Tourism News

Phuket Police Nab Three Over Patong, Karon ATM Thefts

By Sert Tongdee

PHOTO ALBUM Patong police have arrested three men from Bulgaria who allegedly took 70,000 baht in scams at Phuket ATMs and planned to continue stealing. More »

Australia Exports Refugees to Cambodia

By Lindsay Murdoch, SE Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

Latest Australia's 'boatpeople ''solution'' now involves sending refugees to Cambodia where the prospect is they will soon be competing with locals in a hand-to-mouth battle to survive. More »

Koh Tao Culture Questioned; German Beggar Leaving; Aussies Alarm UN; BlackBerry's Back

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Thai football teams questioned on Koh Tao; Europe flights allow Internet, telephones; Clean up foreign arrivals fiasco; Aussies send refugees to Cambodia; Phuket events. More »

Aussie Tourist, Schoolboy Stabbed With Broken Bottles in Patong Fight

By Chutima Sidasathian and Sert Tongdee

Latest A 23-year-old tourist from Australia and three schoolboys have given different versions to Patong police over an altercation with broken bottles that put the Aussie and one of the boys in hospital. More »

Phuket Shorefront Buildings Topple at Nai Yang, Mai Khao

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest Authorities have demolished several more buildings at Nai Yang and Mai Khao as the removal of illegal buildings on public land across Phuket continues. More »

Dividing Up Phuket's Famous Beaches

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison

Latest Phuket's popular west coast beaches are supposed to be public but locals have claimed controls and demanded millions of baht in rent from well-known resorts. More »

Chinese Charter Passengers Stranded on Phuket Awaiting Aircraft Parts

Latest More than 230 passengers bound for China were forced to spend more time on Phuket after their aircraft needed parts replacing. More »

Malaysia Crushes Hopes of Transgender People, Says Rights Group

By Human Rights Watch media release

Latest Malaysia's discrimination against transgender people should end immediately, says Human Rights Watch as the country's authorities appear to get even tougher. More »

Thailand Lights Up; Phuket 'Mafia' Sand Castles Tumble; Fight Ebola, Says Obama; Dolphin Hunt Starts

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest More street lights to protect against crime; Phuket resorts held to ransom; Obama calls for Ebola fight; Bid to extend NY holidays; Dolphin slaughter resumes. More »

Rohingya Apprehended in Two Vehicles North of Phuket

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest Two vehicles carrying a total of 37 Rohingya have been seized on the road north of Phuket. Authorities believe the group was being trafficked. More »