Coastal Thailand news for September 15th, 2020

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Thaivisa has teamed up with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and 5 great sponsors to encourage expat travel across all of Thailand. We must thank the Dusit Hotels & Resorts, Blue Haven Bay, The Riviera Group, Global Insurance - for all your Expat Insurance needs and Dan about Thailand for their huge support with this project.

 

 

 

Coastal Thailand news for September 15th, 2020

 

Greetings from coastal Thailand, where rough seas necessitated rescues in the Andaman Sea, and the government has announced a “special tourist visa” to target long stayers. These stories and more are in this edition of the Island Wrap.

 

If you missed it last week, join me on ultra-relaxing Ko Phayam to take your mind off all of the crises in the world. Now that we’re looking at a return of unrestricted global travel no sooner than next year, if we’re lucky, I reckon that this is a time for self-preservation. If you’re stuck inside, take your mind to the beach.

 

This week I will not publish the usual Friday post because I want to devote the time to a couple of freelance articles that I’m been working on. I’ll share them here once they’re published.

 

A soothing dusk on Ko Libong during less strenuous times.

 

Stuart launched a redesigned Travelfish site and, I must say, it looks spiffy. For the new “long reads” section, Julia Winterflood contributed a thought-provoking story on the importance of listening to local voices as Bali “forges a new era.”

(Many of the insights can be applied to Thailand as well.) Meanwhile, Stuart wrote about “quality tourists” and a “death highway” in Cambodia for his newsletters.

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