Tourism News

Army on Demo Alert; Yingluck Indicted; Conflicting Trafficking Reports; Phuket Events

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Yingluck faces 10 year term over rice pledging; Human trafficking produces contrasting viewpoints; Thai Airways concern mounts; Thailand tops for beaches. More »

Asean Today: UK Bans Boob Job Ad; Cambodians Enslaved on Trawlers; Singapore Property Slide

By Phuketwan Reporters

Around the Region Britain says No to Malaysia boob job ad; Cambodians found enslaved on Thai fishing boat; Prelude to executions in Indonesia; Brunei challenged by gay Congressman. More »

Phuket Resort Hemmed by Local Protest Over Complaint to Thai PM's Office

By Prasit Tarnsirisin and Sert Tongdee

Latest Calls to prayer may have triggered a complaint to the PM of Thailand's office but it was about 300 local Phuket residents who made their anger heard in a continuing protest. More »

Quality or Quantity: Phuket Numbers Rise But Problem Fixing is What's Wanted

By Alan Morison

Latest Figures from Phuket International Airport continue to show increasing passenger trips but high prices and social problems are bound to have an effect this year. More »

Phuket Residents Protest at Resort Over Loudspeaker Prayer Calls

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest More than 300 residents have been protesting outside a Phuket resort over what's claimed to be a letter of complaint about a loudspeaker at a nearby mosque. More »

Flight Taking Off From Phuket for Russia Halted on Runway: 254 Passengers Safe

Latest Pilots on board a Russian flight carrying 254 passengers notice a problem with flaps and halt their takeoff from Phuket International Airport for Russia, says a report. More »

Call for Thaksin Peace Talks; Nok Strands VIPs; Slavery in SE Asia; Phuket Beach Wins Praise

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Rumble over Krabi tree; Samui gains extra flights; Phuket beach wins praise; Racist Chelsea fans reviled in Paris; World's strongest natural material; Fireworks quenched. More »

Asean Today: Emergency Declared in Burma; Cambodia Bars Drones; US Pays for Reef Damage

By Phuketwan Reporters

Around the Region US payout over minesweeper reef damage; Burma in 90-day emergency; US warships for Singapore; Cambodia bars captital drones; Viet vet dies from cold. More »

Phuket's Mayors Leave 10 Percent Umbrellas, Beach Chair Ban to Governor

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest With a meeting set to confirm the new regulations barring all beach chairs on Phuket and limiting umbrella usage to 10 percent of beaches, Phuketwan talks to three island mayors. More »

I Was Under Orders to Kill, Says Shooter in Malaysian Murder

By Lindsay Murdoch, Southeast Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

Latest An accused killer awaiting deportation to Malaysia has broken his silence to confess and to say: ''The important people with motive are still free.'' More »