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Thailand is expanding automated passport gates at Suvarnabhumi Airport to serve 31 additional nationalities by August, potentially allowing more than half of international arrivals to bypass traditional queues and streamline immigration processing.
Thai authorities rescued three Indian tourists from a Pattaya townhouse on Monday after they were allegedly abducted and held for ransom by a transnational criminal network, with one suspect escaping during the raid.
A 60-year-old assailant attacked two Greek-American tourists with a knife near Athens' iconic Acropolis archaeological site on Tuesday. Police arrested the attacker at the scene.
Thailand received 17.36 million foreign tourists in the first 18 days of July, contributing 838.73 billion baht in tourism revenue. The Kingdom is recovering momentum through expanded air connectivity and seasonal holiday travel from Asia.