Tourism News

Red Shirt's Killers Must Be Caught, Says Human Rights Watch

By Media Release

Latest The killing of a prominent Thai activist and poet should be proerly investigated speedily and whoever is responsible brought to justice, says Human Rights Watch. More »

Phuket's Seven Hour Traffic Jam Ends With Police 'Bashers' Reassigned

By Sert Tongdee and Alan Morison

PHOTO ALBUM A massive seven hour protest over alleged police bashings and the rape of a pregnant woman ended after many flights were delayed on Phuket and people began to ask: what next? More »

Thailand Fears Violence; Drift Clues Not from MH370; Superbiker Killed; Navy Keeps Suing; Phuket FC Loses

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket News Digest The killing of a Red poet raises alarm about violence; Navy pursues Reuters, rejects media freedom; Pirates nab tanker; Bieber in temple furore; World sport latest. More »

UPDATE Phuket Paralysed: Mob Causes Record Traffic Jam, Tourists Miss Flights, Police Powerless to Act

By Sert Tongdee and Alan Morison

PHOTO ALBUM One of the largest traffic jams in Phuket's history paralysed the island's main artery for three hours today as a mob of protesters sought an apology from two boy rapists. More »

UPDATE Phuket Fury at Rape Twins: 500 Neighbors of Pregnant Victim Blockade Phuket's Main Road

By Sert Tongdee

PHOTO ALBUM A mob of about 500 people has blocked both sides of Phuket's main road in a giant protest over the twin boys who raped a pregnant woman and left her by the roadside. More »

Phuket's Prisoners of Airport Hospitality Break Free to 'Third Country'

By Alan Morison

Latest Six young men from Syria who were held in cold conditions in the Hospitality section at Phuket International Airport have found a new life in an unnamed ''third country.'' More »

Phuket Twins Being Questioned About Rape: Victim Still in Hospital

By Phuketwan Reporters

Latest Detailed questioning begins for twins who confessed to raping a pregnant woman with a broken leg in roadside bushes in northern Phuket. More »

Three Nations Talk Tourism Skills at Phuket Hotel

Latest Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand are represented at a Phuket conference lasting until Saturday that examines the benefits of management and skill development in tourism. More »

Phuket Beaches With No Lifeguards Loom

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian

Latest With hours ticking away, there's the real prospect of Phuket having no lifeguards on the island's holiday beaches from Monday unless a last minute deal can be sealed. More »

Yingluck Wins More Time; New MH370 Flight Clue; Reuters Being Sued, Says Royal Thai Navy; Fears of Civil War

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket News Digest Royal Thai Navy vice admiral turns criminal defamation into ''national security issue''; Concerns as talk of judicial coup mounts; Moyes goes, Man U brand to fight on; Phuket events. More »