Tourism News

Best of Phuket Awards: The Winners 2010

Best of Phuket Beginning with 2007, the Phuketwan Best of Phuket Awards this year have the support of the TAT and The Phuket Post. Here are this year's winners. More »

Phuket's Person of the Year 2010

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian

Phuket Person of the Year 2010 A policeman with a head for good ideas is this year's winner of the Phuket Person of the Year 2010, latest in Phuket's original awards, running since 2007. More »

Phuket's 2010 in Pictures: Photo Special

By Alan Morison

That Was The Year 2010 in Pictures The photographs from Phuketwan tell the tale of 2010. And looking back, despite the fortune tellers and the doomsayers, it was a year of positives. More »

PAD Supporters Jailed; Phuket Central Facelift; Boney M Dies; Phuket Events

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket News Digest PAD warriors jailed for 2008 action; Central Festival to add floor; Singapore tourism soars; US calls for Burma to act; Boney M front man dies. More »

Phuket Expat Drug Dealer Has Cars Confiscated

By Phuketwan Reporter

Latest A Pakistani man has admitted to Phuket police that he sold drugs to expats in the Karon, Kata and Rawai districts. The man had four vehicles and seven bank books seized. More »

Phuket Public Reclaims Patong Beachfront Parking

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest Senior officials from Phuket and Patong realise a long held dream to return parking spots monopolised by vehicle and motorcycle renters to the public. Action on tuk tuk fares is coming. More »

Phuket's Top NY Party; Facebook Heads 2010 Search; Fake US Visas Alert; Inside THAI; Phuket Events

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket News Digest Cambodia border strife; Kate Moss, Mark Zuckerberg in Thailand; Facebook, Bon Jovi tops in 2010; Chinese arrested in US visa alert; Inside Thai Airways. More »

Village Where Tsunami Holds No Fear Now

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian

Latest A village where the thought of another tsunami once held great fear is not responding to a fortune teller's prediction. They have already overcome their fear with commonsense safeguards. More »

Phuket's Future, Free from Fortune Tellers

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian

The Year That Was 2010 With the speed of a rabbit disappearing down a hole, Phuket's high season has turned into yet another crisis for tourism. Here's the only way out. More »

Phuket Scamster Tries 'I'm the Governor' Fraud

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest Phuket authorities warn that an impersonator is trying to scam local authorities and businesses by asking for funds for sport in the name of Governor Tri Augkaradacha. More »