The tourism industry bounced back with an 18% rise in foreign tourist arrivals and a 78% hotel occupancy rate in the first half of February.
Latest With a meeting set to confirm the new regulations barring all beach chairs on Phuket and limiting umbrella usage to 10 percent of beaches, Phuketwan talks to three island mayors.
Latest An accused killer awaiting deportation to Malaysia has broken his silence to confess and to say: ‘‘The important people with motive are still free.’’
Phuket Updating Digest At least 45 burned to death by Isis, say reports; Hotel’s pier ordered to be demolished; Phuket beach chair ban antagonises visitors; Joe Biden ‘creepy touchy’; Latest sport.
Around the Region Britain signs troops deal with Brunei; Malaysia repression raises eyebrows; Singapore arrest pair for social media post; Russian party island banned.
A persepective on the local property market, and a bargain in Kamala.
Phuket: Three French tourists were injured after the van they were travelling in crashed on the way to the airport this afternoon (February 17).
The Thailand Tigers will bring Aussie Rules football to Phuket, as the Tigers take on the Malaysian Warriors from 1pm. The game will be preceded by an Auskick for juniors. All are welcome to attend the game. Food and drinks will be available on this fa…
A Komodo dragon measuring nearly two metres in length is believed to have been beaten to death by construction workers in Krabi at the weekend.