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Thai hotel room rate growth leads world SiteMinder report shows 15% gain in 2024, the only country with double-digit growth Hotel room rates in Thailand rose last year by an average of 15% from 2023, making it the only country to achieve double-digit growth, according to SiteMinder, an e-commerce platform that helps hotels sell rooms […]

Thousands boost UK state pension payments by £113 a week but ‘time is running out’ – check if you can claim Pension savers have just two months left to fill gaps in their National Insurance records dating back to 2006 Britons have added £35 million to their State Pension pots since April 2024, but time […]

Bangkok Lighthouse Late Lunch on 28 February 2025 at Kai @ Sathorn Soi 12 – Sponsored by RSM This year we will be at Kai earlier than last year, as usual we will only visit one venue per year, a huge thanks to RSM for sponsoring this event. Memberships are due and have been reduced […]

More Tigers Are Kept in Captivity in America Than Free-Roaming Tigers Globally Back in June 2020 we carried a news article “B.Grimm Group, a major supporter of WWF Thailand helping save Thailand’s tigers” which referred to: “According to WWF Thailand, there were approximately 100,000 wild tigers in the world at the beginning of the 20th […]

Online TM6 form for visitors to Thailand coming on May 1 Tourism ministry ready to promote Thailand’s new online TM6 immigration form but 300-baht tourism fee might be delayed The Ministry of Tourism and Sports is preparing to promote the online TM6 immigration form, which will be compulsory for all foreign arrivals entering Thailand as […]

Thailand faces record low births sparking Population Concerns In a remarkable demographic shift, Thailand has reported fewer than 500,000 births in a single year for the first time in 75 years. In 2024, only 462,240 babies were born, a significant drop from the previous year’s 519,000. Mahidol University’s expert, Associate Professor Chalermpol Chamchan, emphasised that this marks the […]

Thailand’s cleanest and most polluted beaches unveiled Andaman coast best, Samut Prakan worst Visitors take pictures at Samila beach in Songkhla province, rated the cleanest sea water in Thailand. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) The Pollution Control Department has unveiled a list showing the location of the cleanest beaches for swimming, and the most polluted, in Thailand. […]

Happy New Tax Year Thailand Expats! As 2024 closes, many expats wonder about Thai income tax in 2025. EDITORIAL By Pattaya Mail For many expats – and retirees in particular – the festivities this year are marred by ongoing concerns about personal income tax arising from cash transfers to Thailand. The notion that the Thai […]

New speed limits for motorists in Bangkok The Royal Gazette published a new traffic regulation putting speed limits for motorists in Bangkok to 60 kms per hr except on 13 rds. The 13 exempted rds include: Vibhavadi-Rangsit, Sri Nagarin, Phaholyothin, Bang Na-Trad, Ram Intra, Chaeng Wattana, & Rama III. The regulations will be effective December […]