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Phangnga has 'green season' pull
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/06/2025
» Phangnga is rolling out new initiatives to attract visitors during the green season, traditionally seen as the low travel period due to the rainy weather.
Phuket hails off-season tourist boom
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 18/11/2024
» Phuket's tourism earnings could reach 500 billion baht this year, as the island attracts more visitors during the off-season by promoting sports tourism, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand's (TAT) Phuket office.
Games must be more sustainable
News, David Fickling, Published on 30/07/2024
» What's the biggest event at the Olympic Games?
Phuket looks to move forward
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 17/06/2023
» The Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) will present proposals to the new government for the island's tourism recovery, which aim to restore the 400 billion baht in income that the island enjoyed in 2019.
Bangkok revealed as the third-best destination for backpackers in 2023
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 11/04/2023
» Approximately 44 million backpacking trips are taken each year, with research estimating the average spend per trip as $4,111 (2017).
It all began with Rhett and Scarlett
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/03/2022
» With the Oscars upon us this weekend it seems an apt time to recall choice lines from past films.
Migrating giant honey bees need their rest stops
News, W. S. Robinson, Published on 07/02/2022
» I'll bet you this, from this remote ranch 13,000km from Thailand: there's no buzz filling my favourite Thai mango orchard now.
In Britain it helps to be a little eccentric
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/01/2022
» Last week's column concerning traditional British food unfortunately failed to mention one of the highlights of the year, the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships, held every September in Ramsbottom, near Manchester. It dates back to the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century between the House of Lancaster (red rose) and the House of York (white rose).
Poll shows internet trends
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/11/2021
» Internet users in Thailand are mostly interested in checking lottery results and they spent 11 hours and 25 minutes a day on average surfing the web last year, according to a new survey.
Meditating on a new kind of criminal
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/03/2021
» Pol Lt Gen Kornchai Klaykiueng, or "Big Jaeng" to friends and close colleagues, the first commissioner of the new Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, may come from a police family but, in conversation with the Bangkok Post, says it is his grounding in the psychological aspects of Buddhism, with its emphasis on space for reflection, that has really helped him make a start on tackling the growing problem of online crime.