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Phuket airport defends ban on activating ride-hailing apps
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 08/03/2026
» Phuket International Airport has defended newly installed signs barring drivers from waiting or activating ride‑hailing apps in front of the terminal, following criticism on social media that they restrict passengers’ transport options.
Small hotels urged to get a licence
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 11/09/2023
» Phuket aims to promote licences among small hotel operators to prepare for the high season. The registration for hotel licences is expected to augment the city's capacity to welcome over 10,000 visitors per day, or 2.19 million visitors per year.
Phuket airport approves Grab taxis, others eyed
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 01/09/2023
» Phuket International Airport will allow passengers to call Grab taxis via ride-hailing apps starting Friday, with more smartphone-based taxi services being considered.
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.
Phuket marine safety goes hi-tech with 'smart pier'
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 09/06/2022
» Phuket is ready to roll out "smart piers" to promote Phuket's Safe Tourism campaign.
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.
Fourth jab for frontline health workers starts in Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 17/01/2022
» PHUKET: Frontline health workers in the government and private sectors have started receiving their fourth dose of vaccine against Covid-19, Vachira Phuket Hospital deputy director Withita Jaeng-iam said on Monday.
Bed shortage feared as Phuket cases rise
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 11/01/2022
» The number of Covid-19 infections in Phuket has begun to rise again and hospital beds will soon be in short supply, a provincial public health officer says.
Phuket tourism sector seeks B5bn pledge to fuel recovery
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 11/10/2021
» Phuket tourism operators are banking on a five-billion-baht fund being created to finance a full-scale effort to salvage the province's battered tourism sector, the local tourist chief said on Sunday.
Couple tie knot during Phuket Sandbox
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 13/07/2021
» PHUKET: A Hong Kong man and his Thai fiancee registered their marriage on Monday while staying in the province under the Phuket Sandbox programme.