Tourism News

Phuket Jet-Ski Free No Longer: Machines Return to Private Profit at Public Patong Beach

By Phuketwan Reporters

Latest Jet-ski operators have returned after an all-too-brief period when Patong was free from the dangers and pollution brought by private entrepreneurs profiting from the public sands. More »

Fake Monks Stripped of Saffron Robes in Patong After Deceiving Merit Makers

By Sert Tongdee

Latest Two men who posed as monks and extorted money under false pretences from good Buddhists have been exposed and face serious consequences. More »

Arrivals to Thailand Up; Depths of Depravity; Beauty Queen Murdered; Prisoner of Thailand

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest PM triggers reaction; Police questioned about body parts; Burma says No to Aung San Suu Kyi; Phuket to mark tsunami; Uber not being hailed; Rohingya concern. More »

Phuket Forecasters Tip Thunderstorms Every Evening, Through to Cooler December

Latest Forecasters on Phuket are tipping a thunderstorm each afternoon on a daily basis through until the end of November, when December will arrive a little cooler than usual. More »

Thailand Tsunami 10th Memorial Plans Take Shape on Phuket, Phang Nga: Three Days Set Aside

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest Massive coverage is expected of the 10th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Thailand, with international attention focused on Phuket and Phang Nga. More »

Prisoner of Thailand Writes Letter Home

By Alan Morison

Open Letter Australian journalist Alan Morison, who reports about would-be Rohingya refugees, cannot leave Thailand because the Australian Government declines to ask for the return of his passport. More »

Survey Lists Bribe Takers; Aussie Killed in Club Fire; Trafficking Victory at Sea; Phuket's Ebola Move

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Medical tourism boost for Thailand; Aussie dies in Cambodian nightclub blaze; Where people pay bribes; Bangladeshis save Rohingya at sea; Beach Games latest. More »

North Korea Likely to Face UN Condemnation for Rights Abuses

By Human Rights Watch media release

Latest Starvation, executions, torture, rape, and infanticide against the up to 120,000 men, women, and children is just the key element in the case for UN condemnation of North Korea. More »

Body of Missing Swiss Tourist Believed to Have Been Found in Thailand

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest Authorities believe they have found the body of a Swiss man who disappeared more than 10 days ago while snorkelling off a notorious beach on a holiday island in Thailand. More »

Shock Phuket Fisherman Dies From Electrocution in Canal

By Sert Tongdee

Latest A fisherman who stunned his catch with a power pole was killed when he was electrocuted in a canal in central Phuket, rescuers and relatives have discovered. More »