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International tourism arrivals remain on track to reach the one billion mark by the end of year, according to the UN’s World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:15PM

IBAP gets a bit edgy

PHUKET: The International Business Association of Phuket (IBAP), having had a run of heavyweight guest speakers including the head of Google Thailand, Ariya Banomyong, crisis management expert Richard Hancock, and political commentators Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak and Voranai Vanijaka, opted for something a little different for its most recent meeting.

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:12PM

Malaysian tourists are back in force

THAILAND: Travel from Malaysia to Thailand recorded year-on-year improvement for the first time since the car bomb in Haad Yai on March 31, according to the latest tourism report released by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:09PM

Bangkok lags in city brand survey

Bangkok has been ranked ninth in a new report which rates the “brand value” of 16 Asia Pacific cities.

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:04PM

MCOT boss moves over to run THAI

THAILAND: After just nine months as chairman of the state-owned MCOT Plc, Sorajak Kasemsuvan is on the move again, having been selected as president of state-owned Thai Airways International.

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:02PM

No justice for Lebanon victims

Phuket News / World

Saturday 22 September 2012, 02:59PM

Shahira Abu Ardeini lost her husband, sister and pregnant cousin in a massacre in Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camps 30 years ago. She and so many others are still waiting for justice to be done.

Cambodians fight malaria with the push of a button

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 22 September 2012, 02:55PM

Cambodian villagers armed with a little medical know-how – and their mobile telephones – are the nation’s new foot soldiers in the fight against drug-resistant malaria.

Foreigner account? No bank you

The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has announced new regulations for the opening of Thai bank accounts in a bid to reduce financial crime conducted by foreigners.

Saturday 22 September 2012, 02:49PM

A mother's desperate love

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 22 September 2012, 02:30PM

PHUKET: Single mum Yuparate Kiawwan does not sleep at night. She can’t. If she does her son, Patchara “Petch” Samana, may die.

Thai Smile Phuket flights begin Oct 1

PHUKET: Thai Smile, the new “light” airline launched by Thai Airways International, will begin direct flights from Phuket to Bangkok and Chiang Mai on October 1, it was announced yesterday.

Friday 21 September 2012, 03:12PM

Bangkok gangs danced ‘Gangnam Style’ before Ekkamai gun battle, report claims

BANGKOK: The gangs involved in today’s gun battle in Bangkok’s Ekkamai neighborhood provoked each other at a restaurant the night before – by dancing the “horse dance” from PSY’s massive K-Pop hit “Gangnam Style”, local news website INN is reporting.

Friday 21 September 2012, 02:38PM

UPDATE: Wigged gold robber turns himself in to Phuket police

PHUKET: One of the men, named as Kosol, believed to be responsible for the gold shop robbery in Phuket Town on Monday has turned himself into police today.

Friday 21 September 2012, 01:27PM

Tiger fire report presented today

PHUKET: President of the Safety in Architecture section of the Association of Siamese Architects, Dr Bundit Pradabsook was due to give a three hour presentation this morning in Bangkok, releasing his organisation’s report on the deadly Tiger Disco fire in Patong.

Friday 21 September 2012, 01:13PM

Four de-commissioned Thai Navy vessels to be sunk off Krabi

Thailand's Royal Navy has agreed to hand over four decommissioned vessels for use in a Krabi undersea marine park projected by the provincial office, it was reported Wednesday. The project is aimed at 'increasing knowledge of undersea life' and 'increasing tourism resources at Koh Phi Phi.'

Friday 21 September 2012, 10:32AM

Encouraging chastity

Officials in tambon Nong Trood, Meuang district, Trang, appalled by the increasingly procreative tendencies of local teenagers, have organised a project to keep young people celibate until 'ready to have children.' It is hoped 60 young people will join the programme, which also teaches methods of avoiding pregnancy and 'the social problems that ensue.'

Friday 21 September 2012, 10:25AM

British woman tells of 'horrific' Phuket jellyfish stings

PHUKET: A British woman has told The Daily Mail about her traumatic ordeal when she was stung by a jellyfish while on holiday in Phuket, causing third degree burns and requiring extensive surgery.

Thursday 20 September 2012, 10:32PM

Cover-up alleged in Phi Phi deaths

PHUKET: Travel industry leaders in Krabi have accused authorities of covering up the reasons behind the deaths of four tourists who were staying on Phi Phi Don, and have urged the government to crack down on illegal entertainment spots and the sale of narcotics on the island.

Thursday 20 September 2012, 05:33PM

Seven held in gun factory raid

THAILAND: Following a tip-off, Phang-nga Town police raided three row houses on Monday (September 17) and arrested seven young people on a slew of charges including bomb and gun manufacture, possession of illicit drugs and possession of stolen goods.

Thursday 20 September 2012, 02:38PM

Berger appointed Outrigger GM

PHUKET: Outrigger Hotels & Resorts has announced that it has appointed German hotelier Christoph Berger as General Manager of the Outrigger Phuket Beach Resort

Thursday 20 September 2012, 02:34PM

Show aims to promote buffaloes