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Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Thousands join Thailand protest! Immigration overwhelmed, and sends warning? || September 21

Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Thousands join Thailand protest! Immigration overwhelmed, and sends warning? || September 21

Navy recovers body of captain from storm-sunk fishing boat

Navy recovers body of captain from storm-sunk fishing boat

Phuket Immigration overwhelmed as foreigners race to extend stay in Thailand

Phuket Immigration overwhelmed as foreigners race to extend stay in Thailand

Phuket-based Asia Catamarans launches new Stealth catamarans

Phuket-based Asia Catamarans launches new Stealth catamarans

Rally leaders face charges

Rally leaders face charges

Blazing Saddles: A Wild and Crazy Ride

Blazing Saddles: A Wild and Crazy Ride

Singha Obstacle Trail 2020 Laguna Phuket cancelled

Singha Obstacle Trail 2020 Laguna Phuket cancelled
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Phuket-based Asia Catamarans launches new Stealth catamarans
Phuket-based Asia Catamarans launches new Stealth catamarans
Tuesday 22 September 2020, 10:35AM
PHUKET: Asia Catamarans, based in Chalong on Phuket’s east coast, has launched its latest Stealth ‘cats’: the Stealth 12.6 sailing catamaran ‘Fez’ and the 12.2-metre ‘Coconuts’.
Phuket Immigration overwhelmed as foreigners race to extend stay in Thailand
Phuket Immigration overwhelmed as foreigners race to extend stay in Thailand
Monday 21 September 2020, 06:05PM
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration Office will be open this Saturday (Sept 26), the last day of ‘visa amnesty, to process any last-minute applications to extend permits-to-stay.
Scandinavians eye long stays in Phuket under new visa
Scandinavians eye long stays in Phuket under new visa
Monday 21 September 2020, 12:55PM
PHUKET: The move to offer stays in Thailand of up to 270 days through the Special Tourist Visa (STV) approved by Cabinet last week has prompted queries from some 10,000 Scandinavians, Piyapat Suban Na Ayudhaya, CEO of government-backed Thailand Longstay Company* has revealed.
Tourists face arrest, jail for overstaying
Tourists face arrest, jail for overstaying
Monday 21 September 2020, 09:51AM
THAILAND: More than 150,000 foreign nationals need to have their tourist visas renewed by Sept 26 or face a charge of overstaying, warned Pol Col Pakpong Sai-ubol, deputy spokesman of the Immigration Bureau.
Thailand’s first electric ‘e-ferries’ on track to launch in Phuket
Thailand’s first electric ‘e-ferries’ on track to launch in Phuket
Sunday 20 September 2020, 03:25PM
PHUKET: Deputy Minister of Tourism and Sports Napintorn Srisunpang this week inspected the Sakun.C Innovation Co Ltd boatbuilding factory in Suphan Buri where electric passenger boats are under construction for launch in Phuket, which will be the first province in the country to use electric-powered boats for marine passenger transport to nearby islands.
Phuket Opinion: Driving prices
Phuket Opinion: Driving prices
Sunday 20 September 2020, 09:00AM
PHUKET: Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Deputy Executive Director ASEAN, South Asia and South Pacific Region, Kulpramote Wannalert delivered an interesting presentation on “TAT’s Tourism Plan and Updates during the COVID-19 pandemic for Expats living in Thailand” at the Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce (AustCham Thailand) Joint Chambers Phuket Briefing and Sundowners at Le MĂ©ridien Phuket Beach Resort, south of Patong, on Friday (Sept 18).
Still Hungry: Thousands in Phuket remain in need of food donations as government efforts stall
Still Hungry: Thousands in Phuket remain in need of food donations as government efforts stall
Saturday 19 September 2020, 09:00AM
PHUKET: While the government maintains its focus on efforts to restart any form of tourism to Phuket, thousands of people across the island remain in need of food donations to get by – with no support from any government agencies.
Phuket’s health and wellness JAND Group wins two prestigious international awards
Phuket’s health and wellness JAND Group wins two prestigious international awards
Friday 18 September 2020, 10:00AM
PHUKET: Phuket-based JAND Group Co Ltd, trading as JAND Events & Thailand Health, Fitness & Wellness Expo, has won two prestigious international awards.
Ministry vows Bangkok special tourist visa arrivals by October
Ministry vows Bangkok special tourist visa arrivals by October
Friday 18 September 2020, 09:30AM
BANGKOK: The Tourism Ministry has pledged to bring the first batch of international tourists to Thailand by October, with Bangkok as the primary destination, and it wants tourism operators to gear up marketing plans right away.
