Tourism News

Two Koreans Confirmed Missing: Phuket Tourist Speedboat Sinks, Captain Held

By Chutima Sidasathian

PHOTO ALBUM Scores of injured passengers from a tourist speedboat that crashed off Phuket were being treated tonight as officials confirmed that two Koreans are missing, presumed drowned. More »

UPDATE Phuket Tourists Missing in Sea as Speedboat, Trawler Collide: 40 Rescued, Many Injured

By Sert Tongdee

PHOTO ALBUM Two tourists are thought to be missing and another 40 people have been rescued after a collision between a returning day-trip speedboat from Phi Phi and a fishing boat off Phuket. More »

Trafficking Captives in Thailand Tell

By Chutima Sidasatian in Hat Yai and Alan Morison on Phuket

PHOTO ALBUM A letter smuggled from behind bars in a detention centre in southern Thailand pleads for mercy and an end to seven months detention for a mysterious group of scores of families. More »

Ebola Panic on Cruise Ship; British Police Just Observers; Human Trafficking in Thailand; World's Best Bars

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Ebola could be 'definitive disaster'; Koh Tao murders: British police there to watch only; Developing reports on human trafficking in Thailand; Australian embassy takes to tv. More »

Phuket's Scenic Cape Leaves Chinese Tourists Bruised and Dazed

Latest Two Chinese tourists who went to Phuket's Cape Promthep for the view suffered scrapes and bruises when they and four others were hit by a wave. More »

Newly Arrived Phuket Tourist Killed as Motorcycle Crashes Into Pole

By Chutima Sidasathian

PHOTOS A freshly arrived tourist dies on Phuket when his helmetless head hits a power pole as his rented motorcycle crashes on the road between two popular beaches. More »

Torment of Rohingya in Thailand: New Report Documents Their Agony

By Equal Rights Trust report excerpts

PHOTO ALBUM Two new reports fully expose for the first time what happens to Rohingya in Thailand and Malaysia. Here are excerpts from one report, documenting the treatment of boatpeople on the Andaman. More »

Kidnap Doubts Emerge Over Bangladesh Boatpeople North of Phuket

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison

Latest Fear may have driven some boatpeople who recently rescued in Thailand to lie about being kidnapped before their harrowing, abusive voyage in search of a better life. More »

High Seas Pirates Plague Waters South of Thailand

By Lindsay Murdoch, South East Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

Latest Piracy has become a modern plague in waters south of Thailand where only the methods and the treasure have changed. Tankers are now the targets. More »

Toll in Snowstorm Hits 43; British Police to Join Murders Probe; Slavery in Thailand; Fake Wives for Foreigners

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating News British police to join Koh Tao murders probe; Hong Kong protesters retake streets; Nigerian kidnap girls free; More climbers killed; Fans die at Korean pop concert. More »