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Cambodia seeks to outdo Thailand in its tourist reopening

In a dramatic announcement on local radio, Cambodian premier Hun Sen said that, effective November 15, the whole country including Phnom Penh and Siem...

Pattaya has 2,500 foreign visitors and counting

The Thai Hotels Association reckons that the Thailand Pass entry system has been slow getting off the ground in Pattaya. Phisut Sae-Khu, president of...

Pattaya struggles with sex-versus-quality tourism differences

The Tourist Authority of Thailand (TAT) trumpeted again this week that the country must abandon its obsession with mass tourism. The answer in the...

Pattaya-Jomtien Immigration reopens to a large crowd

Following a six day closure, Jomtien Immigration reopened this morning. The uniquely-long break had been mandated by the provincial health authority after a Covid...

Pattaya-Jomtien immigration deserted after Covid scare

Monday morning saw Jomtien Immigration eerily silent after a coronavirus outbreak last Friday caused closure until 8.30 am Thursday 11 November. The provincial health...

Health scares close Pattaya-Jomtien immigration bureau extra days

The Jomtien headquarters of Chonburi Immigration, which was closed at 11 a.m. on November 5 after a coronavirus outbreak, has been ordered to remain...

The ongoing saga of retirees with an “O” type visa or...

Asean Now has been conducting a vigorous debate about worried retirees in Thailand, based on a recent article in Pattaya Mail. That piece highlighted...

Pattaya retirees feel “trapped” in Thailand

A random group of 20 western foreigners holding both “O” and “O/A” retirement visas and extensions of stay have told Pattaya Mail that they...

Elderly foreigners are still welcome in Thailand

According to the latest information by Thai embassies round the world, foreigners up to the age of 99 can still obtain reasonably-priced insurance cover...

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