Tourism News

Well Burn My Bonnet, Traffic is Bad on Phuket's Patong Hill Today

By Sert Tongdee

PHOTO ALBUM A car with an expat driver at the wheel burst into flames in spectacular fashion in the line of vehicles descending Phuket's famous Patong Hill. More »

Two Dead on Phuket With One Day Left in Seven Days of Danger Campaign

By NNT news release

Latest Two people have died on Phuket and scores have been injured after six days of the Seven Days of Danger period on the holiday island. More »

Phuket Flights Strandings: Passengers Say Airline Has Let Them Down

By Prasit Tarnsirisin and Sert Tongdee

Latest About 600 stranded passengers on Phuket are still waiting to hear from an airline what arrangements have been made for getting them home. More »

Ice To Blame For AirAsia Crash; Thailand Reform Set for 2015; South Claims 4000 Victims

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Monumental year for Thailand coming; Victims in Thailand's south top 4000; Weather the trigger in AirAsia crash; Beyonce visits Ankor Wat; Andrew denies underage sex. More »

Asean Today: Deaths Mar Viet Holiday; US Warns of Threat; Beyonce Visits Angkor Wat; Hero Dies Saving Boy

By Phuketwan Reporters

Around the Region A hero who saved a boy then drowned is mourned; The US Embassy tells of potential threat; Malaysia among top 5 for retirement; More deaths on Viet roads. More »

UPDATE 600 Stranded Passengers on Phuket Want Answers from Airline: Anger Mounts With Second Cancelled Flight

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest The number of angry Etihad passengers stranded on Phuket rose today to 600 with the cancellation of a second flight to Abu Dhabi. More »

Phuket Tourism's Clear Vision for the Future

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian

News Analysis Thanks to the military takeover in Thailand, Phuket has one last chance to prove it can right past wrongs, obliterate greed and corruption and retain its place as a popular destination. More »

AirAsia Flight Not Approved; Phuket to Shine, Tips Dusit; Bush Fires Threaten City

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest AirAsia flight lacked approval; Bush fires destroy Adelaide outskirts houses; China's impact on our lives; How mobiles changed culture; Merc crash kills three; Phuket events. More »

Asean Today: Child Molested in Jail; US Citizens Warned; Ship Sinks, 18 Crew Lost; Irishman Killed in Cambodia

Around the Region Irish cyclist killed crossing road in Phnom Penh; Singapore belatedly approves Surabaya flights; Spill off Singapore; Ship sinks, crew drowns; Burma trafficking crackdown. More »

Beyonce Goes Wild on Phuket Motorcycle

PHOTOS Singer Beyonce could cause a stir in Thailand by riding with no helmet on a motorcycle while the country tries to reduce its massive road toll during its Seven Days of Danger over New Year. More »