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Pattaya welcomes 2,600 cruise visitors
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/12/2025
» Pattaya was bustling on Wednesday morning as it welcomed about 2,600 tourists and crew members arriving at Bali Hai Pier from a moored cruise ship.
Thailand and Malaysia turn away cruise ship
Published on 09/03/2020
» Thailand and Malaysia have barred a cruise ship carrying about 2,000 people, including dozens of Italians, from docking due to fears about the new coronavirus, an official said Sunday.
Cambodia may increase global coronavirus spread
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/02/2020
» SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: When Cambodia’s prime minister greeted passengers on a cruise ship amid a coronavirus scare on Valentine’s Day, there were hugs but no masks.
Japan and Singapore arrivals screened
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/02/2020
» Health authorities have extended coronavirus screening to cover visitors from Japan and Singapore while denying entry to passengers and crew of the MS Westerdam, now berthed in Cambodia.
'Westerdam' passengers enter Cambodia
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/02/2020
» SIHANOUKVILLE: Passengers on a cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over coronavirus fears started disembarking in Cambodia on Friday.
Phuket cruise ship allowed to dock
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/02/2020
» More than 4,000 passengers and crew members from two cruise liners were allowed to leave their ship in Phuket on Thursday, after public health officials said they had cleared them of the coronavirus.
Cruise ship stranded at sea to dock in Cambodia
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/02/2020
» Cambodia has agreed to let a cruise ship, that has been turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard may have the coronavirus, to dock and disembark its passengers, the Holland America Line said on Wednesday.
Cruise ship has not applied to enter Thailand
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/02/2020
» The Marine Department on Wednesday confirmed the cruise ship Westerdam had not yet asked to enter Thailand, having already been refused entry by three other countries due to fears of coronavirus infections on board.
Thailand denies cruise ship entry, virus toll passes 1,000
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/02/2020
» Thailand will not allow a cruise ship from Japan to let passengers disembark at the Laem Chabang port, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Tuesday.
Virus doctor dies, death toll rises to at least 630
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/02/2020
» A Chinese doctor, among the first to raise the alert about China's new coronavirus, himself died from the virus on Friday, showing the depth of a worsening crisis that has killed at least 630 people.