BANGKOK: The government aims to achieve 10% growth in tourism income, or roughly B3 trillion, next year, by rolling out various tourism promotion packages to attract both Thai and foreign tourists to explore new destinations and promote longer stays in Thailand.
BANGKOK: Two Brazilian nationals were arrested last week for alleged involvement in attempting to smuggle and distribute 1.3 kilograms of cocaine, worth B6.5 million, authorities said yesterday (Sept 10).
July and August are two long-awaited months that signal the arrival of the long summer break for the northern hemisphere, and it’s usually a time when people want to be close to family and friends or, in contrast, meet new people.
MEXICO: Decked out in baggy suits, their watch chains swinging to the mambo as feathers bop atop their wide-brimmed hats, Mexico’s “pachucos” are keeping alive the tradition of the zoot suit – and the defiance it represents.
The annual Phuket Street Food Festival will be held this month over September 16-17 with the dual aims of showcasing the island’s Unesco-listed cuisine and promoting “green-season” tourism.
CAMBODIA: With a wooden platform jerry-rigged to a small engine, Cambodia’s one-of-a-kind “Bamboo Train” delights tourists as it clatters through bucolic countryside – but its days are numbered as the Southeast Asian nation plans a railways overhaul.
PHUKET: Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts late last month revealed a new 240-room resort to open in Phuket’s northern beach area of Mai Khao next year as among the key “cluster” strategies in the global hospitality operator’s drive to expand throughout Southeast Asia.
Private university admission counselling companies used to be found only in the wealthy suburbs of the United States.
PHUKET: Police in Kathu as well as the Phuket Provincial Police are cracking down on illegal, excessively loud motorbikes disrupting the peace after a 90-name petition was filed to the Governor of Phuket from a neighbourhood in Kathu.