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Phuket tourism office aims to banish low-season blues
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 04/01/2024
» Phuket: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)'s Phuket office will continue promoting the province as a year-round destination with no official low season, according to office director Lertchai Wangtrakuldee.
Diarrhoea HQ to probe local spate
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 10/06/2023
» The Public Health Ministry has opened an emergency operations centre (EOC) and ordered an investigation after more than 100 people across three districts in Phuket fell sick from an unidentified pathogen which left many suffering from severe diarrhoea.
Phuket signs MoU for apprenticeships
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 13/03/2023
» PHUKET: The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the province to develop an apprenticeship programme to plug labour shortages in the hospitality industry.
Agreement signed to tackle Phuket labour shortage
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 12/03/2023
» PHUKET: An agreement has been signed between representatives of the business sector and the Office of Vocational Education Commission (OVEC) for vocational institutes to provide graduates and part-time students to work in tourism and service industries, which are now in need of about 30,000 workers in this southern island resort province.
Irrigation land sell-off, water wall blamed for Phuket's recent flood tumult
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 11/12/2022
» The issuance of land title deeds covering canal irrigation areas that saw the new owners build a water wall to obstruct its flow was one of the chief causes of floods and landslides in Phuket, a forum was told.
'Phuket Sandbox' bags B66bn
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 26/05/2022
» The Phuket Sandbox has generated over 66 billion baht in revenue since its inception, the province's governor said yesterday.
Phuket boy's blindness due to sinusitis, not Pfizer jab
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 10/05/2022
» A 12-year-old boy in Phuket did not lose his sight because of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine but due to severe complications from sinusitis, medical experts on the island province said.
Phuket gets 42,000 overseas visitors
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 07/10/2021
» More than 42,000 international travellers have flown to Phuket during July 1-Oct 5, generating more than 2 billion baht for the economy, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Phuket governor orders entire island sealed off
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 30/07/2021
» The Phuket governor has ordered the entire island sealed off, with travellers from other provinces not allowed to enter Phuket starting from Aug 3, while the fate of the Phuket Sandbox scheme is yet to be determined.
Phuket records first Covid case since reopening
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 08/07/2021
» A man from the United Arab Emirates who arrived on the southern island province of Phuket in a tour group on Tuesday was found to be infected with Covid-19, governor Narong Woonciew said yesterday.