Tourism News

Asean Today: Haze Chokes Tourism; Thailand Seeks Suspect No. 12; Malaysia Faces Multiple Problems

By Phuketwan Reporters

Around the region Thailand seeks 12th bomb suspect; Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei suffer in forest haze; Cancer rates rise in Vietnam; Macaque suffer Ebola-related deaths; Laos losing out. More »

UPDATE Andaman and Phuket Warned of Severe Weather From Tuesday

By Phuketwan Reporters

Latest Holidaymakers planning trips to sea from Sunday through Thursday should be aware that the Department of Disaster prevention and Mitigation has issued a severe weather warning. More »

Minister Questions Readiness of Phuket for Another Deadly Tsunami

By Chutima Sidasathian and Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest Some of Phuket's tsunami warning towers need maintenance but there is no budget to fix them, the island's governor has told a senior government minister. More »

Chinese Tourists Penalised for Singing, Hooting at Bangkok Airport

Latest Tourists from China who misbehaved when their flight home from Bangkok was delayed have been blacklisted as authorities seek to curb ''uncivilised behavior.'' More »

Thailand Immigration Offices Being Probed

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest Evidence that Bangkok bombing suspects bribed their way in and out of Thailand has triggered a vast investigation involving 10 teams looking at corruption in all Immigration offices. More »

Phuket Won't Get Cash for Light Rail Tram or Patong Tunnel, Says Minister

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest The daydream of a light rail/tram solution for Phuket's transport problems evaporated when a minister says the government doesn't have the cash for that or a Patong Tunnel. More »

Underpass No. 5 at Airport Intersection

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest Phuket has opted for underpasses not flyover and will have five tunnels working to curb traffic before 2018, the island governor tells a high-powered meeting. More »

Singapore Votes for No Change Amid Economic Slowdown

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

Latest The people of Singapore reinforced their contentment with the status quo by voting back in the same party that has been ruling them for 50 years. More »

Activists Charged for Peaceful Public Protests, Says Rights Group

By Human Rights Watch media release

Latest Activists charged over peaceful public protests in Malaysia were doing nothing wrong so charges should be dropped, says Human Rights Watch. More »

Aussies Pay to Play 'Hide the Refugee' With Cambodian Crooks

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

Latest The Australian government is dealing with one of the world's most corrupt administrations in paying $55 million to Cambodia to hide the horror of its Pacific island refugee camps. More »