Artikel tagged “holidays”

  • Parents say their daughter’s been kidnapped. Police have other ideas.

    Parents say their daughter’s been kidnapped. Police have other ideas.

    The parents of a 14 year old schoolgirl missing for the past two weeks have now filed a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), saying they are convinced she’s been kidnapped. They say their daughter last used social media in Rayong province (east of Pattaya) on December 28, the day after she vanished.

  • July stats see a small drop in tourists through Thai airports

    July stats see a small drop in tourists through Thai airports

    July 2018 stats from the AoT (Airports Authority of Thailand) indicates that fewer tourists went through Thai airports than expected. Channel 7 News reports that, while there was still an increase of 4% compared to the same month in 2017, the numbers buck the overall trend which has seen an average 9% rise in usage per month since the start of this year. Nitinai Sirisamatkarn, a senior manager at Airports of Thailand believes the downturn has nothing to do with Chinese people cancelling their holidays.vMany in the tourism sector fear the boat accident in Phuket would affect tourism but Nitinai says the main reason is the fewer arrivals of European visitors into Suvarabhumi

  • Authorities battle to contain the fallout of ‘Phoenix’ disaster

    “…hotel bookings in Phuket by Chinese tourists in the next two months had shrunk by up to 70 percent. ” Chinese tourists are cancelling Phuket hotel bookings, unnerving Thai authorities and tourism-related business who are scrambling to raise the image of the island’s battered safety reputation

  • Longer Songkran holiday break = more accidents

    Extended celebrations for the 2018 Songkran Festival are being blamed for an increase in road accidents involving drunk driving, but the Interior Ministry is assuring that the country’s roads will be safer this year due to more traffic checkpoints and strict law enforcement.

  • The ‘silly season’ is upon us

    The ‘silly season’ is upon us

    New year’s celebrations will soon begin with millions of people hitting the road and revellers gathering at festive venues. But before the celebrations begin, authorities came forward yesterday to advise the public about permitted and prohibited activities.