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Mahidol University has announced findings on the new domestic travel trends in the “Neo Tourism” era in Thailand, Chonburi a top destination By Adam Judd Pattaya Thailand - 26 July 2019. Beautiful landscape and cityscape of pattaya city in Thailand Bangkok, 6th October 2021- College of Management, Mahidol University (CMMU) has reported on the Post-COVID-19 tourism business guidance. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234470-mahidol-university-has-announced-findings-on-the-new-domestic-travel-trends-in-the-“neo-tourism”-era-in-thailand-chonburi-a-top-destination/

Pattaya Thailand - 26 July 2019. Beautiful landscape and cityscape of pattaya city in Thailand By Adam Judd Bangkok, 6th October 2021- College of Management, Mahidol University (CMMU) has reported on the Post-COVID-19 tourism business guidance. Its “NEO TOURISM: the Traveler’s Insight” research has found that Thai tourism will never be the same. 2022 will be the year of a tremendous change in the tourism industry where resilience is needed to catch up with the so-called “Next Normal” trend. Results found that the group that is ready to travel right after vaccination is the young neo travelers and family neo travelers. The most popular type of tourism is nature tourism. The top three provinces that young neo travelers want to explore are Chiang Mai, Phuket, and Chonburi respectively while Chiang Mai, Prachuap Khiri Khan, and Chonburi are the top three destinations for families. In terms of budget, young neo travelers plan to travel from 3-4 days with the maximum budget of 5,000 baht while families plan their travels at a lower budget of 3,000-5,000 baht per family. The results also found that the types of business that will benefit most from the reopening of the country’s tourism are restaurants, cafes, and COVID-19 related travel insurance. However, there are three key trends for the tourism industry during this “NEO TOURISM” era. First, customers will focus on nature tourism. Second, hygiene is the top priority for the customers. Finally, service conditions have to be flexible. Assistant Professor Dr. Boonying Kongarchapatara, Head of Marketing Program, College of Management Mahidol University (CMMU), said that CMMU has conducted a large-scale survey on different groups of travelers and has analyzed the findings of its “NEO TOURISM: the Traveler’s Insight” research to enable tourism business to gain resilience for the NEXT NORMAL trend or the post-COVID-19 era and to adapt to the changing customer’s behavior. The research was conducted with 1,098 participants which were divided into 2 groups namely young neo travelers and family neo travelers. Young neo travelers are those at 18-35 years of age with no children. This is the first group that the entrepreneurs have to take into consideration and adapt their services to match with the behavior of this group of customers. Family neo travelers are those at 27-45 years of age with children. This group consists of at least 2 generations of family members, is the majority of current Thai society, and has higher spending per trip than other groups. New information for travel business is found as follows: Factors enabling travelers to resume their trips are 1) less than 500 persons per day infection rate. Both groups agree on this factor at 48%. 2) over 70% of the vaccinated population across the country and 3) their reception of mRNA vaccines which they are confident in. Having a look at the statistics on travel needs, it is found that 45.8% of young neo travelers and 52.2% of family neo travelers are still worried and would wait for the COVID-19 situation to ease up. 43.8% of young neo travelers and 28.3% of family neo travelers want to travel as soon as possible while 10.4% of young neo travelers and 19.6% of family neo travelers are indifferent to traveling. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/10/07/mahidol-university-has-announced-findings-on-the-new-domestic-travel-trends-in-the-neo-tourism-era-in-thailand-chonburi-a-top-destination/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2021-10-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Korat man charged with abduction after 14 year old girl calls for help from gas station toilets Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported on a case in which a Korat man had driven a van loaded with 6 girls and young women south on the Asia Highway. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234468-korat-man-charged-with-abduction-after-14-year-old-girl-calls-for-help-from-gas-station-toilets/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported on a case in which a Korat man had driven a van loaded with 6 girls and young women south on the Asia Highway. Lamae police in Chumphon province responded after a 191 call was made just after midnight Tuesday by one of the girls from the toilets of a Bang Jak gas station. She was "Fah" aged just 14 and claimed she had been tricked into going to work in Phuket. Others in the Toyota van were three women aged 19, one aged 17 and another aged 14. They were on their way to work in Phuket as admin for an online company. Everyone was taken to Lamae police station. Some had sought their parents' permission, some had not. Driver Suksan Phrompha, 63, has been charged with removing a minor from the custody of parents - abduction essentially. The children are now back in Nakhon Ratchasima as Sung Noen police there widen the inquiry. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-10-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Alleged female fraudster in custody after US company is defrauded of 47 million baht in face mask scam Picture: Naew Na Naew Na reported the arrest of Ariya Phanwongsa who was named in a warrant for fraud under false pretences and using false documents issued by the Phrakhanong criminal court in Bangkok on 19th August this year. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234462-alleged-female-fraudster-in-custody-after-us-company-is-defrauded-of-47-million-baht-in-face-mask-scam/

