CHIANG RAI, 19 March 2019: Air and water pollution, two subjects that can deliver a negative outcome for the economy and tourism, are in the news this week.
Bangkok Airways announced for the second
time...
CHIANG RAI, 15 March 2019: A Supreme
Administrative Court ruling opens the way for Thailand’s Department of National
Parks, Wildlife and Conservation to limit tourist and dive visits to the
Similan Islands in the Andaman Sea.
CHIANG RAI, 8 March 2019: Among the
collection of silly travel words, ‘Bleisure’ and ‘Glamping’ must be the worst
examples of an industry scraping the barrel for gimmicky descriptions.
But to its credit ‘Bleisure’ has found...
CHIANG RAI, 27 February 2019: Thailand’s
Skal Clubs are embroiled in a dispute after a member was expelled and lost his
status as an international councillor, a role that was recognised by Skal
International, headquartered in Spain.
CHIANG RAI, 21 February 2019: Retirees ramble
the world in search of a paradise on a discount and they may have found it in Cambodia’s
popular destinations.
Siem Reap, Kampot a riverside town on the
southern...
CHIANG RAI, 12 February 2019: If talk could fuel flights today we would have a choice of daily direct flights linking Siem Reap in Cambodia and Bagan in Myanmar, two major heritage towns in Southeast Asia.
CHIANG RAI, 7 February 2019: Family, resident
in Singapore, popped over for a holiday during Chinese New Year, thanks to Thai
AirAsia’s super fares on a brand new direct flight to Chiang Rai.
A one-way fare...
CHIANG RAI, 24 January 2019: The latest tourist arrival figures presented by the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Intelligence Centre gives a sparse ballpark-like figure on the performance in 2018.
At 38 million tourist...
HALONG BAY, 21 January 2019: Three key words were bandied around the 22nd Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers that was hosted last week during annual deliberations of ASEAN's 10 member countries.
Listening to...
CHIANG RAI, 15 January 2019: Travel
taxation is never far away from the thoughts of legislators looking for ways to
balance the books, or more recently to act as a brake to control tourist flow.
2019...