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20k turn up for Full Moon Party
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 06/05/2023
» SURAT THANI: About 20,000 tourists attended a Full Moon Party along a nearly one-kilometre-long stretch of beach on Koh Phangan on Thursday night.
Billionaire sails in for Samui break
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 15/05/2022
» Joe Lewis, the 85-year-old British billionaire and owner of Premier League football team Tottenham Hotspur, and his family yesterday cruised into Koh Samui aboard his 4.5-billion-baht superyacht, the first international yacht to visit the island after the country scrapped Test & Go entry at the beginning of this month.
Study looking to expand Samui airport under way
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 09/04/2024
» SURAT THANI: A feasibility study for the expansion of Samui airport to welcome larger aircraft and more visitors is now underway, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Monday.
Rescuers look for missing man
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 12/02/2024
» SURAT THANI: A British tourist went missing after falling from his kayak in the Rajjaprabha Dam in Ban Ta Khun district yesterday morning. Rescue efforts were underway as of press time last night.
Dugong carcass found on beach
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 05/12/2022
» SURAT THANI: The carcass of a dugong, a rare marine mammal called payoon in Thai, was found on a beach in Chaiya district of this southern coastal province on Sunday.
Over 200,000 tourists visit Koh Tao from Jan-Sept
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 01/10/2022
» SURAT THANI: More than 200,000 tourists, mostly foreigners, visited Koh Tao, a popular attraction in this southern province, over the past nine months.
Closed hotel found looted, loss put at B70m
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 06/09/2022
» SURAT THANI: Six people have been arrested after a closed and locked hotel was found looted, stripped bare of everything of value to the tune of 70 million baht, on Koh Samui.
Injured Dutch tourist brought down safely from Koh Phangan mountain
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 24/07/2022
» SURAT THANI: A tourist from the Netherlands, who broke his left ankle while on a mountain trek in the island district of Koh Phangan on Saturday, was brought down to safety by rescuers late in the night, officials said.
Full Moon Party draws 20,000 to Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 16/07/2022
» SURAT THANI: The popular Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan in this southern coastal province drew about 20,000 tourists on Friday night.
Tourist spots gear up for holiday week
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 10/07/2022
» Surat Thani: More than 70,000 visitors to popular destinations are expected to bring in about 833 million baht during the long holiday next week, says Nanthawan Siripoksapat, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand's Surat Thani office.