Artikel tagged “Phuket”

  • The Top 10 Beaches in Phuket

    Phuket’s beaches have undergone a substantial upgrade in the last five years after the 2014 military government swept commercial businesses from the sands of west coast Phuket. Little shanty restaurants, the ubiquitous plastic sun lounges and tatty old umbrellas were removed.

  • Dirt-dishing Belarusian model pleads not guilty in Pattaya court hearing

    Anastasia Vashukevich, aka Nastya Rybka, is back in the news after appearing in court today and entering a not guilty plea. She was pleading in relation to the illegal ‘sex training’ classes she and others ran in Pattaya, the world class family resort town.

  • Minister of Tourism follows up on Phoenix boat tragedy

    “We have to be careful about news which might affect tourism.” The Thai Minister of Tourism and Sports, Weerasak Kowsurat, flew down from Bangkok to follow up on the PR mop-up following the Phoenix boat disaster. He spoke to the media at the Phuket Yacht Control Centre (PYCC) at Chalong Bay.

  • More fake goods seized in Patong

    Yesterday (August 17) police and soldiers raided a warehouse in Patong and seized more than 200 counterfeit goods.

  • Students to PM “Cancel the student conduct regulations”

    Students to PM “Cancel the student conduct regulations”

    PHOTO: Sa-nguan Khumrungroj/Facebook The Student Union of Thailand is calling on junta leader PM General Prayut Chan-o-cha to cancel the controversial regulations controlling student conduct.

  • Hilton Phuket helping with English lessons for Kamala students

    Hilton Phuket helping with English lessons for Kamala students

    Markus Kosch, general manager of Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa, together with hotel management teams, recently visited a local school in Kamala to assist with English lessons for the day whilst providing sponsorship for the school valued at 100,000 baht. The donation was made to the Phuket Has Been Good To Us Foundation in May 2018 in order to support the organisation in hiring English teachers for the school. Learning English in Thailand has become mandatory for students as the hospitality industry is the now the biggest industry in Thailand, especially for young people living in Phuket

  • Institute closed for seven days as police break up student gang brawls in BKK

    By Khanathit Srihirundaj Bangkok police have held a meeting between representatives of Pathumwan and Uthenthawai colleges today. Yesterday students from their colleges fought on the skywalk near the National Stadium BTS station. Education Ministry officials attended the meeting to help find solutions to the issue of student brawls.

  • Wet, wet, wet – warnings out for 36 provinces

    Wet, wet, wet – warnings out for 36 provinces

    As tropical storm Bebinca makes landfall in Vietnam today, 36 provinces in the North, North-east, East and South are bring warned to brace for intensive rain and isolated torrential downpours until Sunday – this from the Meteorological Department’s latest weather forecast this morning. “At 4 am this morning, tropical storm Bebinca was 400 kilometres northeast of Hanoi, Vietnam, with a  maximum sustained wind of about 70km/hour.

  • Warning for boats going to sea until August 19

    Warning for boats going to sea until August 19

    The Phuket Marine Office has made an official announcement for boats to be careful when going to sea from today, August 17-19, due to poor weather. The announcement was issued yesterday stating that “The Meteorological Department of Thailand (TMD) has forecast that during August 17-19 the monsoon will cause waves up to four metres in the open sea.” “For navigation safety, boat captains have to be careful when travelling in the sea.

  • Chinese tourists love going local and doing their own bookings – Hotels.com

    PHOTO: Jing Daily How much have Chinese millennials (that’s the people born after 1990) increased their spending in the last year?