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Scoot begins Singapore-Samui flights
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/05/2024
» Samui hopes for an increase in holidaymakers from Singapore now a second airline has begun regular flights to the island from the city state.
Koh Tao ferry catches fire
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/04/2024
» A night ferry carrying almost 100 Thai and foreign passengers caught fire off Koh Tao in Surat Thani on Thursday morning.
Koh Tao reports record tourist arrivals
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/08/2023
» Koh Tao, in the Gulf of Thailand northwest of Koh Samui, reported a record number of tourist arrivals in one day on July 28, the provincial governor said.
Illegal island villa ordered closed
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/06/2023
» A villa in a Koh Tao resort built without permission has been ordered closed by local authorities.
Koh Samui welcomes bridge plans
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/08/2022
» Tourism business operators on Koh Samui want the government to go ahead with plans to promote the island as a wellness destination and connect the mainland to Koh Samui via a bridge.
Explosion on Koh Tao ferry injures 18
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/07/2022
» Eighteen passengers were injured by an explosion and fire aboard a passenger ferry on the Chumphon-Koh Tao route, in the sea about 5 kilometres off the Chumphon coast, on Wednesday afternoon.
Storms halt all Surat Thani ferries
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/07/2022
» All Surat Thani island ferry services were halted until at least Tuesday as storms whipped up high seas in the Gulf of Thailand.
Test & Go suspended indefinitely, 3 more sandbox provinces
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/01/2022
» The suspension of the Test & Go no-quarantine programme for air travellers has been extended indefinitely, but three provinces will be added to the sandbox scheme.
Tourists flock to Koh Tao
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/11/2021
» Visitors flocked to Koh Tao on Friday with ferries from the Chumphon and Surat Thani mainland full of passengers, mostly foreigners.
Thailand welcomes visitors from 46 countries from Nov 1
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/10/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says Thailand will open the country to visitors from 46 countries, up from the 10 Covid-19 low-risk countries announced earlier, starting from Nov 1.