Artikel erschien Dezember 2011
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Brazil targeted as new tourist source market for Phuket
PHUKET: Brazilians are among the latest target group of tourists to be lured to Phuket and the Andaman region. Speaking recently at a press conference for the Andaman Travel Trade 2011 exhibition, TAT Deputy Governor for International Marketing Juthaporn Rerngronasa highlighted the South American country as an expanding market for incoming tourism. There were 10 operators from Brazil at this year’s event and the fair hosted 302 tourism operators, in addition to 20 media representatives from 28 countries worldwide.
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THAI Phuket flights operating as usual
PHUKET: Thai Airways International (THAI) is still operating its full schedule of regular flights between Bangkok and Phuket – for now. An officer from the ‘Enterprise Communication Department’ of THAI, asking not to be named, told the Phuket Gazette, „I have yet to receive any news about reductions in flights to Phuket.“ Her statement was in response to a report by Thai-language business daily Krungthep Turakij (KT) recently that said THAI had cut more than 500 domestic and international flights due to the decreased number of passengers resulting from the country’s flood crisis.
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No appeal in Fanelli case: Phuket prosecutor
PHUKET: The Phuket Public Prosecutor’s Office will not file an appeal over sentencing in the case of convicted murderer Ronald Fanelli, the Phuket Gazette has learned.
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Phuket ‘floating corpse’ to be buried if unclaimed
PHUKET: The body of the foreign man found
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Phuket Media Watch – Bounty offered in Sophoth theft case
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Bounty for fugitive in Sophoth caseThe NationA 200,000-baht bounty has been offered for the capture of the alleged ringleader, reportedly on the run in Laos, who took millions of baht during the burglary at Transport Ministry permanent secretary Suphoth Sublom’s house. A senior commander, Police-Col Yanyong Wej-osoth, said „wanted“ posters for Weerasak Chuelee, featuring the 200,000-baht bounty, had been distributed in the Tha Khaew area along the Mekong River
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Phuket investors to pour B2bn into Phang Nga hotels
PHUKET: KHAO Lak’s room count may double within two years. Phang Nga Tourist Association Vice President Prapruet Korphet said “We now have about 5,000 rooms in Khao Lak, the same number before the tsunami hit us.
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Thalang turns on the waterworks
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Office is spending 40 million baht on extending local government water mains from Baan Pon, just south of Thalang Town, to Baan Mak Prok School, located near the eastern end of the runway at Phuket Airport. The project will allow local communities in the north of Phuket to start hooking up their local water networks to the mains and use government water supply in their homes in Srisoonthorn, Thepkrasattri and Mai Khao subdistricts. Connecting with the local water mains network from Ban Jo water treatment plant – which treats water from Bang Neaw Dun reservoir, Phuket’s second largest water source – the new pipes will be laid alongside the southbound lane of Thepkrasattri Road from the 16km road marker to the 30km marker.
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Phuket Special Report: Slavery on the high seas
PHUKET: Workers in Thailand’s fishing industry often find themselves living a violent nightmare with no escape in sight and no help.
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Phuket Reminder: US Embassy consular outreach today
PHUKET: The American Citizen Services section of the United States Embassy in Bangkok is at the Hilton Arcadia Phuket Resort and Spa in Karon this morning.
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Phuket Media Watch – Nigeria passes anti-gay bill
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Nigerian senate passes anti-gay bill Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Nigerian senate has passed a bill which prohibits same-sex marriages and introduces extreme prison sentences for people involved in homosexuality, local media reported on Wednesday.
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