Less than three months after thousands of yellow-shirted anti-government protesters seized Thailand’s main international airport stranding hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists, protesters are again on the streets of Bangkok. More than 10,000 red-shirted pro-democracy […]
Widely know as the Land of Smiles, or simply LOS, these days there are very few people smiling in Thailand as the ongoing political turmoil deteriorates by the day. From the northern city of Chiang […]
For one week around the full moon of the 12th lunar month, visitors to the Northern Thailand city of Chiang Mai could be forgiven for thinking they had been transported into a war zone instead […]
Thailand’s long running political crisis appears to be worsening, with the question no longer being whether the military will step in and oust the government of embattled Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat with a coup d’état, […]
The head of Thailand’s tourism promotion authority has predicted the bloody and violent clashes between police and “anti-government” People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters last Monday (Oct. 7) will not have a significant effect on […]
If anyone needed any proof of how important tourism is to Thailand’s economy they need look no further than the gamble the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) took to launch a massive public relations […]
Loi Krathong is the largest annual festival held throughout Thailand and one in which almost every Thai participates. Traditionally Loi Krathong is held on the night of the full moon in the 12th month of […]
Not since the death in 1995 of Her Royal Highness Sangwal Talapad, known affectionately to the Thai people as Somdeth Ya – the Royal Grandmother – has something so deeply affected the people of Thailand […]
Chiang Mai might be Thailand’s second largest city but anyone who has visited the northern tourist destination would hardly describe it as having the liveliest nightlife in Thailand. The more popular nighttime entertainment venues pump […]
The annual Poi Sang Long ceremony got away in the northern Thailand city of Mae Hong Son (province [of the] three mists) today, April 6. Day two of the Poi Sang Long ceremony in Mae […]