Tourism News

Eight Sailors Flee Stricken Yacht on Rock off Phuket

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest Marine Police were looking at trying to refloat a yacht that struck a rock and was taking water off Phuket, weith the eight sailors on board safely removed to a nearby island. More »

How Police Closed the Phuket Net

Latest How the Reyes brothers managed to live on Phuket for three years despite being wanted in the Philippines for a high-profile murder is a story that has yet to be told. More »

Phuket Needs Tough, Tough Love

By Prasit Tarnsirisin and Alan Morison

News Analysis Tough love is what Phuket needs, not corruption, not entitlement, and not the tolerance of old ways that involve breaking the law to benefit just a few. More »

SE Asia Region's Terrorism Alarm Bells Ring With Australian, US Alerts

By Lindsay Murdoch, South-East Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

Latest A string of alarming developments in South-East Asia have Western governments and local authorities growing increasingly concerned about extremist terrorism. More »

Resorts to be Seized; Fire Plane Detours to Bali; Police Nab Phuket Phone Thief; US Heeds Pope, Laughs at Burma

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Cathay flight safe in Bali after fire; Sipa pushes Phuket projects; Patong beach phone thief nabbed on Phuket; Inquiry to follow trampling deaths of more than 700. More »

Asean Today: Corruption in Paradise Phuket; Haze Hits Unhealthy High; Cousin Arrested For How to Murder Texts

By Phuketwan Reporters

Around the Region Haze hits 319 in Singapore health alert; Cousin arrested for texting on body in case murder; Phuket's culture of corruption, as BBC reports; Ringgit in toxic shakeout. More »

Bye Bye Bottleneck: Traffic Lights Turn Off

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest Traffic lights at one of Phuket's busiest intersections will be turned off from October 1 as underpass construction authorities seek a radical solution to end the bypass bottleneck. More »

Social Climbing Python Consumes Chicken Meant for Phuket Governor

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest A python finally made it to the top of Phuket society, devouring a chicken that in other circumstances, may have made it onto the governor's plate. The python was destined for Chalong. More »

EU Delegation Urges Thailand to Speed Timetable for Return to Democracy

By EU statement, plus ICJ and TLHR submission

Latest The EU Delegation in Thailand urges a swift return to democracy while the International Commission of Jurists and Thai Lawyers for Human Rights seek changes in Thailand's approach. More »

Who Allowed Poacher Ship to Flee Phuket?

By Phuketwan Reporters

Latest An international justice foundation has called on Thailand to reveal how a poacher ship was able to flee long-term arrest off Phuket then escape air and sea pursuers. More »