Picture: Naew Na Naew Na reported the arrest of Ariya Phanwongsa who was named in a warrant for fraud under false pretences and using false documents issued by the Phrakhanong criminal court in Bangkok on 19th August this year. She was apprehended early morning yesterday at apartment 180 in Ban Suan Rim Khlong in Suan Luang district of the Thai capital. Her arrest followed a complaint by US company ABA USB Corp that they had ordered 1.3 million face masks for just over 47 million baht between March and May last year. They paid but received nothing and contacted the Thai police for action. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-10-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Udon: Drug and booze crazed son, 30, tried to rape his own mother - he's now in jail after Paveena appeal Picture: Daily News A distraught mother named only as "Mon", aged 50, went to Paveena Hongsakul at the foundation for children and women victims that bears her name. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234457-udon-drug-and-booze-crazed-son-30-tried-to-rape-his-own-mother-hes-now-in-jail-after-paveena-appeal/

Picture: Daily News A distraught mother named only as "Mon", aged 50, went to Paveena Hongsakul at the foundation for children and women victims that bears her name. Mon said that her own son, Too aged 30, tried to rape her in her bedroom in the Ban Phue police jurisdiction in Udon Thani north east Thailand. She said that he entered her bedroom in the night while high on alcohol and Ya Ba and groped her and attempted to rape her. She managed to grab a motorcycle battery that was close at hand and knocked him unconscious with hits to the back of the head and forehead. He was knocked out cold but she was covered in blood. She rushed to tell her sister who lived nearby and the police were informed. But when they arrived he had fled the scene. Mon went to Paveena after days passed following the attack last Thursday. Ban Phue police said that Too was now in custody and being held in Udon Central Prison ahead of his prosecution on charges of drug taking and attempted rape. He fled the area after the attack but was promptly arrested as soon as he returned to stay in a shack in the area. He said that he had been taking Ya Ba and drinking with friends and felt the need for sex. So he attacked his mum. He had been living at home after losing his job in Bangkok, said his mother. He was unemployed and spent every day drinking and doing Ya Ba (methamphetamine mixed with caffeine). Daily News referred to him as "luuk toraphee" - a reference to an ungrateful buffalo "child" who kills his father in a tale from the Thai epic the Ramakian based on the Indian Ramayana. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-10-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Chatchai Phromlert — the ‘man behind PM Prayut’s new power push’ Chaichai Phromlert as the Interior Ministry’s permanent secretary. Rumors that Chatchai Phromlert was poised to enter politics were circulating long before his mandatory retirement as Interior Ministry permanent secretary last week. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234455-chatchai-phromlert-—-the-‘man-behind-pm-prayut’s-new-power-push’/

