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Full Moon Party brings Koh Phangan tourism roaring back
Online Reporters, Published on 07/01/2023
» Tourism has sprung back to life on Koh Phangan in the southern coastal province of Surat Thani, with tens of thousands of visitors returning for the island’s signature Full Moon Party.
Sandbox runs out of toys
News, Published on 16/01/2022
» The Sandbox scheme, now expanded to tourist magnets in the South, is no match for the suspended Test & Go programme although it is keeping the country's tourism heart beating, say tourism experts.
Thailand at your fingertips
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 27/01/2016
» Tourists around the world are now able to view the current atmosphere of tourist attractions in Thailand in real-time before deciding to pay a visit, thanks to the See It Live Thailand website and mobile application.
What's new in business news: August 4, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/08/2015
» CP & Thai Beverage plan to invest in Pattaya-Rayong & Hua Hin high-speed rail, Japanese keen on Kanchanaburi SEZ near Dawei project in Myanmar & Koh Phangan plans for lifeguards after box jellyfish death.
Phangan mulls lifeguards after jellyfish death
Online Reporters, Published on 02/08/2015
» SURAT THANI — Authorities and business owners on Koh Phangan plan to arrange for qualified lifeguards to cover beaches on this southern resort island after a Thai woman was killed by box jellyfish on Rin beach on Friday night.
New airport
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/11/2014
» Koh Phangan Airport is expected to be completed next year. Owned by Kannithi Aviation Company, owner of domestic airline Kan Air, the airport is located in Ban Tai. In May, Ban Tai Municipality approved the plan to built airport facilities on a 52 rai plot. The runway will be 1,100m long and 45m wide to serve aircraft with up to 70 passengers. About 3 rai will be used as a passenger terminal.
Surat Thani hits migrants with curfew
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/10/2014
» The southern province of Surat Thani is preparing to impose a curfew on migrant workers on its three main tourist islands, prohibiting them from leaving their homes after 10pm.
Confessed Koh Tao killers re-enact British backpackers' final minutes
Published on 03/10/2014
» It was well after midnight and Wyn, Saw and Mau were smoking, drinking and playing music near a line of pine trees on the edge of Koh Tao’s Sairee beach as David Miller and Hannah Witherridge headed toward a secluded spot of ocean where they could be alone.
Koh Tao police hunt early risers
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 27/09/2014
» Koh Tao detectives are looking for people who take early-morning walks in their latest bid to find the killers of two British tourists murdered nearly two weeks ago.
Koh Tao murder manhunt focusing on migrant labourers
Published on 16/09/2014
» (Updated 8pm) SURAT THANI - Police are trying to identify an Asian man captured on a security camera who is now the prime suspect in the grisly murders of two British tourists on Koh Tao.