BANGKOK (NNT) – U.S.-based magazine The Rice Trader will host an award ceremony for the World’s Best Rice Award in Phuket this year, with the Ministry of Commerce expecting the event to boost the global popularity of Thai grains. The World’s Best Rice Award will take place from November 15-17. It was announced by The […]
The Phuket Tourist Association is targeting tourists from Asia to attract more visitors to the island during the current low season. Thanet Tantipiriyakit, chairman of the Phuket Tourism Council, said Phuket’s tourism industry has grown by just 10% since 2019. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST REPORTERS
Authorities are preparing to allow cruise ships from the United States to dock in Phuket for the first time since the pandemic began, with the Spectrum of the Seas scheduled to arrive at the resort island next month. Spokesman for Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC) Region 3, Pichet Songtan, revealed yesterday that is when […]
A 22-year-old Australian man died in a fall from the 11th floor of his hotel in Patong district on Monday night. The man was found dead on the ground, face up, on a footpath below his room at the back of The Royal Paradise Resort Hotel & Spa in tambon Patong of Kathu district by […]
PHUKET: The four-day holiday that began on Friday is expected to generate 1.8 billion baht in revenue from tourist spending in this island province, with 60% hotel occupancy expected, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). About 70,000 hotel rooms, or 70% of the total on the island, are now available for booking and the […]
PHUKET: A woman with muscular atrophy was found dead with dog bite wounds to her neck at her home in Thalang district on Tuesday morning. Her brother, who lives with her, owns two Thai ridgebacks. Police speculate that she fell while feeding them and one of the startled dogs attacked her. Full story: Bangkok Post […]
PHUKET: A 12-year-old boy reported to have become blind after receiving a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine had in fact lost his sight from a bacterial infection that spread to the optic nerve and the sphenoid sinus, doctors at Vachira Phuket Hospital said on Monday. They called a press conference to present their findings and […]
PHUKET: An eight-year-old boy of mixed Thai and Ukrainian heritage was attacked by a big fish, possibly a shark, while playing in the sea off Kamala beach in Kathu district on Sunday, a rescue unit of the Kamala tambon administration organisation (TAO) reported. The attack left a long, deep cut in his right calf. Full […]
