Tag Archives: Thailand Travel & Leisure

Bangkok is on the list of global top 20 destination cities in terms of visitor arrivals and spending, according to MasterCard Worldwide survey.

Amid positive signs of a tourism revival,international tourist arrivals in the first five months of this year rose 24.36% to 8.2 million, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

Passenger traffic at Suvarnabhumi Airport rose 9 per cent in the first seven months of the 2011 fiscal year to 40 million.

A Thai Cabinet meeting, in early May, approved a proposal to add six European countries to its 30-day visa exemption list.

Centara Hotels & Resorts has signed a management contract with Oversee Construction Co Ltd for a new Bangkok property to be called the Centara Watergate Pavillion Hotel.

This year the TAT will once again hold an Amazing Thailand Grand Sale, running from June 15 until August 15.