Advertise Here Bangkok’s Governor and head of Bangkok’s flood relief efforts, Sukhumbhand Paribatra, has declared that flooding in the Thai capital has complete receded. Bangkok’s Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra declares Bangkok dry. He also said that officials from the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) had removed 644,788 tonnes of garbage leftover from the floods from October 15 until [...]
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352 flood victims have submitted their petition to the Central Administrative Court to request the government to pay compensation for the actual damage incurred to their property during this year’s flood crisis. Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra (left) and BMA Chief Sukhumbhand Paribatra have been named in a lawsuit by 352 flood victims. Individuals named in [...]
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Thailand’s PM Yingluck Shinawatra believes Bangkok will be free of floods by the start of 2012. If Thailand’s Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, is correct, Bangkok will receive the best New Year’s present that it could possibly receive – a dry start to 2012. The Thai PM announced earlier this week that Bangkok would be [...]
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Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn thanked members of ShelterBox for their work during the Thai floods. Thailand’s royal family has personally thanked UK charity ShelterBox for the work it undertook during the country’s recent floods. The country’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn summoned the charity members to thank them in person for the fantastic and vital [...]
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Travellers to Thailand can rest assured knowing that the remaining amount of runoff, from the country’s worst flooding in almost 60 years, poses no threat to Bangkok. Flooding in the city, which is home to roughly 12 million citizens, is now confined to mostly a few rice paddy fields and grassy areas in the western [...]
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After almost one month, Vietnamese tourists are allowed to join tour groups to Thailand following the country’s worst floods in almost 60 years and killed more than 600 people. Vietnamese tour groups have commenced to Thailand for the first time in almost one month. All tour groups from Vietnam were cancelled at the end of [...]
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Current Situation: Flood waters have receded in most of the affected areas of Thailand’s central region and cleanup operations have taken place. Central Bangkok has remained dry. Flood waters are receding in many of the outlying districts of greater Bangkok. State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and inter-provincial bus services are now operating as per normal. [...]
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As Thailand begins to see the final stages of its worst floods in almost 60 years, the nation’s official tourism body has launched a new campaign aimed at welcoming back tourists. ‘Beautiful Thailand’ was launched by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) yesterday, with the government-run body hopes will accelerate efforts to show travellers and [...]
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As floodwaters slowly disperse from Bangkok, a sprawling metropolis that is home to a population of 12 million or so, some interesting finds have been left behind following the Thailand’s worst floods in almost 60 years. In flood-affected areas of the outer north of Bangkok, primarily residential districts throughout the province of Nonthaburi, special teams [...]
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As floodwaters begin to recede from the ancient former capital of Ayutthaya, experts still remain unsure of the extent of damage that the high water levels have caused to some of the city’s ancient ruins. While many of the sacred sites, which date back over four centuries, are still standing, experts have only just begun [...]
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