As Thailand’s tourism surges and short-stay laws loosen, savvy investors are converting older Bangkok properties into boutique holiday rentals – staying just under the hotel-license threshold to profit from booming demand.
Capture a traveler’s guidebook moment: a weathered map of Southeast Asia spread open on a café table at dawn, marked with pins on Quy Nhon, Siem Reap and Phuket
After Foodpanda’s exit in 2025, Thailand’s food delivery market is now a two-horse race. Grab and LINE MAN control over 80% of the business, unleashing an aggressive discount battle. Merchants and investors brace: full-scale price war looms in this duopoly.
A Thai police officer and bank manager huddle over paperwork in a dimly lit bank office. Tense midday light slants in as they pore over documents, illustrating the behind-the-scenes scrutiny in Thailand’s sweeping anti-scam campaign.
Bangkok’s outskirts are turning into investor hotspots. Recent data show Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon and Pathum Thani leading with YoY land price gains of ~60%, ~44%, and ~27%. We unpack the infrastructure and developers fueling these surges.
hich Bangkok megaproject is more public-friendly? One Bangkok offers sprawling ground-level gardens, while Dusit Central Park delivers a massive rooftop park. Both promise green space – but do local people really benefit?
Phuket will host a high-stakes dialogue on longevity, biotech, and medical tourism this November — a forum designed to strengthen Thailand’s global position as a hub for preventive medicine, innovation, and cross-border healthcare partnerships.
Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group and its telecom arm True Corp. have announced a landmark partnership with Microsoft, aiming to turn Thailand into a Southeast Asian hub for artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
Thailand’s 60-day visa-free stay—once hailed as a tourism revival—now faces review after evidence of misuse by long-stay visitors and remote workers. Officials are weighing a return to 30-day limits, citing the need to balance openness with immigration control.
Bangkok’s long-delayed airport rail may now leap east to Trat. For expats and founders, this promises faster coastal living and new startup corridors — but contracts, PPP risk, and economics could still derail the vision. Here’s what’s real — and what isn’t.
