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Thailand’s new visa regime hits Western visitors and expats in Thailand hard with shorter stays and long haul trips Thailand’s new visa squeeze halves tourist stays to 30 days and shuts Western nomads out of the easy Laos DTV route. Applicants now face police checks, costly flights home and tougher borders amid a nationwide foreign […]

Thailand cuts visa-free stays from 60 days to 30 days Passport holders from 60 countries and territories will receive 30-day visa-free entry, with most land-border arrivals capped at twice a year. Thailand has reduced the permitted visa-free stay for tourists from 60 days to 30 days, under a new Interior Ministry notification published in the […]

Bangkok has 10+ transit lines operated by multiple companies. Why is there no single place to calculate door-to-door fares across all of them? If you have ever traveled across Bangkok, you know the frustration: Downloading multiple separate transit apps for different operators Mandatory user registrations and sign-ups just to check a ticket price Manually adding […]

Are you an Expatriate seeking a Construction & Engineering Job in Thailand? Thailand-construction.com Current List of Construction & Engineering Jobs in Thailand for Expatriates In Thailand Construction Newsletter, issued every 2 weeks, we include a list of all interesting Construction & Engineering Vacancies / Jobs in Thailand that we’ve seen recently on various websites, which […]

Thailand entry funds: what travellers may need to show Foreigners arriving in Thailand may be asked by immigration to show they have enough money to support themselves during their stay. Depending on the entry route, the stated requirement is between 10,000 and 20,000 baht per person. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) reiterated the rules […]

Thailand Accelerates Suvarnabhumi Airport Upgrades Ahead of Peak Season The government is expanding its automated passport control system (Auto Gates) to include passport holders from 31 additional nationalities to reduce congestion Airport authorities will dynamically reconfigure immigration hall spaces and adjust staffing to better manage passenger flow during peak hours, when 5,000 to 6,000 passengers […]

Airports of Thailand considers restoring arrivals duty-free shops at Thai airports Airports of Thailand is studying a return of arrivals duty-free shops, citing passenger demand, lost revenue and global airport service standards. Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) is studying the revival of arrivals duty-free services and could hold talks with King Power, the […]

Bangkok’s New Zoo in in Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani Set for 2027 Opening Pictures courtesy of zoothailand.org Bangkok’s long-awaited replacement for Dusit Zoo is 92.54% complete, with the first public access planned as a free opening in April 2027. The full 300-rai Biodiversity Park at Khlong 6 in Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani, is scheduled to fully open […]

Why Bangkok has no city centre Bangkok’s business district has moved four times in seventy years — river to Silom to Sathorn to Sukhumvit. It isn’t a place. It’s a moving average, and the transport network decides where it sits. By Bangkok Lad at https://bangkoklad.com/   Bangkok’s centre has moved four times Where the commercial core […]

Bangkok before the Skytrain: the 31 years the city chose cars Bangkok had electric rail in 1894, scrapped it in 1968, and didn’t get it back until 1999. What happened in between — and the thousand concrete pillars still standing as evidence. By Bangkok Lad at https://bangkoklad.com   BEFORE THE SKYTRAIN 31 years with no urban […]