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Landslide-hit Phuket enters rehab stage after 13 bodies found
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 25/08/2024
» PHUKET: Authorities in the southern tourist island started rehabilitation in landslide-hit areas in Muang district after the bodies of all 13 missing victims were found.
Illegal Russian tour guide arrested in Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 22/03/2024
» PHUKET: A Russian man was arrested for working as illegally as a tour guide in Thalang district of this resort island province on Friday.
DSI seizes resorts linked to Ufa Bet
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 24/11/2023
» Phuket: Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officials have seized two luxurious resorts in the island province worth one billion baht from an online gambling network.
Phuket rids beaches of oil slicks
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/08/2023
» PHUKET: Local authorities and residents were working to remove oil slicks and tar balls from four beaches in Sirinat National Park in Thalang district.
Phuket signs MoU for apprenticeships
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 13/03/2023
» PHUKET: The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the province to develop an apprenticeship programme to plug labour shortages in the hospitality industry.
Agreement signed to tackle Phuket labour shortage
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 12/03/2023
» PHUKET: An agreement has been signed between representatives of the business sector and the Office of Vocational Education Commission (OVEC) for vocational institutes to provide graduates and part-time students to work in tourism and service industries, which are now in need of about 30,000 workers in this southern island resort province.
Foreign gangs accused of stealing local jobs in Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 18/02/2023
» The hospitality industry in Phuket is urging the government to solve the issue of foreign mafia groups getting increasingly involved in business on the resort island.
Shooter kills self in bus drama
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 11/02/2023
» PHUKET: Two people were injured when a male passenger fired two shots on a minibus on the Phuket-Phatthalung route yesterday morning before taking his own life.
Tourism labour shortfall
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 10/12/2022
» As Thailand's tourism industry makes a strong recovery following the lifting of travel restrictions and reopening of borders, business operators are finding themselves with a new challenge -- a shortage of staff to meet the surge in demand.
80% tourism jump gives Phuket boost
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 30/11/2022
» PHUKET: Tourism in the island province jumped 80% year-on-year from January to October, with nearly 100 billion baht now circulating in the economy, according to the Tourism Authority Office in Phuket.