THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 1 June 2023

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Thailand targets 3 trillion baht tourism revenue in 2023 with sustainability focus

 

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is optimistic that the country’s tourism industry will achieve a revenue of 3 trillion baht in 2023, equal to the revenue generated in 2019. Tanes Petsuwan, TAT’s deputy governor for Asia and the South Pacific, revealed that the agency is developing new promotional strategies for the next fiscal year and anticipates finalising its proposal for the new government in the coming month.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1296603-thailand-targets-3-trillion-baht-tourism-revenue-in-2023-with-sustainability-focus/

 

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Ownership nightmare: British buyer’s 15 million baht condo purchase in Koh Samui hits legal roadblock

 

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A British man filed a complaint with the Thai authorities after he bought a 15 million baht condominium in Koh Samui from a real estate company in the southern province of Surat Thani but could not obtain legal ownership. Many foreigners fell victim to this company, resulting in estimated damages of 100 million baht.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1296604-ownership-nightmare-british-buyer’s-15-million-baht-condo-purchase-in-koh-samui-hits-legal-roadblock/

 

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Pita says decentralisation is intended to bring prosperity to rural areas

 

 

Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat has assured leaders of local administrative organisations that his future government’s decentralisation policy will not be extreme but, with public participation, the prime objective is to bring about prosperity in rural areas.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1296605-pita-says-decentralisation-is-intended-to-bring-prosperity-to-rural-areas/

 

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Elder woman killed during robbery, daughter with disability witnesses horror

 

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An elder woman was murdered during a robbery at her grocery store in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. The 74 year old victim was strangled by the intruders using her own clothing in front of her 43 year-old disabled daughter. The suspects fled, taking two mobile phones with them.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1296606-elder-woman-killed-during-robbery-daughter-with-disability-witnesses-horror/

 

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Illegal truck bribe stickers prompt Thai police chief to launch investigation

 

Photo via Facebook/Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn

 

The existence of covert stickers indicating that trucks operating illegally on Thailand’s roads have paid bribes to police and other officials to avoid arrest has been confirmed by national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas. This revelation comes after the issue was raised by Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, a Move Forward Party list MP-elect.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1296607-illegal-truck-bribe-stickers-prompt-thai-police-chief-to-launch-investigation/

 

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