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February 2018 - Thailand: Smart Visa. As from February 1, Thailand introduces a 4-year visa for foreign experts, investors, executives and entrepreneurs. Obtaining this visa, called Smart Visa, requires permission from various Thai organizations and may take about thirty days. August 11, 2016: Thailand - Terrorist attacks in Hua Hin. Several bombings killed 4 and injured 23 people, including 9 foreign tourists, mainly in Hua Hin, a beach resort that is located about 200 km (125 mi) south of Bangkok. May 16, 2016: Thailand - Koh Tachai closed to tourists. Victim of its own success, Koh Tachai has been closed to tourists and divers. Indeed, the authorities want to protect the small island from the large influx of tourists. Koh Tachai is part of the Similan archipelago that is located in the Andaman Sea in the south of Thailand. The other islands and dive spots of Similan Marine national park remain open from October 15 to May 15 as usual. A few days later on, 14 dive sites, including some islands east of Pukhet, were also closed to tourists. In 2015, 30 million tourists visited Thailand. August 17, 2015: Thailand -- Bangkok bomb. The explosion of a bomb at the Hindu Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok killed about 20 people and injured many more. At this time, the responsibility for the bombing was not claimed. The Erawan Shrine is located near Bangkok Skytrain's Chit Lom station and is part of the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel.    Links • bangkok post • pattaya people • pattaya mail • Phuket phuket gazette - the thaiger Same category in a different destination Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Balearic islands (Spain) Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda (UK) Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Canary islands (Spain) Cape Verde Cayman Islands (UK) Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Corsica (France) Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Crete (Greece) Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador - Galápagos Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guadeloupe, St. Barths, & St-Martin Guam (USA) Guatemala Guernsey/Jersey Guinea Guyana Haiti Hawaii (USA) Honduras Hong Kong (China) Hungary Iceland India Indonesia International Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (south) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macau (China) Macedonia Madeira and Azores (Portugal) Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Martinique (France) Mauritania Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Netherlands Antilles & Aruba New Caledonia (France) New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico (USA) Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Samoa Sardinia (Italy) Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Sicily (Italy) Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sudan & South Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tanzania Togo Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos (UK) Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands, Dominica, Antigua & Barbuda Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe