Tourism News

Phuket Tourist Police Quiz Elephant Rampage Survivors

By Pathomporn Kaenkrachang

Rampage Aftermath As Tourist Police seek the answers to a case where a rampaging elephant killed a Swiss tourist, survivors tell of a horrifying experience on and off the trek elephants' backs. More »

Phuket Tug-of-Love Boy Not Seen at Border Crossing

By Phuketwan Reporters

International Double Abduction With the whereabouts of Phuket boy Ricardo a mystery and his foster mother reported to have crossed to Malaysia, his great aunt tells her version of events. More »

Phuket Lifeguards to Vanish from Beaches Friday

By Alan Morison and Pathomporn Kaenkrachang

Beach Crisis Lifeguards have become a fixture on Phuket's beaches but they will disappear from this week, leaving swimmers unprotected, unless a new deal on contracts can be arranged. More »

Phuket Builds Own Reefs to Ease Dive Congestion

By Pathomporn Kaenkrachang

Reef Project Phuket is hoping to soon have two new artificial reefs off the popular west coast to ease the pressure on natural reefs created by tourism and coral bleaching. More »

Mystery of Dead Couple Deepens; Thais Trapped in NZ; Quake Rocks Laos; Oil Soars; Phuket Events

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket News UPDATE 'Food poison' link to NZ woman's death; Laos quake rocks border; Swedes, Norwegians accused of internet scam; Italy fears Libya 'invasion'; casino booster. More »

Elephant Rampage North of Phuket: 'One Dead, Tourists Injured'

By Phuketwan Reporters

Breaking News Two male elephants fight over a female on a tourist trek through Khao Sok National Park north of Phuket, with one Swiss woman trampled to death and other tourists injured. More »

Phuket Tourist Drowns in Wedding Eve Horror

By Chutima Sidasathian

Breaking News UPDATE A night of fun came to a tragic end for six friends when one of them failed to emerge after a dip in the dark at Bang Tao beach. Drowned was a British man, aged 35. More »

Phuket Snatchers Slashed Me, Says Tourist

By Chutima Sidasathian

Breaking News A tourist from Finland has told Phuket City police that he was attacked by bag snatchers today. He still has his bag - and a 12 stitch knife wound from fighting off the attackers. More »

Riddle of Brit Couple's Death; Phi Phi Gains Power; Thai Tourism Slows; Phuket Events

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket News Digest Mystery of deaths of British couple; Phi Phi powers up; Thailand tourism takeup slows in 2010; Quake victims lose limbs to escape; Clinton condemns pirate killers; Gaddafi unmoved. More »

Phuket Yachtie Four 'Slaughtered by Pirates'

Latest Two reliable news sources are reporting that four American yachties on a boat that set sail from Phuket have been killed by Somali pirates. The Quest was stocked with Bibles. More »