Chaichai Phromlert as the Interior Ministry’s permanent secretary. Rumors that Chatchai Phromlert was poised to enter politics were circulating long before his mandatory retirement as Interior Ministry permanent secretary last week. Media reports outlined three possibilities for Chatchai after retirement – being appointed as a deputy interior minister, becoming the seventh deputy prime minister, and setting up a new political party. New party in the making? On his final day in office last Thursday (September 30), Chatchai dismissed reports that he was involved in a party being formed to back General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s bid for another term as prime minister. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/chatchai-phromlert-the-man-behind-pm-prayuts-new-power-push/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2021-10-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Police tell parents: Allow your kids to gamble and face prosecution yourselves Picture: Daily News The Royal Thai Police have warned parents and guardians that they could face prosecution and even jail themselves if they allow their children to gamble. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234450-police-tell-parents-allow-your-kids-to-gamble-and-face-prosecution-yourselves/

Picture: Daily News The Royal Thai Police have warned parents and guardians that they could face prosecution and even jail themselves if they allow their children to gamble. The warning came from RTP spokesman Pol Col Siriwat Deephor who was speaking at HQ. He said that RTP chief Pol Gen Suwat Chaengdyodsuk was behind the suggestion. Siriwat said that Thai youth was increasingly becoming victim to pressure online to engage in gambling that led to losses and other crime., reported Daily News Specifically he referred to a case earlier in the week when a 16 year old armed with a knife had attacked a householder and resident in Photaram district of Ratchaburi in central Thailand. The teen needed money to pay off gambling debts. The person behind the betting operation is being prosecuted. He warned parents that they could face 30,000 baht fines and three months jail if it was proven that they knowingly allowed their children to gamble. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-10-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Video: Netizens comment in droves after Thai woman flees the rent, leaving flat in dirty state Picture: Sanook Sanook reporters went to a block of flats opposite Central Plaza in Chonburi in eastern Thailand after someone posted online about a woman leaving a flat in a dirty state owing three months rent. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234446-video netizens-comment-in-droves-after-thai-woman-flees-the-rent-leaving-flat-in-dirty-state/

Picture: Sanook Sanook reporters went to a block of flats opposite Central Plaza in Chonburi in eastern Thailand after someone posted online about a woman leaving a flat in a dirty state owing three months rent. In the second floor room there was rotting food everywhere, plenty of sanitary napkins casually discarded and trash of all descriptions. There was even moss or lichen growing in the bathroom that had never been cleaner. Owner of the three story block of flats Kanjana Songphaiboon, 57, said she didn't know who had made the social media post but it was all true. She said that the renter was a very beautiful 22 year old Thai woman who dressed well and worked at a restaurant before the pandemic caused her to have to work in a factory. But she got into financial difficulty and left owing 3 months rent. The owner contacted her and she claimed she was looking after her sick mum, but she never came back. She had rented for 2 years. Kanjana said the 2,000 baht rent and 1,000 deposit was not enough. She had to pay 2,000 baht to have the place cleaned and now faces further bills to have it repaired. Sanook called the unnamed renter "suay tae sokmok" - beautiful but filthy. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-10-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Foreigners flee for their lives as fire breaks out at quarantine hotel near Bangkok Picture: 77kaoded Around 80 foreign and Thai guests in quarantine before being allowed to formally enter Thailand fled for their lives as fire broke out in an underground storeroom at a hotel. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234440-foreigners-flee-for-their-lives-as-fire-breaks-out-at-quarantine-hotel-near-bangkok/

Picture: 77kaoded Around 80 foreign and Thai guests in quarantine before being allowed to formally enter Thailand fled for their lives as fire broke out in an underground storeroom at a hotel. 77kaoded did not name the hotel that is situated on King Kaew Road in Bang Plee, Samut Prakan south east of the Thai capital Bangkok. Ten fire engines attended the fire as smoke billowed from an unused snooker club area. Picture: 77kaoded The situation was brought under control in about 30 minutes after it began around 9 pm last night. Ruam Katanyu rescue foundation staff in PPE cordoned off the guests from other people in an area at the side of the hotel. Picture: 77kaoded It is thought that a short circuit caused the fire in an area that had not been used for two years due to the pandemic lockdown measures. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-10-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 777-3.mp4

