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Foreigners divided on ‘tourist entry fee’, says poll
Foreigners divided on ‘tourist entry fee’, says poll
Monday 27 February 2023 01:30 PM
PHUKET: Respondents to an online poll by The Phuket News are divided over whether the ‘tourist entry fee’ currently set to come into effect in June should be implemented in its current form.
Phuket Opinion: A corruption playground
Phuket Opinion: A corruption playground
Sunday 26 February 2023 09:00 AM
PHUKET: It is difficult not to get one’s hopes up with the corruption probe into the money spent by Cherng Talay Municipality for its children’s playground. The case has all the hallmarks of a slam dunk, with more than B3.14 million spent on a handful of ‘bouncy rides’ and playground equipment. Yet, the people of Phuket just might get to see how ineffective the anti-corruption measures truly are.
Phuket Poll: Do you support the B300 tourist entry fee?
Phuket Poll: Do you support the B300 tourist entry fee?
Tuesday 21 February 2023 04:20 PM
PHUKET: The decision by Cabinet last week to approve a ‘tourist entry fee’ of B300 for people arriving by air and B150 for people arriving by land or sea has sparked much debate over whether the fee should be introduced at all, and if it is what the money should be spent on.
Phuket Opinion: A mountain to climb
Phuket Opinion: A mountain to climb
Sunday 19 February 2023 09:00 AM
PHUKET: Tourism & Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has his hands full if he is going to attempt to untangle even just some of the issues thrown at him on Friday to help improve Phuket’s tourism industry.
Phuket Opinion: Take the win
Phuket Opinion: Take the win
Sunday 12 February 2023 09:00 AM
PHUKET: Has anyone noticed how willing the central government has suddenly become in publicly announcing action taken against corrupt police, immigration and other officials in the incessant stream of cases in recent weeks that have highlighted just how deep, widespread and rampant corruption really is throughout the country? And the powers that be are still not doing it for the public’s benefit.
Phuket Opinion: Power drive
Phuket Opinion: Power drive
Sunday 5 February 2023 09:00 AM
PHUKET: The protest by ‘green plate’ taxi drivers on Thursday (Feb 2) calling for action to be taken against illegal taxis was better marked by what was absent from the grandstanding than what was actually presented to the media by the publicity stunt.
Phuket Opinion: Let’s make a deal
Phuket Opinion: Let’s make a deal
Sunday 29 January 2023 09:00 AM
PHUKET: There’s something fishy about the dismissal of former Kathu Mayor Chai-anan Suthikul, now removed from office over his alleged role in allowing a private operator to draw water from a lagoon at the Tin Mining Museum in Kathu.
Phuket Opinion: Does Phuket need 14mn tourists?
Phuket Opinion: Does Phuket need 14mn tourists?
Sunday 22 January 2023 09:00 AM
PHUKET: Assistant Professor Dr Chayanon Phucharoen, Deputy Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism, Prince of Songkla University (PSU) Phuket campus, this week asked the most pressing question currently facing Phuket: Does Phuket need 14mn tourists?
Phuket Opinion: Taking the strain
Phuket Opinion: Taking the strain
Sunday 15 January 2023 10:00 AM
PHUKET: Here we are entering the far side of the ‘peak period’ of the first tourism high season to help aid the island’s economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the island is already showing signs of struggling to cope with the tourists we’ve got.
Phuket Opinion: Try not to panic
Phuket Opinion: Try not to panic
Sunday 8 January 2023 09:00 AM
PHUKET: Thai officials have yet again used a sledgehammer to crack a walnut in the declaration that all international arrivals from 1am Monday must present evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 in order to enter the country.
Phuket Opinion: On the tourism horizon
Phuket Opinion: On the tourism horizon
Sunday 1 January 2023 09:00 AM
PHUKET: Having tourists back on our beaches for the New Year is a sight for sore eyes, especially for people on the island whose incomes suffered heavily over the past two years, yet there is some room for apprehension on the horizon as the island’s tourism industry continues to recover.
Phuket Opinion: Welcome to Phuket – Don’t kill, don’t die
Phuket Opinion: Welcome to Phuket – Don’t kill, don’t die
Sunday 18 December 2022 09:00 AM
PHUKET: Serious action needs to be taken now to help prevent more deaths on Phuket’s roads, before more tourists arriving end up heading home in a coffin, a victim of the island’s notorious lack of road safety.
Phuket Opinion: Putting Phuket on show
Phuket Opinion: Putting Phuket on show
Sunday 4 December 2022 09:00 AM
PHUKET: The good thing about being a public official making a sales pitch to host an international expo is that you can tout all the positive aspects of hosting the expo without actually having to explain how building the infrastructure needed to host the expo is going to affect the people living where the expo is going to held.
Phuket Opinion: Selling nightlife late closing short
Phuket Opinion: Selling nightlife late closing short
Sunday 27 November 2022 09:30 AM
PHUKET: The Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee has a lot of explaining to do if they want to blame drunk drivers as their reason for denying nightlife venues on Bangla Rd, Patong, the right to close at 4am.
Phuket Opinion: One armed force too many
Phuket Opinion: One armed force too many
Sunday 20 November 2022 09:00 AM
PHUKET: The presence of military-style uniforms as “law enforcement” on Bangla Rd, Patong, this week harked back to the beginning of some of the darkest chapters in administration in Thailand’s recent history, plainly highlighting the exact need of why these uniformed personnel must go.
Phuket Opinion: Money Road
Phuket Opinion: Money Road
Sunday 6 November 2022 06:00 AM
PHUKET: Preechawude ‘Prab’ Keesin and associates set the cat amongst the pigeons this week in calling for donations to complete a road up Patong Hill that crosses private land.
Phuket Opinion: The road ahead
Phuket Opinion: The road ahead
Sunday 30 October 2022 09:00 AM
PHUKET: Phuket is now on the verge of November. The winds are starting to change, now predominantly coming from the northeast, marking the end of a rainy season that has caused so much pain.
Phuket Opinion: Blame it on the rain
Phuket Opinion: Blame it on the rain
Sunday 23 October 2022 10:00 AM
PHUKET: “Work without engineering, Thai style,” was just one of the comments posted, in English, by a Thai national under an image of one of the many landslides across Phuket roads this past week – highlighting the fact that officials are not fooling anyone with their claims regarding safety when to comes to road building.
Phuket Opinion: Flushing Phuket’s waste woes
Phuket Opinion: Flushing Phuket’s waste woes
Sunday 16 October 2022 09:00 AM
PHUKET: With just weeks to go before enough flights resume for Phuket to start seeing a greater increase in the number of tourists visiting the island, the current spate of heavy weather has exposed a now traditional blight: trash.
Phuket Opinion: Preventing the nightmare
Phuket Opinion: Preventing the nightmare
Sunday 9 October 2022 09:00 AM
PHUKET: While families who lost loved ones in the massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu on Thursday reel with grief, some focus is finally being put on the issues that allowed the horrific incident, the worst mass murder perpetrated by a single person in Thailand’s recorded history, happen in the first place

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