On Friday, images of Patong Beach in Phuket, strewn with garbage, went viral. Most of the trash consisted of single-use ...

PHUKET, Thailand (AP) – Thailand embarked on an ambitious but risky plan Thursday that it hopes will breathe new life into a tourism industry devastated by the pandemic, opening the popular resort ...

On July 1, Thailand opened the island to international vaccinated tourists without quarantine, a landmark moment for tourism in Southeast Asia. On July 28, Thailand recorded a daily record of 16,533 ...

Speaking at the Phuket Sandbox Summit held at Laguna Phuket, the Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Group, KP Ho, called on policymakers in Europe and around the world to support Phuket as a separate ...

PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — Somsak Betlao covered the outboard motor on his traditional wooden longtail boat with a tarp, wrapping up another day on Phuket’s Patong beach where not a single tourist needed ...

Tour boat owner Somsak Betlao wades in shore in the shallow waters of Patong Beach on Phuket province, southern Thailand, June 28, 2021. Somsak is putting his hope on a government scheme to bring the ...

“What’s really important is that EU countries – the national governments, spurred on by travel agents, the media, and other people – recognize that it’s necessary to disengage the perception of Phuket ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — Somsak Betlao ...

Waves break on the empty tourist beach of Patong on Phuket, southern Thailand, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Thailand's government will begin the "Phuket Sandbox" scheme to bring the tourists back to Phuket ...

PHUKET, Thailand (AP) – Somsak Betlao covered the outboard motor on his traditional wooden longtail boat with a tarp, wrapping up another day on Phuket’s Patong beach where not a single tourist needed ...