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Thailand weighs tourist fee and extra insurance for risky activities
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (985+ words) Thailand is considering a three-tier insurance system for foreign tourists, under which visitors taking part in high-risk activities or renting vehicles could be required to purchase additional cover beyond a proposed 450-baht tourism fee. Weerasak Kowsurat, a former tourism and…...
TrueMoney's Tap-to-Pay Push Targets Thailand's Card-less Majority
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (886+ words) TrueMoney's new tap-to-pay strategy, and the virtual bank behind it, take aim at the millions of Thais that near-universal digital payments have still left without a credit card. Thailand's digital payments story is moving past the race for volume into…...
Japan airlines lift fuel levies to record highs for summer travel
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (220+ words) Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways said on Friday (June 12) that fuel surcharges on fares for flights from Japan to North America and Europe would rise to a record 65,000 yen for tickets issued in July and August. The increase comes…...
Thai Airways raises fuel surcharge on international tickets
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (284+ words) Thai Airways International Public Company Limited has issued an important announcement on revisions to its fuel surcharge rates for tickets on international routes. The move comes under pressure from a “fuel crisis”, with global aviation fuel prices volatile and rising…...
DITP leads Thai software firms into Kenya, tops Bt165m in talks
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (389+ words) The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) under the Commerce Ministry held a business matching event for Thai and Kenyan software service companies in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 4. The first day of talks exceeded expectations, with more than 73 Kenyan entrepreneurs…...
Bangkok Airways raises domestic fares after jet fuel price surge
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (493+ words) Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, president of Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited, said on March 27, 2026, that rising jet fuel prices had increased the company’s costs by 20%. At present, the company has hedged about 30% of its fuel costs at US$80-90 per barrel, which helps…...
Medical inflation drives insurers towards 30–50% co-payments
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (814+ words) Rising treatment costs, combined with Thailand’s medical inflation in 2025 (estimated at 14–15%), have prompted major insurers such as AIA and Krungthai-AXA to reduce the share of new lump-sum (all-inclusive) health plans for new customers. They are shifting towards a co-payment model…...