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'The White Lotus' sparks tourism boom in Koh Samui
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 22/02/2025
» The third season of the HBO series The White Lotus has sparked an 88% increase in internet searches for Koh Samui and led to a 44% rise in hotel reservations on the nation's second-largest island.
Samui to welcome more cruise ships
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 05/11/2024
» Twenty-four cruise ships are scheduled to visit Koh Samui in Surat Thani in the current high season, helping the southern province rise two places in the top 10 list of most-visited Thai destinations, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.
Ways sought to assist in isles' growth
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 28/05/2024
» The government is looking to solve several problems, including water shortages and illegal businesses, that are hampering tourism in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao.
Freshwater shortage hits Samui
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 02/07/2023
» SURAT THANI: Koh Samui is facing a shortage of freshwater due to a lack of rainfall and increased water demand.
Russians putting down roots in kingdom
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Mongkol Bangprapa and Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 13/03/2023
» Russian tourists have been flocking to Thailand since pandemic travel restrictions were eased, with many choosing to invest in the kingdom's real estate sector after an extended holiday in the country.
Domestic travel rises above early forecasts
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 26/11/2022
» Travellers made 200 million domestic trips in the first 10 months of this year, less than the 222 million in 2019 but up on the 160 million trips projected by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), according to a government spokesman.
Phuket, Koh Samui keen on 'endemic' status boost
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 14/05/2022
» The private sector in Phuket and Koh Samui has thrown its weight behind a proposal by the Public Health Ministry to designate Covid-19 as an endemic disease.
Hotels 'helping' stranded tourists
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 13/03/2022
» Phuket: Businesses on this resort island are helping stranded Russian and Ukrainian tourists by lowering the price of their accommodation, says the Thai Hotels Association.
Samui help centre for stuck Russians
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 11/03/2022
» Surat Thani: A help centre will soon be up and running for more than 3,000 stranded Russian tourists who are running out of cash and unable to use their credit cards as a result of international sanctions, according to local authorities.
Sandbox runs out of toys
News, Supapong Chaolan, Mongkol Bangprapa and Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/01/2022
» The Sandbox scheme, now expanded to tourist magnets in the South, is no match for the suspended Test & Go programme although it is keeping the country's tourism heart beating, say tourism experts.