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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.
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.
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.
Curfew ends in Pattaya, Samui, Phuket
Online Reporters, Published on 03/06/2014
» Following calls from tourism operators, the National Council for Peace Order (NCPO) on Tuesday issued an announcement ending the night curfew in Pattaya city, Koh Samui in Surat Thani, and the entire island province of Phuket.
Curfew will curb next full-moon party
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 01/06/2014
» SURAT THANI – Tourism operators are banking on the army to relax a curfew for the next full-moon party with the fun set for June 12.
Phangan full moon party postponed
Published on 25/02/2013
» The Full Moon Party at Surat Thani's Koh Phangan will be postponed on Monday and Tuesday due to the Buddhist religious festival, Makha Bucha Day.
Full Moon Party mood returns
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 26/01/2013
» More than 30,000 foreign tourists have flocked to Koh Phangan to celebrate the first Full Moon Party of the year on Saturday night amid tighter security following a fatal shooting last month.