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☆ Thailand to receive $8.5 bln worth of investment from AWS, Google, Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A logo for Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seen at the Collision conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBANGKOK, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Thailand will receive 300 billion baht ($8.46 billion) worth of investment from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and Microsoft, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday. AWS plans to build a data centre with a budget of $5 billion over 15 years, the government said in a separate statement. "The prime minister is confident that AWS' investment will enhance the country's competitiveness," said Chai, adding Microsoft and Google were also studying investment plans for large data centres in Thailand. Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on investments in Thailand.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Chai Wacharonke, Chai, Panarat Thepgumpanat, Kanupriya Kapoor Organizations: Amazon Web Services, REUTERS, Rights, Google, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Rights BANGKOK, Thailand

☆ Thailand to waive visas for Taiwan and India to boost tourism
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BANGKOK, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Thailand will waive visa requirements for arrivals from India and Taiwan from next month to May 2024, a government official said on Tuesday, in a bid to draw in more tourists as high season approaches. Thailand in September scrapped visa requirements for Chinese tourists, the country's top pre-pandemic tourism market with 11 million of the record 39 million arrivals in 2019. "Arrivals from India and Taiwan can enter Thailand for 30 days," spokesperson Chai Wacharonke said. India has been Thailand's fourth largest source market for tourism so far this year with about 1.2 million arrivals after Malaysia, China and South Korea. Inbound tourism from India showed signs of growth as more airlines and hospitality chains targeted that market.

Persons: Chai Wacharonke, Panarat Thepgumpanat, Chayut Setboonsarng, Martin Petty Organizations: Thomson Locations: BANGKOK, Thailand, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, China, South Korea

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin handed out gifts and posed for pictures as his tourism minister and other VIPs greeted about 300 travelers from Shanghai. He said that the government plans to promote Thailand’s smaller cities as destinations for Chinese tourists to encourage them to stay longer and spend more. Tourism Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol said there has been about a 30% surge in accommodation and flight bookings since the policy was announced. Chai Wacharonke, a spokesperson for the prime minister, earlier said that Thailand received 15 million international visitors in the first seven months. He said the government aims to draw 28 million tourists and generate 1.4 trillion baht ($39.2 billion) in revenue in 2023.

Persons: Srettha Thavisin, ” Srettha, Srettha, Dai, Chiang Mai, Peng, Wan Yi, Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol, Thapanee Kiatphaibool, Chai Wacharonke Organizations: Bangkok’s, Central, Tourism, Tourism Authority of, Ministry of Tourism Locations: BANGKOK, Shanghai, Thai, Thailand, Bangkok, Phuket, Wan, Wat Arun, Chinatown, Central Asian, Kazakhstan, China, Tourism Authority of Thailand

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