Tourism News

VIDEO Ride Phuket's Chalong Underpass

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

PHOTO ALBUM Delays are anticipated when the Chalong Circle underpass excavation work begins but authorities have released a video taking viewers on the trip through the completed project. More »

Blaze Rips 10 Shops at Phuket's Kata Plaza: Damage Being Assessed

By Phuketwan Reporter

PHOTO ALBUM A late night blaze causes extensive damage at 10 clothing and souvenir shops at Kata Plaza, a well-known shopping spot on Phuket's beach road in Karon. The cost is being assessed. More »

At Least 10 Bomb Suspects Hunted; Thai Lion Grows; Phuket Promises Flood Checks

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Concern grows but there's no bomber impact on Thailand's tourism; A US boxer seeks Russian citizenship; Thai Lion Air has big ambitions; First transgender White Hpuse staffer. More »

Asean Today: Watch on Thailand; Shocking Tragedy for Malaysian Family; Australia a 'Porcupine'

By Phuketwan Reporters

Latest Thailand caution being shown by travellers; Australia, Indonesia 'like porcupines'; African boys were lured to Laos football academy; Prized eagle shot dead; Angkor Wat world's top attraction. More »

Phuket Private Meeting to be Held With Beaches Decision in the Balance

By Prasit Tarnsirisin and Alan Morison

Latest The future of Phuket's beaches has to be decided quickly because of high season bookings but some more time may be needed to review the findings of a university survey. More »

Phuket Man Nabbed on Hideaway Island Accused of Dealing Drugs, Taking Public Land

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest A man apprehended when military and volunteers raided an island off the coast of Phuket has been accused of running drugs and of misappropriating public land. More »

Two Lucky Escapes by Women in Phuket Crashes

Latest Although deaths and injuries come too frequently, sometimes there are fortunate escapes, too . . . over two days, one woman ended up under a truck and another crashed into a pole. But they lived. More »

Face of Bangkok Terror: Thailand Seeks Bomber on the Run

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

Latest An image has been released portraying what police believe is a likeness of the Bangkok Bomber. He is Thailand's most wanted man - and detectives wonder who backed his horrible handiwork. More »

Massive Traffic Jams Snarl Phuket's Urban Holiday Future

By Alan Morison and Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest Some of the largest traffic snarls Phuket has ever seen are here or coming soon. Now's the time for authorities to absorb the island's real needs and adjust the crazy tram idea to people's real needs. More »

Bangkok Bomber Manhunt Swings to Persecuted China Minority Group

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

Latest Bangkok investigators are still looking at theories on who set the killer bomb at the Erawan Shrine but the focus has swung towards the Uighurs, and their treatment by Thailand and China. More »