Tourism News

Phuket Seabed Trash 'From Overseas,' Governor Tells Consuls

By Chutima Sidasathian and Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest Trash on the seabed off Phuket's Karon beach was ''from overseas,'' the governor told a meeting. He hopes to ID all day-trip passengers and send them out with bags for their trash. More »

Airport Ferry to Patong Still Planned

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian

Latest The concept of arriving passengers at Phuket airport carting their luggage onto sea ferries to Patong or Surin is still being considered, consuls have been told. More »

Dress and Move on: No Bikini Sunbaking

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison

PHOTO ALBUM A Facebook posting reveals that Phuket patrol police do not think Westerners sunning themselves in bikinis in a public park is permitted. What 's the crime here, officer? More »

LIVE Coverage Direct from the Phuket Governor's Forum With Honorary Consuls

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison

Latest Phuketwan goes to the Phuket Governor's forum for honorary consuls and brings you LIVE coverage of the important gathering between administrators and tourist representatives. More »

Phuket Man Mowed Down by Motorcycle After Visit to Hospital

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

latest An elderly Phuket man wanted to live and so went to visit a doctor but was struck and killed by a motorcycle after getting off a bus near his home. More »

Patong Venues Vote to End Violence

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison

Latest Patong venues have signed on with holiday hub police to put an end to the rip-offs and violence that scar Phuket's reputation. Now it will be a safe place for tourists, they say. More »

Russia Fumes, World Waits; Richest Aussie Woman 'Buys on Phuket'; Loy Kratong Lantern Warning

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Australia's richest woman has bought a Phuket villa, says a report; Russia accuses Turkey over shot-down fighter; Two charged over bombing; Seafood, slavery linked. More »

Asean Today: Facebook Can Lead to Jail; Seafood Linked to Slavery; Millionaires Choose Singapore

By Phuketwan Reporters

Around the Region Woman in Myanmar faces five years over posting; Singapore to pass Hong Kong for millionaires; China buys into Malaysia's power supply; Haze may need early planning. More »

Thai Military Asked by Key Rights Groups to Explain Deaths in Custody at 'The Facility'

By International Commission of Jurists, Human Rights Watch

Latest The International Commision of Jurists and Human Rights Watch have urged the Thai military to explain what caused the deaths of two prisoners and to cease holding others in 'The Facility.' More »

Razed Restaurants Could Cost Mayor Millions

Latest A municipal mayor on Phuket says a court case brought by the operators of two demolished beachfront restaurants could challenge ''military law'' and cost him 10 million baht. More »