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Uproar in Phuket over Expo row
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 05/01/2023
» Phuket: Local administrative bodies across the province are up in arms against Interior permanent secretary Suthipong Juljarern's suggestion that the province drop its planned bid to host the Specialised Expo 2028.
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.
Tsunami drill in Phuket July 20
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/07/2022
» PHUKET: A tsunami evacuation drill will be held in this southern island province on July 20, after a series of underwater earthquakes off the Nicobar Islands raised local residents' fears of an impending tsunami, governor Narong Woonciew said on Wednesday.
Minister wants Thai Pass axed
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 07/06/2022
» PHUKET: Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakan said he will ask Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to propose that the Thailand Pass registration scheme be axed at the next meeting of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Tourism minister wants end to Thailand Pass
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/06/2022
» PHUKET: Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakan said he plans to ask Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to propose at the next meeting of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) an end to the Thailand Pass registration scheme, believing that once it is lifted the number of foreign tourists will rise to 30,000 per day.
Illegal migrants en ruote to Malaysia caught in Ranong
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 08/03/2022
» RANONG: Fourteen illegal job seekers from Myanmar on their way to Malaysia were arrested in a forest in this southern province.
Phuket records another 69 infections
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/08/2021
» Phuket: The island province logged 69 new Covid-19 infections and one death, with a local market ordered closed for seven days after migrant workers were infected.
Panipak made 'sport and tourism' ambassador
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 28/07/2021
» PHUKET: Panipak "Nong Tennis" Wongpattanakit, Thailand's taekwondo gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, has been made an ambassador for sport and tourism.
Moment of truth for Phuket Sandbox
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 26/06/2021
» Authorities reaffirmed their readiness to reopen Phuket to vaccinated foreign tourists on July 1, as Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow and three other cabinet ministers arrived for an inspection.