Articles tagged “thailand”

Media and PR

Round-the-world travel bloggers killed in Thailand road accident

Gregory Katz, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Tourism

Thais don’t like to travel in their own country because it is too crowded

The survey seems a bit ad hoc and with a small sample size, but overall sentiment of main tourism sites being too crowded for locals is likely a valid deterring sentiment.

Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Bangkok Post | 11 years ago

Airlines

Thailand expects double-digit jump in Chinese New Year revelers this week

Thailand has enjoyed a boost in Chinese tourism for the past year, but the ultimate test for the country’s air travel capacity will be during the next two weeks with more than 3.45 million planned arrivals.

Boonsong Kositchotethana, The Bangkok Post | 11 years ago

Media and PR

Saturday Night Live mocks solo male tourists to Thailand because, well, you know

There's not nearly enough ridicule of men who travel to pay for sex in public life, so we'll have to live with this SNL spoof until real news about real-life depravity makes the front pages.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Tourist killing in Thailand spotlights safety issues & growing concerns

With competition from neighboring Myanmar and Vietnam rising, Thailand unbridled and unchecked tourism is creating societal problems it will have to deal with.

Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

The separatist battles that keep southern Thailand off the tourist trail

Southern Thailand isn't the same Thai escape tourists envision, but the spectre of ethnic and religious unrest is one that far too many people readily understand.

David Eimer, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Airlines

Instagram’s most popular places to post photos of across the world in 2012

It’s not quite an equal comparison, but there’s been little correlation between the most-Instagrammed locations versus where tourists check into on Facebook or what destinations they’re searching on Google.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Thailand tourism looks to China for its next big growth spurt

Not only are visits by Chinese travelers on the rise, the speed with which they spend money easily makes them one of the more coveted demographics.

Boonsong Kositchotethana, Bangkok Post | 12 years ago

Airlines

Thai Airways steers clear of floating lanterns during annual Loy Krathong festival

A plane among the lanterns in northern Thailand would be a perfect juxtaposition of modern day technology and a centuries-old Buddhist tradition -- but not necessarily a safe one.

Associated Press | 12 years ago

Tourism

Thailand launches campaign to overshadow neighboring nations as king of medical tourism

Unlike dentists along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Thai effort is targeting high-income visitors looking to get optional plastic surgery treatments at a bargain rate.

Chadamas Chinmaneevong, The Bangkok Post | 12 years ago