Tourism News

Thailand Tourists' Luxury Oriental Express Trip Halted by 100m Baht Blaze

Latest Six fire trucks managed to extinguish a blaze that halted a luxury Eastern and Oriental Express train trip by 200 European tourists between Bangkok and Singapore. More »

Taiwanese Held on Phuket Over Alleged International Banking Scam in Patong

By Sert Tongdee

Latest One Taiwanese man has been arrested and Phuket police are now looking at nabbing up to a dozen Thais who helped him open accounts in preparation for an international scam. More »

Greste Free and Heading Home; PM's Fund to Aid Tourists; US Man Fights Extradition

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest The Isis group claims another beheading; Thailand PM reveals 200m baht aid fund for tourists; Andy Hall faces court Monday; Serena wins Open crown; Latest football. More »

Asean Today: 11 Await Death Row Bullets; English Standards Questioned; Naked Tourists Expelled

By Phuketwan Reporters

Around the Region Pangolin facing extinction; Indonesia continues execution preparations; Malaysia seeks high English standards; Cambodia expels naked French tourists. More »

Thailand Must Impose Trafficking Laws

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison

News Analysis After another year of reporting on the arrival of boatpeople in Thailand, the assessment of Phuket's reporters is that more work and money is still needed to fulfill Thailand's obligations. More »

'Rogue' Facing Malaysian Gallows Decides to Stay in Australia

By Lindsay Murdoch, Southeast Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

Latest A date with a hangman holds no attraction for a police commando in Malaysia charged and convicted over a sensational case. He is opting to stay put in Australia. More »

US Envoys Watched; Japanese Superdad Wins Babies; Phuket Editor to Return; Puzzle of Brit's Death

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Report Thailand's PM confident despite criticism; Japanese father wins 3 of 12 babies; Phuketwan editor plans to return; Backpacker Phi Phi death still a puzzle; Sports wrap. More »

Asean Today: Burma a Rights 'Car Crash'; Singapore Restricts Alcohol Sale; Naked Tourists Arrested

By Phuketwan Reporters

Around the Region Singapore outlaws alcohol in public places; Burma human rights blast; Three French tourists held over going naked ast Angkor Wat; Philippines honors dead police. More »

Families Express Fury at MH370 Loss Being Declared an 'Accident'

By Lindsay Murdoch, Southeast Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

Latest With no clues to the fate of 239 passengers and crew, relatives have expressed anger at a declaration that the loss of flight MH370 is officially ''an accident.'' More »

Young Swedish Expat Seriously Injured North of Phuket as Truck Driver Sleeps

Latest police say a young man seriously injured when a truck mounted the footpath north of Phuket was hit because the driver fell asleep at the wheel. More »