Welfare police help Thai woman after alleged attack by Egyptian husband Picture: Daily News Following reports in the Thai media the Children's and Women's Welfare Supervision Division moved to help a Thai woman allegedly held prisoner and attacked by her Egyptian husband. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234438-welfare-police-help-thai-woman-after-alleged-attack-by-egyptian-husband/

Picture: Daily News Following reports in the Thai media the Children's and Women's Welfare Supervision Division moved to help a Thai woman allegedly held prisoner and attacked by her Egyptian husband. Paphada claimed that she was imprisoned by her husband for two months and repeatedly tortured with hot coals and a knife. Daily News - who called the man a sadist - reported that her husband thought she was dabbling in the occult. He has denied everything. Police however doubt this because of the extent of the victim's injuries. She is being examined at the Police Hospital and the case is now being handled by the Klong Tan police. The man was named as Wael Mohamed M.A. , 47, an auto parts dealer in Krung Thep Kreetha, south east of the Thai capital Bangkok. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-10-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

25-year-old Chonburi man dies after crashing his motorbike into a truck in Mueang Chonburi By Goong Nang(GN) PHOTO: Wisarn Sangajroen / Top News Chonburi – A 25-year-old Thai man has been pronounced dead at the scene after he crashed his motorbike into a parked truck in Mueang Chonburi. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234437-25-year-old-chonburi-man-dies-after-crashing-his-motorbike-into-a-truck-in-mueang-chonburi/

PHOTO: Wisarn Sangajroen / Top News By Goong Nang(GN) Chonburi – A 25-year-old Thai man has been pronounced dead at the scene after he crashed his motorbike into a parked truck in Mueang Chonburi. The Samet Police were notified of the accident earlier this week on Phraya Sajja Road in the Samet sub-district. Emergency responders arrived at the scene to find the body of Mr. Amnuay Chaideesom, 25, lying in the middle of the Phraya Sajja Road. Severe wounds were found on his face and he had broken his neck as a result of the accident. Nearby, first response teams found Amnuay’s damaged motorbike lying on the road and a slightly damaged green soil truck parked on the side of the road. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/10/07/25-year-old-chonburi-man-dies-after-crashing-his-motorbike-into-a-truck-in-mueang-chonburi/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2021-10-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Prominent opposition leader says ruling party infighting hurting governance By Cod Satrusayang A prominent opposition figure told Thai Enquirer that a rift in the ruling party was hurting the governance of the country and it was unclear where the rift would lead to. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234436-prominent-opposition-leader-says-ruling-party-infighting-hurting-governance/

By Cod Satrusayang A prominent opposition figure told Thai Enquirer that a rift in the ruling party was hurting the governance of the country and it was unclear where the rift would lead to. Infighting between Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha and several high ranking members of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party has captured the attention of the public over the course of the last month. Prayut’s position has been tenuous since a putsch attempt by members of the ruling party in September resulted in a fractured PPRP and the removal of two key deputy ministers from the cabinet. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/33684/prominent-opposition-leader-says-ruling-party-infighting-hurting-governance/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2021-10-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Thailand reports 11,200 new COVID-19 cases, 113 deaths File photo: REUTERS Thailand on Thursday (October 7) reported 11,200 new COVID-19 cases, 10,087 recoveries and 113 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234435-thailand-reports-11200-new-covid-19-cases-113-deaths/ //CLOSED// /Admin

Thailand reports 11,200 new COVID-19 cases, 113 deaths File photo: REUTERS Thailand on Thursday (October 7) reported 11,200 new COVID-19 cases, 10,087 recoveries and 113 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1234435-thailand-reports-11200-new-covid-19-cases-113-deaths/