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Bangkok Post • 16th May 2026

Financially weak airlines at risk from rising fuel prices

Financially weak airlines, particularly those that avoided hedging on fuel costs and focus on leisure travel, are more exposed to financial distress amid persistently high fuel costs, according to consultancy Alton Aviation.

Bangkok Post • 25th April 2026

What the Gulf conflict means for airlines

The US-Iran conflict, which erupted two months ago, has triggered an oil price shock, sharp rises in the cost of living and widespread flight cancellations worldwide.

As the jet fuel crisis deepens, airlines including those in Thailand are continuing to cut flight capacity for the coming months. The conflict is reshaping capacity planning across both airlines and airports.

Bangkok Post • 30th March 2026

Business jet demand soars in Asia

Executives are leading the charge for private planes in Thailand and Southeast Asia, with young tycoons taking over family fortunes seeking efficient travel.

Amid commercial flight disruptions caused by the Mideast war, business jet usage is booming in Thailand and Southeast Asia, with plane manufacturers marketing their latest models of long‑range aircraft to wealthy individuals seeking to expand their businesses internationally.

Bangkok Post • 31st January 2026

Adjusting rules to make Thai skies safer

Indian airline IndiGo scrapped thousands of flights last month due to its failure to comply with new pilot rest rules by the required deadline, causing concern among aviation stakeholders in Thailand.

In Thailand, the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) is being urged by stakeholders to prepare for the implementation of the new Thailand Civil Aviation Regulation (TCAR) rules to avoid similar issues.

Bangkok Post • 6th September 2025

Regaining a lucrative Chinese tourism market

The travel sector is adopting new tactics to lure back Chinese tourists who are flocking to other destinations

In 2025, Chinese visitors to Thailand this year have declined sharply, mainly attributed to safety concerns following several incidents.

Bangkok Post • 5th August 2025

Galaxy Resorts calls for luxury strategy to maximise growth

As Thailand has already passed its tourism peak of 40 million tourists, the country requires luxury marketing and new public-private partnership investment in luxury tourism that targets the growing number of affluent travellers from Asia-Pacific in order to maximise growth, says Galaxy Resorts Thailand.

Bangkok Post • 7th July 2025

Galaxy Eyes Thailand for World-Class Entertainment Complex

Galaxy Entertainment Group, operator of the world’s highest-grossing integrated resort, is exploring plans to introduce its signature entertainment complex model to Thailand, positioning the country as a major tourism magnet.

Bangkok Post • 21st May 2025

MGM Resorts urges 'competitive' casino tax

Thailand should have a casino tax rate that is competitive with Singapore and a substantial number of locals should be allowed to visit casino complexes, rather than solely serving foreign tourists in order to stimulate tourism and economic growth, says integrated resorts operator MGM Resorts International.

Bangkok Post • 6th March 2025

Lufthansa Group pins its hopes on Asia

Chief executive says cargo demand out of Thailand is on the increaseGerman aviation group Lufthansa Group is banking on aviation growth in Asia and Thailand to expand its flights, in addition to non-airline businesses.

Bangkok Post • 16th September 2024

More man-made entertainment magnets in Thailand

More man-made entertainment magnets in Thailand

Entertainment complexes, water parks and learning centres offer lucrative ways to expand the sector

Bangkok Post • 10th June 2024

Trade group cools jets on aviation hub

DUBAI: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says Thailand may be constrained in its pursuit of becoming the region's leading aviation hub by 2030 because of global supply chain disruptions, adding that Thailand needs to remove unnecessary regulations and move towards digitalisation for aviation efficiency.

Bangkok Post • 11th October 2023

Green tourism on the rise

Amidst the growing demand for responsible tourism, operators have already adapted their products and services to align with this "new normal" agenda.

Bangkok Post • 29th September 2022

Little impact from weak forex on inbound tourism

The global decline in currencies has not had a significant impact on Thailand's inbound market as the rates were comparable with a weakened baht, while those ready to travel are mostly high-income earners.

