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Thailand’s new government has approved a measure granting temporary visa-free entry to Chinese tourists, signaling that the recovery of the country’s tourism industry is a top economic priority BANGKOK -- Thailand’s new government Wednesday approved a measure granting temporary visa-free entry to Chinese tourist s, signaling that the recovery of the country's tourism industry is a top economic priority. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said the visa exemption, which will also apply to visitors from the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, will be effective from Sept. 25 until Feb. 29 next year. He said the relevant authorities had been consulted to ensure they are ready to handle the expected surge in Travel ers. China more than a decade ago became a major source of tourists to Thailand, with almost 11 million visitors in 2019, accounting for 27.6% of all arrivals the year before the coronavirus pandemic devastated the tourist market. The government proposed the measure due to con...

Environmental experts say that the Candian and U.S. governments need to take a more proactive approach at combating the root causes of growing wildfires. As Canada and the U.S. continue to feel the lasting effects of the ongoing wildfire s raging in the Great White North, environmental experts are pushing for long-term changes that they say can mitigate the damage from future blazes. And with climate change making these once unprecedented wildfire events commonplace, those experts said government s on both sides of the border need to act fast. "It has been an issue because we don't have a strong federal government and it's left us in this mess right now, Robert Gray, a wildland fire ecologist based in British Columbia, told ABC News. Smoke rises from hotspots flaring up in the Kimiwan wildfire complex in Northern Sunrise County, Alberta, Canada, June 24, 2023. Alberta Wildfire via Reuters Gray, who has studied wildfires in both the U.S. and Canada, said that higher tempe...