Tourism News

Phuket Jet-Skis Banned From All Beaches But May Return When Games End

Latest Jet-skis are no longer operating on Phuket's beaches but they may return when the Asian Beach Games end on November 24. Visitors say Patong is beautiful without them. More »

Freak Phuket Storm Opens Beach Games, Closes Patong Restaurant

By Chtuima Sidasathian

PHOTO ALBUM And for dessert . . . at Patong's Panya restaurant, famous for its tourist fare, a freak Phuket storm left diners dangling their feet in floodwater. More »

Cambodia's New Crackdown Makes a Mockery of Reform, Says Rights Group

By Human Rights Watch media release

Latest Cambodia is abusing protesters and the opposition in ways that ''make a mockery of promises of democratic reform,'' says Human Rights Watch. More »

DSI Probes 50b Baht Phuket Park Thefts; Hondas Recalled; ATMs Halt Briefly; Beach Games Latest

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest DSI to act on alleged 50 billion bah park invasion; Obama urged to act on Rohingya; How to avoid becoming a travel victim; Resort brand expands; Beach Games latest. More »

Boatpeople Face Trafficking Abuse

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison

PHOTO ALBUM Defining boatpeople as illegal immigrants makes life easy for police and other officials in Thailand who avoid the taint of human trafficking by denying its existence. More »

Phuket Hospital Marketing Manager Killed in Power Pole Car Crash

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest The well-known international marketing manager of a Phuket hospital has been killed in a crash near one of the island's best-known intersections. More »

Phuket Mayors Join Governor's Team to Play for Phuket United

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

PHOTO ALBUM Under the banner of Phuket United, the holiday island has a new team of local mayors who will be passing ideas to each other and generating winning moves on Phuket. More »

Phuket's New Airport Car Park Takes Off: Photo Special

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest Goodbye to another nightmare as Phuket changes for the better. The new multi-storey car park is open and the old car park is deserted as the island bids goodbye to yet another problem. More »

Hot Chef Hops It As Phuket Blaze Lights Up Sky

By Sert Tongdee

PHOTO ALBUM A chef has fled after leaving his cooking pot too long at a construction workers' camp in Phuket City. Rassada firetrucks doused the blaze. More »

Navy Spurns Phuket Jet Set; Tourist Surge Tipped; Obama Backs Rohingya; Dog Saved in Thailand Lost in US; Beach Games Today

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Restrictions mean private jets avoid Phuket; Tourism surge tipped for December; PM backs Asean Community; Elephants under threat; Qatar holds Wolrd Cup. More »