Thailand is set to adjust its visa rules to help hit a target of 2 million medical tourists by 2012
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The winners of the 2009 Thailand Property Awards were announced at a five-star gala dinner on Saturday at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok.
Now in their fourth year, the Thailand Property Awards aim to promote the …
The East Coast of Phuket, increasingly known for its upscale residential developments, has an exotic heritage
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With the global downturn raising fears of volatile exchange rates, purchasers of Thai property are taking a few straightforward precautions to limited their exposure to currency shifts.
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A global downturn has failed to dent the Thai capital’s condo market, according to a study by one of the country’s biggest developers
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Finland has hit on a novel way to cheer up retirement by building serviced apartments for Finnish oldsters in Phuket.
The website aamulenti.fi reports that the Finnish government aims to improve its people’s golden years by giving them a home where their pensions and savings go a lot further.
Thailand has been picked for the scheme as its cost of living is far lower than other contenders such as Spain. It also offers a warm climate, great food and an ingrained reverence for the elderly.
To enable retired Finns to take up a new life in Thailand’s top resort island, the Finnish parliament is set to adjust its rules paying out social benefits outside Europe.
The advantage for the Finnish Government is that housing for the elderly costs about €126 a day in Finland but only €40 in Thailand. The project should therefore pay for itself in just eight years.
Finland expects its people aged 65 or older to rise from 0.8 million now to 1.8 million within five decades.
Read about it in the Phuket Gazette.
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Finland is set to build a retirement home for its people in Phuket
Finland is set to build a retirement home for its people in Phuket
The martial art of Muay Thai is set to raise its profile in 2010, propelled by a government initiative and gathering interest from international regulators
Finland is set to build a retirement home for its people in Phuket
