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Trat reboots tourism amid border row
News, JAKKRIT WAEWKLAYHONG, Published on 16/10/2025
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand's (TAT) Trat Office recently kicked off the tourist season across Koh Chang, Koh Kut, and Koh Mak, targeting a strong rebound amid Thai-Cambodian border tensions.
Koh Chang on the road to recovery
News, JAKKRIT WAEWKLAIHONG, Published on 16/07/2023
» TRAT: Although the hotel business on Koh Chang, one of the most popular beach destinations in Thailand, has not yet recovered from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is confident tourism will pick up in the second half of this year.
Koh Chang buoyed as tourists scuttle back
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 21/10/2022
» Tourists buoyprovince's recovery
Something of a cover-up on the beach
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/08/2022
» A "No Bikinis" sign on a Thai beach prompted a considerable debate last week although it appears to be little more than a storm in a B-cup. The sign appeared on Koh Samae San, a small Chon Buri island owned by the Thai Navy which apparently disapproves of this type of swimwear.
'No ban, but bikinis are just not Thai'
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 30/07/2022
» The navy has said it is not explicitly prohibiting women from wearing bikinis on its beaches in Chon Buri but is asking visitors for their cooperation in not doing so, out of respect for Thai culture, a spokesman said yesterday.
The Stones just keep rolling along
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 17/07/2022
» This past week marked the 60th anniversary of the Rolling Stones' first-ever gig which took place at the Marquee club in London. That makes me feel even more wrinkly than usual.
MPB says 'sorry' after girl in bikini party video goes viral
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/04/2022
» The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) has issued an apology after a video clip showing a group of police officers acting inappropriately with a woman singing in a bikini during a party went viral.
Back in the cinema again with 007
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 17/10/2021
» Just got back from watching No Time to Die, Daniel Craig's fifth and final appearance as James Bond and the 25th film in the franchise. It was quite a decent send-off for Craig and entertaining enough to sit back and enjoy my first visit to a cinema in a couple of years.
The milkman who became a secret agent
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/11/2020
» To briefly escape from the US election mayhem, an appreciation of actor Sean Connery who died last week aged 90, seems to be in order. I had somehow thought Connery would go on forever, just like the Bond films. It is an intriguing tale of an Edinburgh milkman who became the most famous fictional spy in the world.
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/11/2019
» Every now and again in Bangkok something triggers memories of childhood days in England. Not far from my current residence a condominium is going up called the Glendale, which was the name of my local cinema back home in Reading.