webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Looking to India for relief: Growth in Indian tourist arrivals may alleviate COVID-19 fallout By The Phuket News The number of Indian tourists to Phuket can help balance the decreasing numbers of Chinese tourists in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, says Royal Phuket Marina CEO and Founder Gulu Lalvani. Photo: AoT Phuket PHUKET: With the number of Chinese tourists coming to Phuket declining rapidly, increasing numbers of Indian tourists are set to be a boon for the island’s tourism sector, Gulu Lalvani, CEO and Founder of Royal Phuket Marina, has pointed out. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150543-looking-to-india-for-relief-growth-in-indian-tourist-arrivals-may-alleviate-covid-19-fallout/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Covid-19 fears: Two Chinese nationals came on illegal shopping trip to Mae Sot Picture: 77kaoded Thai soldiers in Mae Sot on the kingdom's north western border caught two Chinese nationals trying to sneak across the Moei River back to Myanmar. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150545-covid-19-fears-two-chinese-nationals-came-on-illegal-shopping-trip-to-mae-sot/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Was a bullet planted in his luggage? American father trapped for months in Thailand Author: Andrew Horansky UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio — It sounds almost too bizarre to believe. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150548-was-a-bullet-planted-in-his-luggage-american-father-trapped-for-months-in-thailand/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Video: Grown man viciously attacks kid outside computer games shop in Thonburi - just teaching him a lesson says attacker Thai caption: How dare you act above your station!! CCTV caught the moments when a 30 year old man dragged a boy out of a computer games shop and mercilessly beat him. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150549-video-grown-man-viciously-attacks-kid-outside-computer-games-shop-in-thonburi-just-teaching-him-a-lesson-says-attacker/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Japanese woman confirmed as coronavirus case for second time, weeks after initial recovery By Daniel Leussink Passersby wearing masks are seen at Sapporo station in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) - A woman working as a tour-bus guide in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time, Osaka's prefectural government said on Wednesday, the first person in the country to do so amid growing concerns about the spread of the infection. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150552-japanese-woman-confirmed-as-coronavirus-case-for-second-time-weeks-after-initial-recovery/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Koh Larn: Mountain of trash has all but disappeared after City Hall throws 7 million baht at the problem Picture: 77kaoded Koh Larn's infamous mountain of trash has been much reduced due to Pattaya City Hall's measures following a big budget allocation to address the problem, reported Thai media. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150555-koh-larn-mountain-of-trash-has-all-but-disappeared-after-city-hall-throws-7-million-baht-at-the-problem/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Video: Driver trapped as fire engine overturns in Phuket Picture: Daily News A brief CCTV clip showed the moment that a water carrying fire engine overturned on the way to a fire in Phuket. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150557-video-driver-trapped-as-fire-engine-overturns-in-phuket/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Parliament gets thorough clean-up for Covid-19 virus By The Nation A Parliament officer cleans the room and media workspace area to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (Covid Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150558-parliament-gets-thorough-clean-up-for-covid-19-virus/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 The Coronavirus effect – Phuket and hotel report ByBill Barnett by Bill Barnett, c9hotelworks.com “Perhaps the biggest wild card is the mounting number of travel advisories across the globe based on Covid-19” Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/tourism/the-coronavirus-effect-phuket-and-hotel-report-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Chiang Mai hotels and the virus: Even discounting rooms is having no effect on tourist numbers Picture: Daily News Daily News were the latest media to visit Chiang Mai and discover the disastrous effect that the coronavirus is having on tourism in the north. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150562-chiang-mai-hotels-and-the-virus-even-discounting-rooms-is-having-no-effect-on-tourist-numbers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Future Forward ex-MP exposes attempt to woo him to govt side By The Nation Prasertpong Sornnuwat on podium Former Future Forward member of Parliament Prasertpong Sornnuwat exposed on Wednesday (February 26) another telephone conversation involving Srinuan Boonlue, a former Future Forward MP who has now joined Bhumjaithai Party, of trying to persuade him to join the government side. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150585-future-forward-ex-mp-exposes-attempt-to-woo-him-to-govt-side/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Don Mueang Airport ramps up virus controls By The Nation Passengers arriving at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport from all countries and territories where Covid-19 has taken hold are now being separated for screening in an isolated area. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150588-don-mueang-airport-ramps-up-virus-controls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 PM concerned about campus flash mobs Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has expressed concern over the proliferation of flash mobs at universities and high schools to protest against the dissolution of the Future Forward party, and the possibility that they may lead to confrontation and unrest. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150590-pm-prayut-concerned-about-campus-flash-mobs/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 PM defends biometric hardware procurement BANGKOK (NNT) - A topic brought up in the current censure debate this morning is suspicions arising in the 2 billion baht immigration fingerprint and facial biometrics system enhancement project, which has been reported in the news previously. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150593-pm-defends-biometric-hardware-procurement/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 PM Prayut says government applies the principle of "Understand, Access and Develop" in South BANGKOK (NNT) - Title: PM Prayut says government applies the principle of "Understand, Access and Develop" in South Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150595-pm-prayut-says-government-applies-the-principle-of-understand-access-and-develop-in-south/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 University, high school students rise up for democracy By The Nation Students at several universities and a Bangkok high school were on Thursday (February 27) continuing protests that began on Monday over the government’s perceived undermining of the Constitution, which they blame for the pro-democracy Future Forward Party’s dissolution. