Tourism News

Airline in Phuket Flight Delay Neglects to Respond to Chinese Embassy

By Phuketwan/Jet Asia Airways media release

Latest An airline at the centre of a critical letter from the Chinese embassy to Thailand to several Thai ministries responds by seeking to ''clarify and correct some recent press coverage.'' More »

Thai Tourism Salutes Appeal of Smiles in Uniform

By Lindsay Murdoch, South East Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

Latest Come to see the coup. That could be the new line in tourist brochures if some lateral thinkers have their way in selling Thailand's military takeover. More »

Thailand Faces Choice: Let Traffickers Continue or Get Serious About Boatpeople and Kidnappers

By Alan Morison and Chuitma Sidasathian

Latest One of three Thais being held over human trafficking has named his boss as Thai authorities consider what to do about 132 kidnapped men and a kidnapped boatpeople policy. More »

Giant Crab Caught and Kept Alive on Phuket

By National News Bureau of Thailand report

Latest A giant crab has been kept alive and handed over the provincial marine authorities on Phuket in a development that shows growing environmental sensitivity. More »

Phuket Hard Rock Manager Accused of 1990 Murder in Australia

Latest The manager of the Phuket branch of a well-known chain of restaurants has been charged over the 1990 murder of a woman in Sydney. More »

That Inside Fast Lane Returns for Phuket Motorists on Bypass Road

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest By 1pm the hole that caused five days of pain for Phuket motorists should be filled and the bypass road can reopen for business again. More »

Thailand's Trafficking Revealed: Community Uprising Exposes Industrial Strength Trade

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison

News Analysis Thailand's government will be obliged to eradicate human trafficking rather than cover it up following a revolt by the good people of the town of Takuapa More »

Ebola Death in Germany; Kim Emerges; Thailand Tourism Torment; Trafficking Plague Rolls On

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Lift martial law, say tourism bodies; Kidnap victims' new twist to boatpeople in Thailand; Kim seen in N Korea; Phuket Meets on elephants; Phuket events. More »

Mass Kidnap Suspect Caught: Number of Boatpeople Grows North of Phuket

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison

PHOTO ALBUM Authorities have captured an alleged mass kidnapper as more rescued boatpeople tell a harrowing tale of life as potential fishing boat slaves. Two remain missing, feared drowned. More »

Phuket Governor to Order Investigation of Extra Fees at Phuket Immigration Offices

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison

Latest Action is being taken over complaints from Phuketwan readers that Immigration officers on the island make illicit extra charges in dealing with expats and tourists. More »