Tourism News

World Prepares to Remember Tsunami That Made Phuket a Household Word

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest The Tsunami Victims Cemetery and memorials north of Phuket become the focus of the world's attention on Friday as people everywhere recall the big wave of 10 years ago. More »

Phuket Arrest Warrants Issued for Soldiers in 'Big Misunderstanding' Abduction Case

Latest Phuket Provincial Court has issued warrants for five soldiers and five other people accused of the abduction of a Ukrainian couple in a debt dispute. More »

Phuket Cruise Boat Hits Rock: Tourist Divers Not Wearing Life Jackets

By Sert Tongdee

Latest A Phuket tourist cruise boat struck a rock with 13 tourists on board but none were wearing life jackets, officials said today. Nobody was hurt when the boat hit the rock off Rawai. More »

Love Scammers May Have Fooled Arrested Aussie Drugs Grandmother

By Lindsay Murdoch, Southeast Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

Latest An Australian woman arrested in Kuala Lumpur for carrying drugs may have been fooled by scammers using a common trick that has entrapped thousands of people. More »

My Full Moon Nightmare; Burma Army Guilty of War Crimes; Tsunami Survivors Tell

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest My full moon nightmare; British family tries to bring crash victim home; Aussies settle Bali bashing; Burma army 'guilty of war crimes'; Trouble in Pattaya; Phuket events. More »

Extra Phuket Patrols for Holidays and New Year Authorised

By National News Bureau of Thailand media report

Latest Squads of additional officials are on Phuket's streets with powers of arrest during the Christmas-New year period, the National News Bureau of Thailand reports. More »

Outlaw Mastermind Gave Up Phuket Soldier of Fortune 'to Save Himself'

Latest Details of the life being led by soldier of fortune and confessed killer Joseph Hunter and his alleged criminal empire boss have emerged in a newspaper investigation. More »

Hunt For 300 Boatpeople Hidden on Island North of Phuket After Traffickers' Pickup Crashes

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest Authorities were searching the coast north of Phuket for a secret island encampment where an estimated 300 men, women and children are being held, according to two men who escaped. More »

Big Misunderstanding on Phuket Leads to Arrest of Five Soldiers

Latest Five soldiers had been arrested on Phuket because of a misunderstanding, the media is told. The Army was merely acting as mediators and keeping the island safe from criminals. More »

HM The King Joins in Celebrations as Thailand Comes From Behind to Take Cup Final

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest HM The King joins in the elation as Thailand comes back from seemingly certain defeat to snatch the regional football cup final for the first time since 2002. More »