Thailand introduced a visa-free regime for Czech citizens
People leaving for Thailand as tourists for up to 30 days will no longer need a visa, the Embassy of Thailand reported on its Web site on Thursday.
It is possible to come to Thailand from a neighboring country without a visa for up to 15 days.
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In Bangkok, night shopping street will be opened next week.
It has got the name “Thai Arbat” from Russian media.
Rachini-Road, in Phra Nakhon district, will become a pedestrian zone in the evenings, where street trading will be conducted.
Opening Hour is 7 p.m. – the sellers will open their concession stands with the goods.
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In July 2011 almost 118 thousand Russian tourists visited Thailand, which is 8 times more than the same period last year, said Director of Tourism Authority of Thailand in Russia and CIS countries Visanu Jaroensilp.
“Such rapid growth was due to the active work of Russian tour operators, especially in Siberia and the Far East, where a huge number of charter flights were arranged.
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Rest, travelling, pleasure…Each year we dream about, are looking forward to, make arrangements for and at last have holiday. It goes without saying that we appear to be different consequently we also display different preferences.
Some of us are incapable of imagining a rest not having blue sea shore, sandy beach, beautiful views, hot weather together with sun tan. Other can’t live without camps and exciting mountain routes, that include climbing, making fire as well as sleeping under the sky.
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In Thailand, the season of durians has begun – a miracle fruit, which is idolized.
The air is filled with a specific smell, and it is impossible to elbow to the trolleys with the new harvest.
Durian is a non grata fruit in many public places in Thailand.
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Thai paleontologists found bones of mastodon species unknown to science, a prehistoric elephant that lived here more than ten million years ago, in the northeast of Thailand, Thai media reported.
Teeth and fragments of animal bones were found by expeditions of the past five years, according to news reports citing a statement issued on Wednesday by staff of the North-East Research Institute in the Teachers University of Nakhon Ratchasima province.
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Ministry of Culture of Thailand issued a statement about the ban for tourists for making Buddhist tattoos during a visit to the country.
As reported on Thursday, June 2, by Associated Press, the ministry believes that making of tattoos by adherents of other religions is unethical.
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Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau, TCEB, proposed new promotional packages in the campaign “Believe in Thailand”, scheduled for 2011.
As reported by the correspondent of Travel.ru, under the trade fairs, the Bureau proposes to sponsor one day of stay in the hotels of the country to all delegates of the specialized exhibitions, held in the country.
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As reported by Bangkok Post, the Office of Rubber Replanting Aid Fund (ORRAF) plans to plant about 800,000 rai (unit of measure in Thailand, which is equal to 1,600 square) of rubber trees, the permission to conduct the project was earlier obtained.
Now there is discussion about the cost of seedlings for the first 200,000 rai, which will be planted this year.
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The funds from the concert of soloists of the Moscow theater “Russian Opera”, dedicated to Easter, which was held last Monday at the hotel “Royal Cliff” in Thai resort town of Pattaya, will be sent to the local villagers, reports RIA Novosti.
The soloists of the Bolshoi Theater – Moskalkov Sergei and Yuri Baranov and theater “Russian Opera” Nadezhda Niwinskaya, Alina Shakirova, Elena Kalagina and Lyudmila Vorobyova performed on the stage.
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