KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 17 -- Thailand's southern province Songkhla, which shares a border with Kedah and Perlis, is hoping to bring in more Malaysian tourists by pushing for the lifting of a ban on foreign-registered buses' travel from Songkhla to other provinces within Thailand, a report has said.

Thai paper Bangkok Post cited Phatthalung Tourism Association president Charoon Kaewwaveesub as saying yesterday that Songkhla and the local land transport office have already agreed to lift the restriction and that what remains now is the Land Transport Department in Bangkok's final approval.

According to Bangkok Post, an August 15, 2014 provincial regulation limits foreign-registered buses with passengers to only travel within the Songkhla prov...