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Koh Samui's tourism returning to 2019 high
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 24/08/2023
» SURAT THANI - Tourism on Koh Samui, a resort island in the southern province of Surat Thani, has returned to its pre-coronavirus level in 2019, as indicated by the surge in both flight numbers and tourist arrivals during July, provincial governor Wichawut Jinto said on Thursday.
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.
Koh Samui welcomes 3,000 visitors
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/01/2023
» SURAT THANI: Another cruise ship, with approximately 3,000 passengers and crew, arrived at Koh Samui for a one-day visit yesterday, with officials expecting the visit to generate 10 million baht for the resort island.
Billionaire's yacht drops anchor
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 19/05/2022
» CHON BURI: One of the world's most luxurious yachts owned by Joe Lewis, the British billionaire investor and owner of Tottenham Hotspur football club, has arrived in Pattaya.
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.
Panel to probe cause of Surat Thani ferry sinking
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 03/08/2020
» SURAT THANI: The Marine Department has set up a panel to determine how a ferry headed to Don Sak Pier from Koh Samui capsized during a storm on Saturday.
Provinces ready for local polls
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 03/06/2019
» The Election Commission (EC) is asking all provincial election commissions to prepare for new local elections, according to copies of the EC's order received by local election regulators.
Director at heart of school lunch scam dismissed
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 16/05/2019
» The director of a primary school in Surat Thani who was suspended from duty for 10 months over a scandal in which the school served poor quality lunch to young students has been dismissed from his job.
2 arrested over stabbing to death of Israeli 'mafia boss'
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 23/01/2018
» Two Israeli nationals were detained at Don Mueang airport on Sunday night and held for questioning about the murder of a compatriot on Koh Samui, in Surat Thani province -- an attack local media described as a "mob hit".
King grants royal wreath to dead cyclist
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 11/12/2018
» His Majesty the King has given a royal wreath to the family of a 59-year-old cyclist who fainted, fell off his bicycle and later died while taking part Sunday's "Bike Un Ai Rak" cycling event in the southern province of Surat Thani.