PHUKET: Mains water supply will be shut off in selected areas of Kamala and Wichit from Thursday (Oct 22) as the Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority upgrades major power cables serving mains water pump stations.
CRICKET: Touring is a popular, if not vital pursuit among both amateur and professional sports enthusiasts alike that foster long-lasting relationships between clubs and players. While Phuket is a hotspot for discerning tourists, over the past decade, the Island has witnessed a dramatic rise in visiting sports teams, with football, rugby and cricket tournaments here proving irresistible to clubs from all across the world.
PHUKET: Phuket residents are once again being advised to be on alert as the haze from the Sumatra fires has started to return.
PHUKET XTRA - October 21 Dont mess around with the Thai PM, more arrests in the fallout from Thalang riots, the Norwegian Krabi mud couple are back, shameful road statistics and HOW many tourists in 2015??! #PhuketNewsTV #PhuketTV
PHUKET: A Territorial Defense Volunteer in Phuket has been fined B500 for pistol-whipping a Kuwaiti tourist and breaking his nose last month. However, the volunteer, Amnard Choodet, 38, may face more serious penalties for gun-related charges.
A lack of key safety standards and poor enforcement of laws already on the books have combined to give Thailand the second-highest road-fatality rate in the world, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) survey.
Latest Safety for tourists has become a sweeping priority with 24-hour beach centres being proposed along with monthly meetings to review all incidents, scams and rip-offs.
Latest Phuket’s governor assembles 60 representatives from across a selection of tourism-related businesses and services and tells the meeting it’s time to adopt international standards.
Latest Meetings between Phuket’s administrators and the island’s honorary consuls will take place every month from now on, the island’s governor tells a large tourism industry meeting.