Tag: Thanawat Polwichai
GLO to ban retailers selling lottery tickets higher than 80 baht
The Government Lottery Office (GLO) will no longer allow charitable organizations and retailers to make advance reservations for lottery tickets, if they are found...
Consumer confidence index falls to lowest in eight months
Consumer confidence index (CCI) for May 2016 plunged to its lowest level in a period of eight months, the University of the Thai Chamber...
Drought will be significant this year
BANGKOK - The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) has forecast that the drought crisis will cause as much as 119 billion...
Vegetarian Fest expected to add 41 billion in money circulation
BANGKOK, 8 October 2015– The 2015 Vegetarian Festival in Thailand is expected to generate a money circulation of up to 41 billion baht, which...
Chamber of Commerce: Economy unaffected by Emergency Decree
BANGKOK, 23 January 2014 The Thai Chamber of Commerce has indicated that the invocation of Emergency Decree has not yet affected the economy and...
UTCC: US’ QE will not affect Thai economy
BANGKOK, 19 December 2013 The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) does not believe the US’s relaxing of quantitative easing (QE) will...
Thai Chamber of Commerce expects a 1% decrease in GDP if...
BANGKOK, 22 November 2013 The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce's Center for Economic and Business Forecasting Director, Thanawat Polwichai, revealed that...
Economist: Household debt nothing to lose sleep over
BANGKOK, 27 October 2013 Thailand’s household debt of 79% of the current GDP, equivalent to about nine trillion baht, is not a concern...
UTCC cuts GDP growth target down to 3.5%
BANGKOK, 18 Oct 2013 The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) has cut down this year’s GDP growth target to 3.5 percent...
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Tourism’s new compass: why meaning, community, and human connection are now leading the way
BANGKOK, Thailand - Tourism has entered an age of restless reinvention. Across the global industry, from UN Tourism to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and international networks...
Französischer Wohltätigkeitsleiter besucht HHN Foundation – zehnjährige Unterstützung für thailändische Kinder setzt sich fort
PATTAYA, Thailand – Les Amis de L’Ophelinate de Pattaya, eine seit vielen Jahren engagierte französische Wohltätigkeitsorganisation, hat diese Woche erneut ihre langfristige Unterstützung für...
Foreign tourist found dead in Pattaya Beach incident
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials and police from Pattaya City Station responded to reports of a foreign man found drowned near the entrance...
Pattaya tightens city regulations following fireworks festival vendor complaints
PATTAYA, Thailand – Deputy Mayor Wuthisak Rermkijakarn chaired a meeting with the Pattaya City Administration Division to evaluate progress on prior directives and address...
Pattaya’s traffic has hit a breaking point
PATTAYA, Thailand – Spend enough time behind the wheel in Pattaya and you eventually confront a blunt truth: this city does not run on...