BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Tourism and Sports Ministry launched its “Ease of Travelling” platform on the Entry Thailand website on Thursday (Dec 16) to attract foreign tourists amid concern over Omicron outbreaks. The ministry also said some “good news” in the form of a “New Year gift” would be announced on Friday.
PHUKET: THAI Airways, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Qatar Airways will fly to Phuket at least once a week from July 1, according to information shared with major tour operators by
In 2018, overtourism was an Asia-wide affliction, with destinations from Boracay, in the Philippines, to Thailand's Maya Bay engaging in damage control after too many visitors had descended. Heck, the term even made it onto the Oxford English Dictionary's "word of the year" shortlist. The South Korean island of Jeju also suffered from "too many tourists" that year, according to The Korea Times. Speaking to the English-language daily in 2018,.