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London art dealer accused of smuggling precious artefacts was in possession of Angkorian treasure

CHIANG RAI: The first Thailand-Myanmar friendship bridge, linking Mae Sai district and Tachilek, was reopened on Monday morning nearly three years after it was closed because of the Covid-19 epidemic, much to the delight of people on both sides of the border.

About 161,000 Chinese tourists have entered Thailand since Beijing eased travel restrictions on Jan 8, with the total expected to reach 500,000 on May 1 and one million in August, authorities said on Friday.

Surat Thani, which includes popular islands of Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao, recorded the country's highest growth in tourist arrivals and tourism revenue last year, according to ministry data.

The first online cultural map of Thailand is now available with more than 2,000 cultural sites across the country, ready to be upgraded for metaverse technologies.

Tourism operators are concerned about the transparency of the Tourism Promotion Fund, which is estimated to have a budget of more than 13 billion baht from the 300-baht tourism fee collected from international visitors.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday hit back at the opposition over the granting of Thai citizenship to Chinese-born businessman and suspected crime boss Chaiyanat "Tuhao" Kornchayanant, saying it was the Yingluck Shinawatra government that endorsed his naturalisation.

The resort was meant to be built near the city of Wonsan and got its nickname after Kim Jong-un reportedly sent a fact-finding mission to Spain’s Costa Blanca in 2017

Thailand and Saudi Arabia have agreed to strengthen air services cooperation which would see both countries increase the number of passenger flights between the countries from nine per week to 42.