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Phuket airport reopening on Saturday
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 12/06/2020
» PHUKET: The airport on this resort island will be open for business on Saturday after receiving the green light on Friday from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).
China stresses safety for tourists visiting Thailand
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 24/04/2019
» PHUKET: China has reminded Thailand of the importance of tourists' safety as it promotes the kingdom as a destination for Chinese travellers.
Drunken Estonians sleeping it off spark suicide scare
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 22/02/2019
» PHUKET: Two tourists caused a stir when they were seen lying unconscious on top of a hotel awning in Rawai on Friday morning.
Sea gypsies win court case
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 01/02/2017
» The Phuket Provincial Court dismissed a case Tuesday in which four sea gypsies were accused of unlawfully occupying beachfront land on Phuket's Rawai beach, saying the sea tribe owned the land before the title deed was issued for the property.
World's tallest Ferris wheel eyed for Phuket
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 30/03/2016
» PHUKET - A British firm plans to build the world’s tallest Ferris wheel on an old mining site here within the next two years.
Rawai land developers urge govt to buy land at B500m
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 11/02/2016
» A group of Phuket businessmen who own 19 rai of land around Rawai beach are planning to ask the government to buy their properties for more than 500 million baht and develop the plots to help the local sea gypsy community sort out their long-standing habitation problems.
Briton charged with stealing tourist's cash at Phuket airport
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 01/02/2016
» A British national was arrested for allegedly stealing hundreds of dollars in US and Canadian currency from a Tunisian man at Phuket airport on Monday.
DSI insists on sea gypsies' rights on Phuket beach
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 29/01/2016
» A senior official of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) says that about 2,000 sea gypsies have the right to live on 33 rai of land on Rawai beach in Phuket and that the department is gathering evidence to support their claim.
IKEA opens first Asian pickup point, in Phuket
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 27/11/2015
» Swedish furniture company IKEA on Friday opened its first "Pick-up and order point" in Asia, in Phuket province.
Court issues 33 warrants over riot
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 17/10/2015
» The Phuket provincial court on Friday approved arrest warrants for 33 people for instigating a riot and destroying and burning state assets at Phuket's Thalang police station last weekend.