THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 22 Oct 2021

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Phuket local food served in domestic tourism push

 

Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Local officials have launched a campaign to highlight local delicacies available at five villages in Phuket to help lure more tourists to the island and to distribute income from inbound tourists to much-needed areas.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236457-phuket-local-food-served-in-domestic-tourism-push/

 

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The Greatest Beer Run Ever: New Russell Crowe & Zac Efron movie filmed in Hua Hin

 

 

Scenes for the upcoming movie The Greatest Beer Run Ever, staring Russell Crowe and Zac Efron have been filmed in Hua Hin.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236458-the-greatest-beer-run-ever-new-russell-crowe-zac-efron-movie-filmed-in-hua-hin/

 

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Oct 22: Prachuap reports 341 new COVID-19 cases, 57 cases in Hua Hin

 

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Health officials on Friday (Oct 22) reported 341 new COVID-19 cases, 57 were found in Hua Hin.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236459-oct-22-prachuap-reports-341-new-covid-19-cases-57-cases-in-hua-hin/

 

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American alleged fraudster arrested in Hua Hin after 15 years on the run

 

 

A 63 year old American man who is accused of fraud has been arrested in Hua Hin after spending fifteen years on the run.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236460-american-alleged-fraudster-arrested-in-hua-hin-after-15-years-on-the-run/

 

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Bangkok urges businesses to self-evaluate for COVID-19 safety

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bangkok City Hall is asking businesses to do a self-evaluation of their COVID-19 safety measures ahead of the city’s reopening for international visitors on 1 November, in an effort to help boost confidence among customers and tourists.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236461-bangkok-urges-businesses-to-self-evaluate-for-covid-19-safety/

 

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Thailand announces reopening rules for tourism reboot

 

FILE PHOTO: Local residents Stavros from Greece and Valina from Russia dance on an almost empty Kata beach as Phuket reopens to overseas tourists, allowing foreigners fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to visit the resort island without quarantine, in Phuket, Thailand July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand announced rules on Friday for its quarantine-free reopening to visitors from 45 countries, in an effort to revive an economy struggling to recover from the collapse of its vital tourism sector.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236482-thailand-announces-reopening-rules-for-tourism-reboot/

 

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Nakhon Ratchasima drowned by massive floods

 

 

Although Nakhon Ratchasima province, in northeastern Thailand, is located on a huge plateau at 200-250 meters over sea level, and many factories and industrial estates have moved to it as it used to be called a no-free province.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236483-nakhon-ratchasima-drowned-by-massive-floods/

 

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Thailand to lift curfew in 17 provinces from 31 October

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Nighttime curfew in 17 provinces in the government’s pilot tourism campaign will be lifted from 31 October, just ahead of the country’s 1 November reopening plan. Certain disease control measures will remain in place, while nightclubs and bars are not allowed to reopen in this initial phase.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236405-nov-1st-quarantine-free-countries-named-one-night-must-be-in-sha-or-aq-hotel-curfew-lifted-bars-stay-shut/?do=findComment&comment=16918897

 

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Rassada launches job creation project

 

The campaign will create many hundreds of local jobs. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Rassada Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor) has unveiled an infrastructure development project aimed at revitalising the area to support tourism and increase incomes for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236488-rassada-launches-job-creation-project/

 

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Thai exports rise 17.1% y/y, beats forecasts

 

FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers stand at a port in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's exports rose a more than expected 17.11% in September from a year earlier to $23.04 billion, commerce ministry data showed on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236490-thai-exports-rise-171-yy-beats-forecasts/

 

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Security increased at key sluice gates to prevent unauthorised opening

 

 

Thailand’s Royal Irrigation Department has ordered all sluice gates in key dykes to be guarded around the clock after a recent incident involving the unauthorised opening of a gate in the Sam Kok district of Pathum Thani, causing alarm among people living downstream as the water level in their communities suddenly started to rise.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236491-security-increased-at-key-sluice-gates-to-prevent-unauthorised-opening/

 

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