Artikel tagged “Phuket Magazine”

  • Where in the world are ‘wellness’ tourists going?

    Getting well and staying well are the fastest growing segment in the world travel industry. So where do the weary and health conscious head to recharge their batteries?

  • Innocent health volunteer shot dead in Pattani

    Innocent health volunteer shot dead in Pattani

    A village health volunteer has been shot dead after a shooting last night in Pattani’s Thung Yang Daeng district.

  • Ranong Ranger killed in suspected grenade blast

    Ranong Ranger killed in suspected grenade blast

    A Ranong ranger has been killed by a grenade blast at his official residence in the Muang district last night. Ranong is a five hour drive, north of Phuket, and borders Myanmar. 35 year old Sgt Supatthanachai Makprasit from the Narathiwat-based 48th Ranger Regiment, died from his injuries after being taken to Ranong Hospital

  • Top 10 World Cities for Overnight Stays 2017

    PHOTO: Bangkok, the world city attracting the most overnight stays Where is the world traveling and where are they staying overnight?

  • Whale shark sighted off Koh Racha

    A healthy looking whale shark was sighted off Koh Racha, south of Phuket, yesterday. Videos of the whale shark have been shared widely in social media with a message reading “a whale shark is near Koh Racha and swimming near a tour boat.” A tour guide of Nikorn Marine company, Mali Boondanpai, who recorded the video says, “the tour boat was carrying a South Korean tourist family with 6 adult sand 4 children heading to Koh Maithon and Koh Racha Yai yesterday morning.” “While we were between Koh Maithon and Koh Racha, about noon, we saw a big fish followed the tour boat. It was the whale shark

  • New Phuket governors and a bad case of deja vu

    New Phuket governors and a bad case of deja vu

    OPINION “Andrea Kotas Tammathin, who is to be officially appointed as Switzerland’s honorary consul for Phuket on Friday… Mrs Tammathin will be joining a group of honorary consuls from Europe who have asked questions for the past two years about scams among jet-ski operators on Patong beach and the continuing high fares demanded by Phuket tuk-tuk and taxi drivers.” – Phuket Wan, May 2012 “Governor Chamroen said.

  • Two metre crocodile caught in Krabi

    A two metre crocodile has been caught in a mangrove forest in Klongtom, Krabi whilst another crocodile was sighted last night. Officials from the Krabi Provincial Fisheries Office arrived at the area after being notified by locals that a crocodile has been caught

  • Loei mothers file complaint about local abbot sexually abusing their sons

    Loei mothers file complaint about local abbot sexually abusing their sons

    Four Loei mothers have filed a complaint with police today accusing the local abbot of a monastic centre of sexually abusing their sons.

  • Thai tiger farms investigated for links to black market

    Thailand’s tiger facilities have come under international scrutiny amid suggestions many there are many farms taking part in the illicit trading of the endangered species. The committee on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) now plans to appoint a non-governmental organisation to collect data on the population and conditions of captive-bred tigers in tiger farms across Thailand. This is all contained in a Thai PBS report which quotes a source from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DPA)

  • 25 yo British woman claims she was raped on Koh Phangan but later recants

    25 yo British woman claims she was raped on Koh Phangan but later recants

    A 25 year old British woman has accepted that she was not raped on Koh Phangan as she had previously claimed. Hospital tests and CCTV indicated there was no evidence a crime had occurred. Sanook is reporting that the woman admits that her fears were completely unfounded.