Bangkok is cheapest place in Southeast Asia that people actually want to visit: TripAdvisor

Bangkok is cheapest place in Southeast Asia that people actually want to visit: TripAdvisor

According to research from TripAdvisor, Bangkok is the most budget-friendly place to spend a week-long vacation during the high season, which is now through the end of February. Yesterday, the travel site named Bangkok as both inexpensive and desirable to travelers already living in Southeast Asia. The company took into account round-trip airfare from within […]

Free for All! Thailand waives tourist visa fees for all nationalities

Free for All! Thailand waives tourist visa fees for all nationalities

Last month we announced that, through high-season, the government decided to waive tourist visa fees and halve visa on arrival fees for visitors from 19 countries to encourage tourism. Now, the government has extended this program to everyone, from everywhere. From yesterday through the end of February, everyone that goes to get a single-entry tourist […]

Suvarnabhumi Airport prepares for tourist high season

Suvarnabhumi Airport prepares for tourist high season

Suvarnabhumi International Airport is preparing to welcome up to 173,000 travelers per day during the tourist high season. Airport Director Sirote Duangratana revealed that between October 30th of this year and March 25th of next year, the country will enter its usual tourist high season. An average of 965 flights are expected each day, a […]

Pattaya-Hua Hin ferry project hits first hurdle

Pattaya-Hua Hin ferry project hits first hurdle

CHON BURI – Pattaya City Council was told on Tuesday the Marine Department was being too hasty in launching the proposed ferry service between Pattaya and Hua Hin, because the docking facilities would not be ready in time. The opposition emerged a little more than two weeks after the department’s director-general Sorasak Sansombat announced approval […]

Flydubai alights in Bangkok

Flydubai alights in Bangkok

Flydubai commenced the first budget airline service between Bangkok and Dubai yesterday. The maiden flight from Dubai airport touched down at Suvarnabhumi to set in motion the Dubai-based carrier’s scheduled twice-daily service to Bangkok on board Boeing 737-800 jets. Bangkok was chosen for the airline’s Southeast Asia debut to provide a new travel option on […]