Thailand Just Announced Flash Sales Where Hotel Rooms, Spa Packages And Tours Cost ฿100 Each. Foreign Residents Qualify.

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THAILAND IS SELLING HOTEL ROOMS, SPA PACKAGES AND TOURS FOR ฿100 EACH. EXPATS ARE ELIGIBLE. HERE IS HOW IT WORKS.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand is launching a campaign called “100 Baht, Travel Across Thailand” starting December 15. Here is how it works: TAT will run online flash sales called “SHOCK DEALS” where tourism products that normally cost thousands of baht, including hotel rooms, spa treatments, restaurant packages and tour experiences, will be sold for ฿100 each. That is not ฿100 off. That is the total price. The sales will run over eight rounds, all held on Tuesdays, between December 15 and February 9, 2027. The catch: vouchers can only be used for travel from Monday to Thursday. The program is designed to push weekday tourism and spread spending beyond weekends and holidays.

The significant detail for this audience is that foreign residents of Thailand are eligible. If you hold a long-term visa and live here, you can participate alongside Thai nationals. TAT governor Thapanee Kiatphaibool confirmed that the campaign targets both Thai travelers and foreign residents. The program also includes discounts and special offers from participating tourism businesses beyond the SHOCK DEALS flash sales, though those details will be announced through TAT’s official channels and the LINE account @weekday100 closer to the December 15 launch date. The broader context is that Thailand’s tourism sector is struggling. Hotel closures jumped 42% in the first nine months of 2026. The country is well short of its 36.7 million visitor target. Domestic travel is holding up better than international arrivals, so the government is betting that getting residents to travel midweek can fill the gap. Whether a ฿100 hotel room actually delivers value or turns out to be limited inventory that sells out in seconds remains to be seen. But the concept is real, the eligibility includes expats, and December 15 is six weeks away.

Bottom line: Mark your calendar for Tuesday December 15. Set a reminder for the first SHOCK DEALS flash sale. If you can travel Monday through Thursday, a ฿100 hotel room or tour package is worth trying. Follow @weekday100 on LINE for details as they come. Registration opens closer to the launch date. This is one of the rare government programs that includes foreign residents, and it is worth paying attention to.

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THAILAND AND BHUTAN JUST SIGNED THREE COOPERATION DEALS. HERE IS WHY IT MATTERS FOR BANGKOK.

PM Anutin made the first official visit to Bhutan by a Thai prime minister in eight years. The trip produced three signed cooperation agreements covering healthcare, agricultural finance and clean energy. The healthcare deal connects Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health with Bhutan’s health system for medical personnel exchanges, training and cooperation on specialized care. Bhutan wants to send more citizens to Thailand for medical treatment, particularly for complex conditions. The agricultural finance deal renews a memorandum between Thailand’s Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) and Bhutan Development Bank, focusing on green loans for sustainable farming. The energy deal provides Thai technical assistance for a proposed 100-megawatt solar-agriculture project in Tareythang, Bhutan, reviewing the feasibility study and detailed design.

The visit is part of a broader push to expand trade and investment between the two countries, including fast-tracking a free trade agreement. Anutin encouraged Bhutan to open opportunities for Thai businesses in infrastructure, logistics, industrial estates and energy projects. For Bangkok specifically, the healthcare agreement matters most. Thailand’s medical tourism industry is one of its strongest sectors, and Bhutan joining the pipeline of countries sending patients to Thai hospitals adds volume to a system that thrives on international patients. The energy deal positions Thailand as a technical partner in Bhutan’s clean energy development, which complements the solar subsidy program just approved domestically. Three deals in one visit, covering three sectors where Thailand has genuine expertise to offer. Not every diplomatic trip produces something concrete. This one did.

Bottom line: Healthcare, agricultural finance and clean energy. Three deals signed in Thimphu. The healthcare pipeline brings more international patients to Thai hospitals. The energy deal puts Thai expertise to work on a 100MW solar project. The FTA talks are accelerating. For a country that sometimes struggles to translate diplomatic visits into real outcomes, this trip delivered.

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Police raided a Bangkok cannabis shop and seized 90 unlabelled gummies after a family of three was hospitalized. The family in Chanthaburi ate cannabis sweets and suffered severe symptoms including muscle stiffness, convulsions and loss of consciousness. Two adults required ventilator support. Officers seized 90 unlabelled cannabis gummies from a shop in a Bangkok tourist district. The case highlights the ongoing gap between Thailand’s legal cannabis framework and the reality of unlabelled, unregulated products being sold openly. If you buy cannabis edibles in Bangkok, the label (or lack of one) is telling you everything you need to know about the risk.

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ONIBUS COFFEE BANGKOK (SOI SAMRAN RAT, PHRA NAKHON)

Onibus Coffee is a Tokyo specialty roaster that opened its first location outside Japan right here in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon old town. Founded in 2012 by Atsushi Sakao, who trained as a barista in Australia before building one of Tokyo’s most respected coffee brands, Onibus now has four shops in Tokyo and outposts in Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok. The name means “passenger bus” in Portuguese, reflecting the idea that coffee is the vehicle that connects the people who grow it to the people who drink it. The Bangkok location sits on Soi Samran Rat in front of the Once Again Hostel, a compact, intimate space with a speed bar, a slow bar, standing tables and a few seats. The beans are imported directly from the Onibus roastery in Yakumo, Japan, available in both light and dark roasts. Pour-overs, filter coffee, espresso and cold brew are all on the menu. Drinks run ฿100-200.

This is not a big, comfortable cafe where you set up your laptop for three hours. It is a small, focused coffee shop where the quality in the cup is the entire point. “I ordered the banana bread and iced latte and both were incredible,” one reviewer wrote. Another said “warm coffee community hub and well-balanced quality coffee.” A third called the staff “super friendly” and said they wrote a thank-you postcard after the visit. The 4.5-star rating across 230 Google reviews reflects a place that earns its reputation on what is actually in the cup. There is a small food menu including banana bread and pastries, plus non-coffee options like spicy lemonade and iced cocoa mint. If you have visited the original Onibus shops in Tokyo, this is the same experience transported to a quiet corner of Bangkok’s old town. If you have not, this is the closest you can get to a Tokyo third-wave coffee bar without leaving the city.

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Insider tip: Order the pour-over and ask for the barista’s recommendation on beans. The natural process coffees are standouts, especially iced. The space is small so weekday mornings are quieter. Soi Samran Rat is walkable from the Grand Palace and Khaosan area, making this an easy add to an old town morning.

📍 22 Soi Samran Rat, Samran Rat, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200
📞 093 916 4541
🕐 Open daily 8AM-5PM
⭐ 4.5 stars (230 Google reviews) | ฿100-200 per drink
🌐 @onibuscoffee_bkk

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