Thai Lion Air to debut Guangzhou flight
No-frills Thai Lion Air (TLA) is moving forward with a plan to spread its wings to China, as part of an accelerating international expansion. The Thai subsidiary of Indonesia’s Lion Air Group is set to introduce its first Chinese destination, Guangzhou, with a daily flight from Oct 28. TLA is finalising airport formalities for its […]
Elephant fair in Surin
From Nov 11-22, the “Miracle Of Surin Elephants Fair 2016” will be held at the elephant show field of Surin province. The event promotes local tourism and conserves the local way of life in which people and elephants live together happily. Activities include a parade of vehicles decorated with elephant food around the statue of […]
Ogres take to the skies
Tourism-promoting ogre characters have taken to the skies to not only encourage Thai people to tour their motherland but also inspire foreigners to visit the country. Disputes whether it was appropriate to show the ogres, or yak in Thai, travelling in a van and on a multi-rider bicycle or cooking coconut cream cakes, were now irrelevant as […]
Tourist boat operators moved out of Bali Hai pier
CHON BURI — Operators of the large number of tourist boats that have long crowded the Bali Hai pier in South Pattaya have moved out, complying with the National Council for Peace and Order’s instructions to tidy up the area and improve the image of the resort town. Sub-Lt Suwit Laklang, leader of a peace-keeping […]
Swords and skewers at Phuket’s vegetarian festival
PHUKET – Swords, axe handles, kebab skewers and even a model boat were among the bizarre array of objects pushed through devotees’ cheeks on Sunday as Phuket’s gruesome vegetarian festival got under way. Many Chinese communities across Southeast Asia go vegetarian this week for the annual Taoist “Nine Emperor Gods” festival but few do […]
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