Performing arts fans in Bangkok this weekend have the rare opportunity of seeing a leading German ballet troupe in action. The acclaimed State Ballet of Karlsruhe will be staging two performances of The Nutcracker, A Christmas Carol at the city’s Thailand Cultural Centre.
Thai dignitaries attended ceremonies yesterday at which a revamped Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link train was returned to service. The interiors of the three-carriage train have been given new floors, extra seats and more grab rails for standing travellers.
12GO ASIA recently added lots of new destinations in Vietnam to its travel ticketing portfolio. The expansion enables tourists to pre-book their tickets for travel to Sapa and the world-renowned rice field terraces in the Muong Hoa Valley.
A group of sculptors are hard at work building a sand statue park in the southern Vietnamese seaside town of Phan Thiet. A contingent comprising local and foreign artisans are in the process of filling the three acre park with statues of various mythical creatures from Vietnamese and global legends and fairy tales.
The Yangon Trust Organisation has released a report detailing plans to preserve the city’s cultural draws and attractions for posterity. The 150-page tome is entitled the Yangon Heritage Strategy and it lays out a plan that will conserve the city’s principal sights and recreation zones, but allows for sustainable development.
Roads and sois in districts throughout Bangkok were submerged by floodwaters following a severe rainstorm yesterday afternoon. Meteorologists say they recorded 100 millimetres of rain in districts such as northern Bang Sue.
Authorities in Bangkok say record numbers of tourists have been to the Vegetarian Festival in Chinatown since it opened at the weekend. Visitors have been sampling the vegan delights on offer at food stalls in this historic zone of the city as well as taking in Chinese operatic performances.
Khao Lak is a seaside destination located on Thailand’s southwest facing Andaman Sea shoreline. It is just over 60kms north of the Sarasin Bridge to Phuket Island. Despite this proximity, Khao Lak and pulsating Phuket resorts such as Patong are poles apart on their key attractions.
A local developer has submitted an application to build an entertainment complex near the Vietnamese highlands town of Dalat. Dalattourist Company has sent the proposal to build a multi-facility leisure and adventure park to the People’s Committee in Lam Dong Province.
Effective tomorrow, Chiang Rai’s most famous temple will start charging overseas tourists admission fees. The entry fee for Wat Rong Khun has been set at THB50 and is mandatory for all visitors without Thai identity cards.
As part of an ongoing expansion of its travel choices, 12GO ASIA has partnered with airlines plus bus and train operators on services to Singapore. From Kuala Lumpur, we offer ticketing services for Malaysian KTM trains to Johor Bahru and Woodlands Station, Singapore.
District authorities in Hanoi have submitted a proposal to expand the weekend pedestrian zone in the Old Quarter. Hoan Kiem District Municipality placed a ban on vehicular traffic on 16 streets in the quarter near Hoan Kiem Lake on 1 September and hopes to add another eight streets as soon as possible.
The north Laos city of Luang Prabang provides a glimpse of yesteryear. It boasts numerous historic temples and monuments and an unhurried pace reminiscent of decades long past. Xieng Thong Temple and Haw Kham Royal Palace are definitive highlights of the town itself.
The Ministry of Public Works in Laos says it would like three more Mekong River bridges to Thailand. If the structures are all built, this will take the number of Lao-Thai Friendship bridges spanning their common river border to seven.
Provincial authorities in central Thailand say flooding is likely to get worse instead of better this week. They issued the warning that more rain and the release of runoff rainwater from the northern part of the country could exacerbate the situation over the next few days.
Iconic UK singer-songwriter Morrissey will be performing live in Bangkok next month. The former frontman of the ground-breaking Manchester band The Smiths is scheduled to take the stage at the city’s Moonstar Studio at 20:00 on Tuesday 18 October.
Authorities on Phuket Island have released a schedule of events in time for the start of the annual vegetarian festival this weekend. The eagerly awaited cultural extravaganza will begin on Saturday 1 October and run through until Sunday 9 October.
Bangkok has overtaken London as the planet’s favourite holiday destination according to the just released MasterCard annual survey. Visitor number projections by the credit card company show that the Thai capital will welcome almost two million more tourists and business travellers in 2016 than London.
Thai AirAsia has just announced it is to launch a convenient route linking two of the most popular tourism hotspots in Southeast Asia. From 7 November 2016, tourists will be able to fly between the southern Thai holiday isle of Phuket and Siem Reap in Cambodia.
The transport-minister of Thailand has confirmed that construction on a much delayed rail project will start in December. Arkhom Termpittayapaisith told attendees at a seminar arranged by Thailand Post Publishing that contracts for the first phase of the 250km line were in their final stages of preparation.