Bangkok Post • 28th September 2022

Phuket hotels upbeat on prospects for festive season

The festive season in the final quarter is expected to bring hotel bookings in Phuket that match pre-Covid levels, but not every hospitality segment will reap benefits, according to the Phuket Hotels Association.

Bjorn Courage, president of the association, said the average occupancy rate is picking up for November and December as well as the first quarter next year, driven by individual travellers, group meetings and Mice (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions).

Bangkok Post • 26th September 2022

Tourism prospects hang in the balance

The weak baht could benefit the tourism industry as foreign purchasing power gains value, though it might not be enough to offset high airfares, according to the Thai Hotels Association (THA).

Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi, president of THA, said currency depreciation is just one of many factors helping to make the Thai tourism industry more attractive in the post-pandemic period.

Bangkok Post • 22nd September 2022

Governor backs 4am closing times

The governor of Bangkok supports entertainment venues staying open until 4am in order to promote night-time tourism.

Chadchart Sittipunt said tourism, including the hotel segment, is at the heart of the city's economy as the sector creates jobs and pay taxes for the city.

"My main duty is to remove all obstacles for you," Mr Chadchart told attendees at Wednesday's monthly meeting of the Thai Hotels Association.

Bangkok Post • 21st September 2022

Agoda: Thai tourism makes cautious revival

Thailand is one of the first countries in Asia to see tourism rebound from the pandemic, driven by positive signals from both foreign and domestic travellers, according to Agoda.

"Thailand is leading Asia in terms of inbound tourists, but it has not yet reached 2019 levels," said Omri Morgenshtern, chief executive of Agoda, an Asia-focused online travel platform.

NBC News • 25th August 2022

Receding waters reveal historical marvels during summer's droughts: See the most notable finds from around the world

Heat waves and drought are hitting communities across the world, threatening supplies of energy and food while causing rivers from Europe’s Danube to China’s Yangtze to dry up.

In the United States, these receding water levels have exposed human remains and dinosaur tracks. Elsewhere, they have revealed relics that include ancient Buddhist statues, lost villages and sunk Nazi warships.

It’s a phenomenon that experts say should ring alarm bells about climate change.

NBC News • 29th July 2022

(Contributed) Falling video screen injures 2 dancers on stage at Hong Kong concert

HONG KONG — Two dancers have been injured after a huge video screen crashed onto the stage during a concert by popular Hong Kong boy band Mirror.

More than a dozen performers were on stage at the Hong Kong Coliseum late Thursday night when the screen appeared to come loose from one of the two metal cords from which it was suspended. It landed directly on one dancer before falling backward onto another, eliciting screams from a crowd of thousands.

NBC News • 28th July 2022

(Contributed) Meet Freya, the walrus who rose to fame while sinking boats in Norway

Freya is choosing empty boats on which to sleep and digest her food because they remind her of Arctic ice floes, Kathrine Ryeng, a veterinary medicine scientist at Norway's Institute of Marine Research, told NBC News.

NBC News • 4th July 2022

Young Rohingya photographers capture life in world’s largest refugee camp

A new virtual exhibition explores the identity of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar living in the world’s largest refugee camp, through the lens of Rohingya photographers.

NBC News • 1st July 2022

Hong Kong's timeline since the 1997 British handover to China

Hong Kong had been a British colony since 1841, when it was occupied by British forces during the first Opium War. China’s Qing Dynasty signed it over to the British the following year in the Treaty of Nanjing, the first in a series of what China now calls the “unequal treaties.”

Under the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration signed in 1984, Hong Kong was to return to Chinese sovereignty as a special administrative region governed by a principle known as “one country, two systems.” The f

NBC News • 1st July 2022

Xi Jinping visits a Hong Kong changed by Covid, protests to swear in new leaderniversary visit

(contributed) HONG KONG — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday defended the “one country, two systems” form of governance in Hong Kong in a rare visit to the Chinese territory amid a deepening authoritarian crackdown by Beijing.

NBC News • 27th June 2022

U.S. destroyer that took on Japanese fleet in WWII becomes the deepest shipwreck ever discovered

The remains of a U.S. Navy destroyer escort that sank in a World War II battle against Japan have been found in what is believed to be the deepest wreck ever discovered.