New travel rules – Thailand’s ETA to shake up visa-free visitors Thailand is tightening its borders with a new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) system, set to launch between December this year and June 2025. This system will be mandatory for all visa-exempt foreigners entering the country by air, land, or sea. Though not technically a visa, the ETA will act as a […]
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Law to tax income from overseas in the works for Thailand Rules will follow widely accepted international principle, says chief of Revenue Department The Thai Revenue Department is drafting a law to tax the income of individuals residing in Thailand that originates from overseas. The draft follows the international principle of worldwide income under the […]
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Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport partially closes international departure passport control area, Zone 3, 4th Floor For the time being, all passengers can use remaining available counters for departure. To improve its flexibility and speed for passport control services, Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) is installing new Automatic Channel systems and equipment, during 9 – 23 August 2024 and, […]
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Ever wondered which Thai province has the most Wats? The top ten provinces with the highest number of registered temples, according to the National Office of Buddhism‘s data, are: 1. Nakhon Ratchasima: 2,179 2. Ubon Ratchathani: 1,848 3. Roi Et: 1,647 4. Khon Kaen: 1,545 5. Udon Thani: 1,532 6. Chiang Mai: 1,459 7. Sisaket: […]
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Europe’s 10 ‘most spoken’ languages as English misses out on top 3 – full list The European language with most native speakers – and the European language with most total speakers – are very different More than 200 languages are spoken in Europe Europe’s top ten most commonly spoken languages according to their number of […]
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Office of Transport to invest almost B9bn to expand Bangkok’s water transport network The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy Planning (OTP) plans to invest 8.87 billion baht to improve water transport networks in Bangkok and adjacent provinces. Panya Chupanich, the OTPs director-general, said the water transport development plan had been approved by the Transport […]
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Less is more in restoring Asia’s past For decades, restorations of Southeast Asia’s archaeological sites have typically involved transforming the past rather than faithfully presenting it. Conservationists often take a heavy-handed approach, embellishing a site to effectively “manufacture” a ruin that will appeal to visitors. But this tends to do more harm than good. Unfortunately, […]
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Bangkok Lighthouse Late Lunch @ Opera on 30 August 2024 – Sponsored by Coreharbour Please see the invite for our Late Lunch August event, a huge thanks to “Coreharbour” for sponsoring the event. The event will be at Opera again and the menu is sharing so no need for menu choices, please let us know […]
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Thailand Set to Improve Third-Class Trains with Air Conditioning and Seating Upgrades The Thailand State Railway (SRT) plans to enhance its third-class train services and facilities by investing 780 million baht in new seating and air conditioning. For this project’s initial phase, scheduled for next year, 130 of these carriages will be fitted with air […]
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First riding on new passenger train service linking Bangkok with Vientiane The Thailand-Laos cross-border passenger train service, with the first train departing from Bangkok on Friday, links not only two countries, but also takes more people to further places. BANGKOK/VIENTIANE, July 23 (Xinhua) — As a long whistle shattered the tranquility of the night, the […]
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