Thailand is getting used to being in the world spotlight. After last month’s dramatic cave rescue in Chiang Rai, it’s preparing to host the 2018 Miss Universe pageant. And the competition to be held in Bangkok in December will feature the first transgender contestant in the pageant’s nearly seven-decade history – Angela Ponce of Spain.
One of Thailand’s best-known tourist attractions, Maya Bay, will be closed to all visitors for four months during the monsoon season in an effort to restore its natural ecosystem that has been damaged by excessive tourism.
Amid the growing number of tourists, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is launching a nationwide scheme to restore tourist attractions that are starting to deteriorate and to improve tourist safety and convenience in line with the tourism policy. Anan Wongbenjarat, Director General of Department of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism and Sports, said Tourism Minister Weerasak Kowsurat stressed the urgency to improve and repair the facilities at popular tourist sites across the country to better serve the visitors. “At present, DOT has several tourist site restoration projects passed on by agencies and organizations in all parts of the country. Together, the proposed projects involve a budget of more than Bt20,000 million,” he said.
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In a scene straight out of a television drama, a woman driving a brand-new Toyota Fortuner chased a Mercedes Benz carrying her husband and his mistress to confront them and ended up crashing into four vehicles in Pathum Thani’s Thanyaburi district, causing six slight injuries on Saturday.
The Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association (TEATA) is planning activities to encourage solo tourists and young travellers to visit local communities.
The man groaned from the painful point of a needle as a tattoo artist pierced his arm, making way for the black ink to run under his skin.
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Apichet “Madeaw” Atilattana, the Khon Kaen teenager who became an Internet fashion sensation by dressing up artfully in his mom’s pots and pans, finally got to make his catwalk debut in Bangkok last Friday in a togs show at the Alliance Francaise that was part of Galleries Night.
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