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Flood recovery lag weighs on Hat Yai
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 05/02/2026
» While most hotels in Hat Yai have already resumed operations, insufficient flood relief has resulted in only 30% of shops and restaurants reopening, leading to a weak outlook for tourism revenue during the Chinese New Year, according to the Hat Yai Songkhla Hotels Association.
Call to revive idle Betong Airport
News, Published on 02/02/2026
» Former Democrat Party deputy leader Samart Ratchapolsitte has urged the government to take urgent action to revitalise Betong Airport in Yala province, warning against allowing the billion-baht facility to remain largely unused despite its completion.
Toon Bodyslam vows quick recovery after surgery
Online Reporters, Published on 22/01/2026
» Bodyslam frontman Toon Bodyslam is undergoing surgery on Thursday and vows a return to performing at full strength after a one-month break for recovery.
Politics addresses tourism roadblocks
Business, Published on 13/01/2026
» As the general election approaches in less than a month, political parties have begun to announce policies aimed at stimulating the economy amid the slowdown.
1,800 tourists get help in South as water recedes
Online Reporters, Published on 29/11/2025
» More than 1,800 foreign tourists have been rescued and assisted in flood-stricken southern Thailand, where improving conditions were reported in all nine provinces on Saturday.
Floodwater receding in three southern provinces
Online Reporters, Published on 27/11/2025
» Flooding persisted in nine southern provinces on Thursday, with water reported to be receding in three provinces, including hard-hit Songkhla.
Southern floods take 33 lives, water still rising
Online Reporters, Published on 26/11/2025
» Thirty-three people had been killed by the severe flooding in the South as of Wednesday, with water levels continuing to rise in most of the inundated provinces.
Airports in South skirt flooding woes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/11/2025
» All airports in the South remain operational despite widespread flooding, but six state-run bus routes have been suspended, while in Hat Yai district of Songkhla province, about 1,000 Malaysian and Singaporean tourists are still awaiting evacuation from their hotels.
Southern flooding a blow to tourism
Published on 25/11/2025
» Tourism revenue in Songkhla is expected to contract by at least 8.5% this month as the province grapples with the most severe floods in more than a decade, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Desperate calls for help echo in flooded Hat Yai
Online Reporters, Published on 25/11/2025
» SONGKHLA — Screams for help from flood-stricken residents filled the air in Hat Yai of this heavily inundated southern border province from Monday night, leading to a complete evacuation order for the entire district.