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150596-university-high-school-students-rise-up-for-democracy/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Thailand Now Has the World’s Worst Stock Market By Anuchit Nguyen Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg Rising coronavirus cases in Thailand dimmed the outlook for a quick rebound in tourism, sending the nation’s equities benchmark to rank as the world’s worst performer. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150600-thailand-now-has-the-world’s-worst-stock-market/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Bodies found in Chiang Rai pond linked to shootout with Army By The Nation Seven bodies have been retrieved from a pond in Chiang Mai close to the Myanmar border and to a cemetery where soldiers engaged in a firefight with suspected drug runners on Monday (February 24). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150602-bodies-found-in-chiang-rai-pond-linked-to-shootout-with-army/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 American man, 79, dies in fall from motorbike By Eakkapop Thongtub Rescue workers at the scene on Saiyuan Rd in Rawai yesterday morning (Feb 27). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET: Police have yet to confirm what caused the death of a 79-year-old American man who fell from his motorbike in Rawai yesterday morning (Feb 26). Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150626-american-man-79-dies-in-fall-from-motorbike/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 BREAKING: Gunman opens fire at Bangkok shopping mall A man has been arrested following a shooting incident at a shopping mall in Bangkok. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150628-breaking-gunman-opens-fire-at-bangkok-shopping-mall/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Motorcycle taxi driver hospitalised in knife attack on Bangla Road By Eakkapop Thongtub Main: CCTV footage of the incident. Inset: The victim of the attack, Mr Piya Soonsanthia, who was hospitalised. Photos: Patong Police PHUKET:-- A motorcycle taxi driver was left hospitalised following a knife attack on Bangla Road early this morning (Feb 27), Police confirmed to The Phuket News. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150629-motorcycle-taxi-driver-hospitalised-in-knife-attack-on-bangla-road/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Thai Embassy in Tokyo urges people to avoid eating sashimi and other raw meat By THE NATION Thai Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, posted on its Facebook page on Thursday (February 27) that Covid-19 can be sterilised by 70 degrees Celsius of temperature in cooking. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150630-thai-embassy-in-tokyo-urges-people-to-avoid-eating-sashimi-and-other-raw-meat/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 ‘Linkage centre’ aims to detect virus concealment By The Nation The Bangkok granddad who repeatedly denied having been to Japan and turned out to have picked up a Covid-19 infection there has triggered the establishment of a “surveillance data linkage centre” by the Immigration Bureau and Public Health Ministry. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150631-‘linkage-centre’-aims-to-detect-virus-concealment/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 10 million masks being distributed this month By The Nation The Internal Trade Department is speeding up packaging of protective facemasks and expects to distribute one million this week alone and at least 10 million this month. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150633-10-million-masks-being-distributed-this-month/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Future Forward MPs are separating By The Nation Ekkapob Pianpises, Left, Pita Limjaroenrat, Right Some of Future Forward Party MPs are ready to stand by their political views and join a party that’s still prenatal, whether founded by their MP colleague Ekkapob Pianpises or by Pita Limjaroenrat, who Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit chose as his successor. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150634-future-forward-mps-are-separating/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Assurances offered over infected family By The Nation The Public Health Ministry offered an update on Thursday (February 27) regarding the married couple who returned from Hokkaido, Japan, infected with the Covid-19 virus and apparently passed it on to their grandson. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150636-assurances-offered-over-infected-family/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Thailand paves way to becoming top trail running destination BANGKOK (NNT) - Trail running events in Thailand have been increasingly popular, attracting more and more runners in the past few years. The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) has joined forces with a leading global brand in trail running, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), to promote Thailand as the top trail running destination in Asia. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150638-thailand-paves-way-to-becoming-top-trail-running-destination/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Thai tycoons in fray as Tesco sets bid deadline for $9 billion Asia business: sources By Anshuman Daga FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A company logo is pictured outside a Tesco supermarket in Altrincham northern England, April 16, 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) - British retailer Tesco (TSCO.L) has asked bidders to submit binding offers for its Asian business by Friday, in a deal that will see Thai billionaires fight for an asset valued at up to $9 billion, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150640-thai-tycoons-in-fray-as-tesco-sets-bid-deadline-for-9-billion-asia-business-sources/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Governments ramp up preparations for coronavirus pandemic By Colin Packham, Josh Smith Employees from a disinfection service company sanitize a shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SYDNEY/SEOUL (Reuters) - Governments ramped up measures on Thursday to battle a looming global pandemic of the coronavirus as the number of new infections outside China for the first time surpassed new cases in the country where the outbreak began. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150641-governments-ramp-up-preparations-for-coronavirus-pandemic/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Explainer: New battle between old Malaysian rivals Mahathir and Anwar By Rozanna Latiff, Joseph Sipalan Malaysia's Interim Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a news conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The political chaos Mahathir Mohamad, 94, plunged Malaysia into this week by resigning as prime minister has turned into a new showdown between him and his old rival Anwar Ibrahim, 72. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1150642-explainer-new-battle-between-old-malaysian-rivals-mahathir-and-anwar/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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