Reopening to foreigners ‘not risky’
Reopening to foreigners ‘not risky’
Thursday 17 September 2020, 07:32AM
THAILAND: Reopening the country to foreign visitors will not raise the risks of local COVID-19 transmission from imported infections, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
No memorial service for victims of One-Two-Go flight crash in Phuket
No memorial service for victims of One-Two-Go flight crash in Phuket
Wednesday 16 September 2020, 01:22PM
PHUKET: As has become tradition for officials and staff at Phuket International Airport, there will be no official memorial service in Phuket today to remember the 90 people who died in the crash of One-Two-Go flight on this day 13 years ago.
Cabinet approves long-term tourist visas
Cabinet approves long-term tourist visas
Tuesday 15 September 2020, 07:06PM
BANGKOK: The Cabinet today (Sept 15) agreed to allow in foreign tourists who agree to 14-day quarantine and stay for at least 90 days, to help the flagging economy.
AustCham Briefing, Sundowners return to Phuket with TAT guest speaker
AustCham Briefing, Sundowners return to Phuket with TAT guest speaker
Tuesday 15 September 2020, 09:24AM
PHUKET: The Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce (AustCham Thailand) returns to Phuket this Friday (Sept 18) with its first special Joint Chambers Phuket Briefing and Sundowners since the country went into COVID-19 lockdown, with Kulpramote Wannalert, Deputy Executive Director ASEAN, South Asia and South Pacific Region, as guest speaker.
THA draws up support plan
THA draws up support plan
Monday 14 September 2020, 10:19AM
BANGKOK: The pandemic has accentuated the imbalance in the oversupply of hotels and low demand, with most operators struggling to break even, according to the Thai Hotels Association (THA).
OPEN LETTER: Foreigners with local businesses face impossible financial demands and regulations
OPEN LETTER: Foreigners with local businesses face impossible financial demands and regulations
Monday 14 September 2020, 09:14AM
A foreigner who launched a start-up business in Phuket before the the COVID-19 outbreak details how foreigners who have spent millions of baht launching a businesses in Phuket are now stuck in an impossible situation financially, and unable to even comply with Immigration requirements due to no income during the current economic crisis. Here is the foreigner’s Open Letter to the Thai Government, unedited for veracity:
Tourism Minister pins hopes on events to boost Phuket economy
Tourism Minister pins hopes on events to boost Phuket economy
Sunday 13 September 2020, 06:38PM
PHUKET: Minister for Tourism and Sports Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has said that he hopes more events will be held in Phuket in order to boost the number of visitors coming to Phuket, and generate more income for residents and businesses on the island.
Businesses in Phuket are gearing up to receive tourists amid ‘Travel Bubble’ discussions
Businesses in Phuket are gearing up to receive tourists amid ‘Travel Bubble’ discussions
Sunday 13 September 2020, 10:00AM
To redress the financial impacts of COVID-19, the Thai Government has been in talks with a handful of low-risk countries around the world over setting up ‘travel bubbles’ to rebuild its economy, which would allow passengers from those select countries to travel to Phuket and other parts of Thailand as tourists.
TAT Governor urges industry patience and solidarity
TAT Governor urges industry patience and solidarity
Saturday 12 September 2020, 02:17PM
BANGKOK: Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Governor Yuthasak Supasorn has appealed to the Thai tourism industry to be patient, united, and confident in weathering the current crisis, which under a best-case scenario will almost certainly be over by 2021.
TAT calls attention to flaws in tourism scheme
TAT calls attention to flaws in tourism scheme
Saturday 12 September 2020, 09:18AM
BANGKOK: The domestic tourism subsidy needs another major revamp despite generating B3 billion for the local sector, as just 17% of 5.05 million registrants used the benefit over two months, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Boost tourism, freeze debts and help the unemployed, National Reform Committee on Labour told in Phuket
Boost tourism, freeze debts and help the unemployed, National Reform Committee on Labour told in Phuket
Friday 11 September 2020, 05:32PM
PHUKET: Issuing a moratorium on all outstanding debts, boosting efforts to bring tourists to Phuket and providing financial support to unemployed people in Phuket were three key requests strongly delivered to National Reform Committee on Labour Chairman Charin Chakkaphak during his visit to Phuket today (Sept 11).
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