Tourism News

Phi Phi Park Figures Expose Rip-Off

By Chutima Sidasathian

Latest Figures produced by a reforming activist expose a giant rip-off in which billions of baht in tourists' park fees around Phuket have been siphoned into the pockets of thieves. More »

Soft Landing Theory of MH370 Means Some Could Have Survived

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

Latest Questions are being asked following the publication of a theory that far from breaking up on impact, Flight MH370 made a ''soft'' landing on the sea. More »

Food Prices Higher in Phuket, Krabi; Andaman Rain Warning; New Resort for Ao Nang

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Food stall prices are up in Thailand but most in Phuket and Krabi; Weather warning for Andaman; Airline goahead from Utapao; Aussie tennis star fined for slur. More »

Asean Today: People Smuggler Extradited; MH370 Soft Landing Theory; Upheaval in Burma

By Phuketwan Reporters

Latest Asia's longest bicycle lane coming; Indonesia sends people smuggler to Australia; Senator flees Hun Sen wrath; Laos crackdown on drugs; Same sex wedding by US justice. More »

Jet-Ski Under Tow, Motorcycle Crash in Patong's Beach Road: Man Hurt

PHOTOS A man was injured when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle towing a jet-ski in Patong's beach road. Police were trying to figure precisely how it happened. More »

UPDATE Chinese Tourist Dies After Three Rescued from Surf at Phuket's Karon Beach

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest Rough surf brought what's probably the second drowning at Phuket's beaches within two days when a man, pulled from the water with two companions, dies at Patong Hospital. More »

Beach Workers Want Sunbeds Back

By Prasit Tarnsirisin and Alan Morison

Latest Phuket beach vendors are making known their desire to have sunbeds back - just as tourists in Europe are having to decide whether the Thai holiday island should be their destination next holiday. More »

UPDATE Korean Tourist Missing, Feared Drowned, at Phuket Beach

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest A Korean tourist is missing, feared drowned, after disappearing at a small, exclusive Phuket beach that is now patrolled by lifeguards employed by a resort. More »

'Slave' Ship Nabbed; Killer Blast Rocks Tianjin; Jimmy Carter Cancer Spreads; Dinghy Sinks, 70 Drown

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Thailand celebrates Queen's birthday; Economy under threat; US objects to lese majeste sentences; Death toll mounts in Tianjin blasts; Amnesty in controversy. More »

Asean Today: Aussie Viet War Vet Faced Deportation; Indonesia Reshuffles; Najib Protests

By Phuketwan Reporters

Around the Region Malaysia set for Anonymous hacktivist protest; Indonesia reshuffles Cabinet; Australia detained Vietnam war vet for deportation; Burma president unlikely to stand. More »