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Govt plots sustainable comeback for Phi Phi islands
AFP, Published on 07/12/2021
» KRABI: While travel stopped and the world locked down, in the dazzling blue waters of the idyllic Phi Phi islands, a gentle renaissance was underway.
Russia Covid deaths hit new record as EU eyes tourism reboot
AFP, Published on 30/06/2021
» Russia's Covid-19 death toll hit a new record Wednesday as the country battles the highly infectious Delta variant, while Europe geared up for the launch of an EU-wide Covid certificate to boost its devastated tourism industry.
Lines in the sand: beaches reopen with social distancing
AFP, Published on 01/06/2020
» People returned to some of Thailand's famed sandy beaches Monday, keeping well apart but enjoying the outdoors, as authorities eased some coronavirus restrictions for the first time in more than two months.
Paris court hands ex-One-Two-Go airline CEO 4-year term over 2007 crash
AFP, Published on 04/09/2019
» A French court on Tuesday sentenced Udom Tantiprasongchai, the former head of the One-Two-Go budget airline, to four years in jail over a 2007 crash that killed 90 people, nearly two-thirds of them foreigners.
A decade on, tourist survivors revisit tsunami-hit Thai beaches
AFP, Published on 27/12/2014
» Ten years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, foreign tourists who survived the crushing waves still return to the Thai beaches where thousands lost loved ones, seeking recovery and solace.
Asian Tsunami Anniversary: LIVE REPORT
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» 11:52 GMT - Minute's silence in the rain - Thai PM Prayut Chan-O-Cha leads at the Khao Lak ceremony: "I want to take this opportunity to pay respect to those Thai and foreign nationals who lost their lives in the tsunami."
Two tourists missing in boat crash near Thai resort
AFP, Published on 20/10/2014
» BANGKOK - Two tourists -- believed to be from China -- were missing late Sunday after their tour boat crashed into a fishing vessel between two Thai resort hubs, local police told AFP, adding several others were "seriously injured".
Six dead as tourist ferry sinks off Thai resort
AFP, Published on 03/11/2013
» A packed tourist ferry sank Sunday off the Thai resort of Pattaya, killing six passengers including three foreigners in the latest deadly incident to tarnish the kingdom's image as a tourism haven.
Tourists fight the flab at Thai boxing camps
AFP, Published on 29/03/2013
» In a sweltering training camp on a tropical Thai island, sweaty tourists wearing oversized gloves and baggy shorts slam their fists, knees, elbows and feet into a row of heavy bags.
Asia's long-stay schemes lure foreigners
AFP, Published on 23/12/2012
» Like many Japanese mothers, Ritsuko Kawasaki fretted over the health and safety risks of remaining in Japan after 2011's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.