Thailand ranks 44th among 139 economies in the Global Innovation Index 2026, published on 29 September by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). That is one place better than 2025 and three places short of 2024, when Thailand ranked 41st.…
A handful of people see a Facebook post from a Chiang Mai business, and a week later it has vanished from every feed. Organic reach keeps shrinking and the algorithm changes without warning, while the time spent feeding it comes…
We recently hired two experienced accountants at LAN Business Consulting. We paid each of them what they asked for. One has years of solid, hands-on accounting experience. The other is also experienced and studied accounting at university. In their contract,…
On 25 September, the Real Estate Information Center presented a table of Chiang Mai’s foreign condominium buyers that contradicts this month’s national headlines. Foreign nationals took ownership of 379 units in the province between January and June 2026, up from…
Per-pet spending has risen more than sixfold among owners who treat animals as family, and the additional baht is not flowing where the industry assumes. Thailand’s pet market is growing, but not because there are more pets A single pet…
Thailand placed eighth in Numbeo’s 2026 Health Care Index, and the result moved quickly from a database entry to a national talking point. For a country positioning itself as a medical, wellness, and long-stay destination, a top-ten global ranking is…
At the top of Nimmanhaemindha Soi 11, where foot traffic runs heavy from mid-morning through to the early hours, a black food truck with German tricolour livery has taken up a permanent position. It belongs to Berlin’s Doner Kebab, and…
Songkran 2026 has just ended. For Chiang Mai’s food and beverage sector, that means the city’s most intense trading window of the year has closed. Tables that were full for days are quieter again. The question now — as it…
Every year, Tripadvisor publishes its Trendcast — a forward-looking analysis of traveler behavior drawn from millions of bookings, reviews, and forum conversations across its global platform. It is one of the most data-rich documents in travel, and the 2026 edition…
Thailand’s tourist discovery infrastructure has just been rebuilt. The Amazing Thailand app launched 15 March 2026 with an AI engine recommending businesses to millions of inbound visitors. TAGTHAi has two million downloads, an active Chiang Mai City Pass with 60…