Day holiday saw a surge in tourism, as people unleashed a strong demand for traveling that was suppressed over the summer holiday due to sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks.

Travel during Chinas "Golden Week" national vacation was down by a third on pre-pandemic levels, suggesting government measures to contain sporadic coronavirus outbreaks are weighing on tourism and spending in the worlds second-largest economy.

The Port Authority of Thailand has announced that no services will be provided on Friday (September 24) because it has been declared a public holiday in honour of Prince Mahidol.

The Cabinet on Tuesday cancelled the national holiday on July 27 in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19 from people travelling.

The Songkran holiday will be extended to six days this year, after the Cabinet on Tuesday approved a special holiday on April 12. The Songkran festival break will now run from April 10 to April 15 (Saturday-Thursday).

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha indicated on Wednesday that the Cabinet will consider new measures for this year’s Songkran festival.

Current and former U.S. health officials took to the airwaves Sunday to warn Americans of a potential jump in covid-19 cases after the holidays.

The Royal Gazette website on Monday (November 16) published a Transport Ministery regulation that exempts toll fee for motorway routes 7 and 9 during long weekends in November and December to facilitate increased use by motorists.