Over 40 million passengers visited Suvarnabhumi Airport this year
BANGKOK, 25 August 2016 (NNT) – Passenger count at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport has exceeded the 40 million mark during the past 10 months, with development projects planned to enhance service capacity, says AOT. Airports of Thailand (AOT) President Nitinai Sirismatthakarn has disclosed that passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport, during October 2015 to July 2016, was over […]
Cops Investigating Mass Digital Theft of State Bank ATMs
BANGKOK — Police say they are seeking the perpetrators who stole more than 12 million baht from teller machines owned by the Government Savings Bank by infecting them with computer virus. The attack reportedly took place early this month and forced the state-owned bank to suspend 3,343 of its cash dispensers since Aug. 8, but the […]
Jeh Days: Phuket’s world-famous Vegetarian Festival coming up in October
The dates for the annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival have been announced, with the world-renowned event this year to be held from Oct. 1-9. Phuket Vice Governor Prajiad Aksornthammakul announced the dates for the 2016 Vegetarian Festival at a meeting at Provincial Hall on Thursday, and vowed that security at the festival will be a top […]
Russia, China drive tourist arrivals up 12% in January-July
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports reports international tourist arrivals to Thailand reached more than 19.5 million during January to July, this year, showing an improvement of 11.87 per cent. Foreign arrivals for the first seven months of 2016 show two-digit improvement, thanks to Russians and Chinese. Released earlier this week, the ministry’s data […]
BMA approves Thai Cartoon Museum despite budget concerns
THE CITY ADMINISTRATION will proceed with the construction of the Bt200-million Thai Cartoon Museum as part of a mission to forge a bond with Unesco’s World Book Capital programme. The decision to go ahead with the project came despite objections by a special committee scrutinising the budget of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) for fiscal […]
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