Tourism News

Baby Left in Thailand in Surrogacy Scandal May Seek Australian Citizenship

By Lindsay Murdoch, South East Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

Latest Welfare providers may seek Australian citizenship for baby Gammy, the Down Syndrome child who was left in Thailand when Australian couple took home his healthy sister. More »

We Were Wrong: Tesco Thailand's Assets Not Being Sold

Latest Phuketwan wrongly reported today that Thailand's CP Group had bought the assets of Tesco Thailand. Phuketwan apologises for the mistake. More »

Woman Reunited With Thai Mother

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest A woman with Australian and British connections has been reunited with her Thai mother at the happy conclusion to a romance that led to her adoption many years ago. More »

Aussie Refugee Ploy for Cambodia Condemned as 'Madness'

By Lindsay Murdoch, South East Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

Latest Australia's attempt to offload genuine refugees in a poor Asian country is criticised and condemned by rights groups and politicians. One calls it ''madness.'' More »

Chinese Tourists Grow; Riddle of Brit's Death; Secrets of MH370 Loss; Phuket Games

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Chinese visits to Thailand jump; Junta jumps on saluters; Mystery of MH370 grows; Rohingya in spotlight in Malaysia; Death of Brit in Thailand a puzzle; Phuket events. More »

Former German Soldier Sent to US as Alleged Member of American's Phuket Gang

Latest Another former solider has been arrested and extradited to the US in connection with an international gang allegedly dealing in cocaine from a base on Phuket. More »

Aussie Tourist Tells: Phuket Beach Club Charged 300 Baht Plus Tax for Loungers

By Alan Morison

Latest An Australian tourist has told how he paid 700 baht - including tax - for just one hour spent relaxing on deckchairs at a Phuket beach club after a pleasant lunch. More »

Navy Rescue Off Krabi; Thailand's Trafficking Cargoes; Band Aid Anger in Africa; Phuket Games Latest

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest PM defends martial law; China moves up in Beach Games; Navy rescues fishermen; Baby Gammy wants to be Australian; Resorts on Phuket at 80 percent; Latest events. More »

Australia's Cambodian Ploy: A Deal No Sane Refugee Would Accept

By Human Rights Watch report

Latest Australia is offering refugees placement in Cambodia, a country with problems of its own with little capacity to offer proper protection or a real future. More »

Time to Ban The Big Boy Elephants on Phuket and in Phang Nga

By Prasit Tarnsirisin and Alan Morison

News Analysis Elephants on rampages have the potential to kill, as Phuket and Phang Nga discovered this week. How long before tourists are protected by a ban on males in trekking camps? More »