Tourist entertainment venues want 4am closing
published : 27 Oct 2023 at 08:18
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The Interior Ministry will draw up a regulation for tourist areas to allow nighttime entertainment venues to open until 4am, ministry spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said.
The plan followed a cabinet resolution on Oct 13, directing the Interior Ministry to work with relevant agencies to explore ways of extending the opening hours of entertainment venues in certain tourist areas to increase tourism and spending during high seasons.
The Interior Ministry's regulation will outline criteria for local administrations in areas with tourism potential. The administrations could then submit requests for permission to allow entertainment venues to stay open until 4am.
The Interior Ministry would consider the requests and grant permits based on the set criteria for each area, Ms Traisuree said.
Once completed, the regulation will be forwarded to the cabinet for consideration.
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Vocabulary
- administration: government - รัฐบาล
- cabinet resolution: an official decision made by the group of government ministers who make and approve government policy - มติ คณะรัฐมนตรี
- consideration: giving careful thought to something before making a decision - การคิดพิจารณา
- criteria: a standard that is used for judging something or for making a decision about something - บรรทัดฐาน
- draw up (verb): to prepare a document, plan, statement, etc. - ร่าง
- Interior Ministry: the Thai ministry with responsibility over the Royal Thai Police, local administrations, internal security, citizenship, disaster management, land management, issuing national identity cards and public works - กระทรวงมหาดไทย
- permit: an official document that gives you permission to do something - ใบอนุญาต
- potential (noun): possibility - ความเป็นไปได้, ที่อาจเกิดขึ้นได้
- regulation: an official rule that controls the way that things are done - กฎระเบียบ
