PHUKET, 25 July 2013 (NNT) – The Phuket Provincial Administration has teamed up with the TAT, the police and Phuket Airport to stamp out foreign mafia and illegal taxi drivers in the tourist province of Phuket after tourist safety has been compromised. Heads of those units met recently in the southern resort province to discuss […]
PHUKET, July 25 – Thailand has set up a tourist protection centre on the Andaman Sea tourist island, targeting to improve safety in tourism as well as to tackle mafia-related problems, including black plate (illegal) taxi operators. The centre will be jointly operated by the Tourism and Sports Ministry, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), […]
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) announced yesterday that it had rescued 12 Myanmar women aged between 16-29, forced into prostitution in Phang Nga and Phuket. Officers arrested three suspects and issued arrest warrants for another two accomplices. Read more: The Nation
A recent outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has prompted the Ministry of Public Health to set up an emergency committee in preparation to combat the spread of the disease. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are at least 77 reported victims of the disease and 44 deaths so far. Read […]
BANGKOK, 2 July 2013 (NNT) – The Meteorological Department has reported that a powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake which struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra this afternoon was also felt in the South of Thailand. Residents in Phuket and Songkhla’s Hat Yai district reportedly sensed the tremor, which occurred 188 kilometers southeast of Banda Aceh, the […]
PHUKET: Vasiliy Tubaev, a visitor from Russia, had a gun pointed at his head by a Thai man, in what appeared to be a misunderstanding over a Thai woman in Phuket. Mr Tubaev came to Thailand on April 5 and rented an apartment in PK Mansion in Phuket Town, not far from Central Festival. Read […]
PHUKET, Jun 19 – A Chinese tourist was carried to his death by drowning when he was hit by a large wave near an island off this southern resort province on Tuesday, according to the authorities. Police said Ran Li, 28, was swimming near Racha Yai island when a three-metre-high wave carried him further out […]
PHUKET, 14 June 2013 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) office in Phuket is targeting to expand the number of visitors to the province by 20% this year, while saying that strict enforcement of the law is required against private businesses and individuals who encroach on beaches. Chanchai Duangchit, director of the TAT […]
