The popular Wonderfruit music and arts festival is set to return to Pattaya in the middle of next month. The Fields at Siam Country Club is again the venue for the four-day culture extravaganza beginning on the 14 December.
Transport officials in Ho Chi Minh City have put forward a proposal to introduce more electric bus routes. A Department of Transport (DoT) representative told reporters this week the buses could be used to link hotels, the city’s key tourism attractions and piers for river ferries.
Pattaya’s Utapao Airport is preparing to host the equivalent of a Grand Prix Formula 1 race in the air. The second Air Race Formula 1 World Cup will stage at the east Thailand airport this weekend.
The State Railway of Thailand has announced the winter schedule for excursion trains to Pasak Dam. The first trains will run between Bangkok and the dam this Saturday and Sunday and then every weekend except two until the 28 January 2018.
National park authorities at Thailand’s highest mountain report visitor numbers are rising. Doi Inthanon National Park’s head-ranger told reporters at the weekend the winter’s cooler temperatures had already triggered the customary annual spike in visitors.
Fifteen of Pattaya’s top tourism attractions have confirmed they will join a parade for the International Fleet Review on Sunday. Among participating venues with floats are the Ramayana Watepark, Cartoon Network Amazone Waterpark and Pattaya Floating Market.
One of Bangkok’s most iconic bars is set to be reincarnated. Just over six months after the owner of Cheap Charlie’s called last orders for the final time, the bar could reopen in as little as three weeks.
Hanoi’s public transport services operator added another 15 brand new modern buses to its fleet last week. The buses were officially unveiled by Transerco last Tuesday to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution.
Yesterday saw the inauguration of a new international bus service linking Thailand and Laos. The bus service links Nan in northeastern Thailand with the UNESCO listed World Heritage town of Luang Prabang in Laos.
Thailand’s national tourist division has announced the establishment of a fund from which visitors can claim compensation if they have been scammed. The Tourism Department director says tourists will now be able to lodge claims against licensed tour operators and travel firms which do not deliver what they advertised.
The start of winter and the chance of seeing swirling fog has been enticing visitors to Thailand’s northern national parks. Seas of fog and lower than average temperatures for Thailand have increased the number of visitors to the parks over the past week.
Lomprayah ferries between Chumphon and the Gulf of Thailand island of Koh Tao have resumed service. A Lomprayah agent confirmed yesterday that the ferries were running again as the sea was a lot calmer than it had been on Tuesday.
With effect from the 15 December, buying a new mobile telephone SIM card in Thailand is going to require the purchaser to give their biometric details. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) says the checks will come in the form of digital scans of fingerprints or faces.
On Saturday, music fans will be able to buy tickets for Liam Gallagher live in Bangkok. The former Oasis frontman is scheduled to play live at Hall 106 in the city’s BITEC Bangna events centre on the 12 January 2018.
Heavy storms on Saturday triggered a landslide which closed down the funicular train service to the top of Penang Hill. Penang Hill Corporation operates the train service on the Malaysian island and manager Cheok Lay Leng says the line will be closed until further notice.
The Airports of Thailand (AoT) authority says record numbers of passengers used the six airports under its control during the last financial year. Figures just released by AoT for the year ending 30 September 2017 show more than 129 million passenger arrivals and departures.
Marine authorities in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province say Hua Hin to Pattaya ferries should start up again tomorrow. Ferries were cancelled yesterday and today because the Thai Meteorological Department had predicted storms would whip up waves as high as three meters.
Vietjet is preparing for the launch of two new routes to Thailand. Flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Chiang Mai and Phuket will both commence in the first half of December.
The governor of Bangkok has issued an order saying today’s Loy Krathong Festival needs to be quieter than usual. Aswin Kwanmuang told media sources earlier this week the funeral rites for King Bhumibol Adulyadej had only just finished and the festivities needed to be low key out of respect.
Rock trio The Script have confirmed they will be playing a gig in Bangkok next year as part of the Freedom Child tour. They will be performing live at the city’s leading concert venue, the Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani, on the 28 April 2018.