NEWS ALERTS

Sign up now for our News Alert emails and the latest breaking news plus new features.

Click to subscribe

Existing subscribers can unsubscribe here

Phuket Parasail Speedboat Slices Tourist Swimmer at Beach

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest A parasailing speedboat sliced a Russian tourist's leg with its propeller as he swam off a Phuket beach this week, Phuketwan has confirmed. More »

Phuket Tourist's Nightmare Began With Palpitations in Departure Lounge

By Alan Morison and Nussara Lem

Latest Travel insurers usually cover tourists for treatment at all Phuket hospitals but one Russian brand is causing concern because it specifies an overworked public hospital. More »

Injured Phuket Tourist Home, Errant Speedboat Driver Roars On

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian

Latest A Russian couple whose holiday was destroyed by a wayward speedboat will not be compensated - unlike a victim in a more caring destination who was paid three million baht. More »

Phuket Speedboat Victims Head Home: Blind Authorities Leave a Mess to be Fixed

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian

News Analysis A Russian couple who were victims of a wayward speedboat ploughing into swimmers at a Phuket beach have flown home, leaving compensation issues unanswered. More »

Phuket Must Show It Cares About All Tourists Not Just Some, Some of the Time

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian

News Analysis Two incidents, two tourists seriously injured, two different reactions. Should one be ignored, but not the other? Not if Phuket wants to show it cares about tourists. More »

Thank You Phuket! Motorcycle Crash Victim Goes In for Surgery

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian

UPDATE A Phuket hospital is making an urgent call for blood of a rare type for a Russian man who was seriously hurt in a crash that he can't remember happening. More »

Phuket Speedboat Swim Horror Leaves Island's Reputation in Ruins

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian

Latest A tourist who was run over by a wayward speedboat is fortunate that he escaped more serious injury - but the shame is that Phuket takes no responsibility. More »

Phuket Speedboat Cuts Swimming Tourist's Foot, Doctors Operating

By Sert Tongdee and Chutima Sidasathian

Latest The foot of a tourist swimming at a Phuket beach was badly slashed today by a parasail speedboat, with doctors fighting to stem his bleeding and repair the limb. More »

FOLLOW PHUKETWAN