The Latest Breaking News from Phuket

New Hotel in Old Town

The Metropole Hotel, a property synonymous with Phuket's Old Town since 1989, has been given a new lease on life and renamed the Courtyard By Marriott Phuket Town on Soi Surin. An ideal place to stay if accessibility to the city is your first box to tick. Nestled in the…

Bangkok Post · Mar 24, 2022

Phuket Sandbox generates B50bn in tourism revenue in 8 months

PHUKET: The Phuket Sandbox has generated more than 50 billion baht in local revenue since its launch on July 1 last year, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Bangkok Post · Mar 23, 2022

Dept eyes Singapore-Phuket cruise plan

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) will discuss with Singapore a new protocol allowing tourists to take cruises to Phuket from the island nation.

Bangkok Post · Mar 18, 2022

Russian tourists stuck in Thailand as sanctions hit after invasion of Ukraine

There are about 6,500 Russian tourists stuck in Phuket, Surat Thani, Krabi and Pattaya, four provinces that are popular seaside resort destinations, in addition to 1,000 Ukrainians.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2022

Cashless and Flightless, Russian Tourists Stuck in Thailand

Thousands of Russian tourists are stranded in Thailand's beach resorts because of the war in Ukraine, many unable to pay their bills or return home because of sanctions and canceled flights. The crisis in Europe also put a crimp in recovery plans for the Southeast Asian nation’s tourism industry, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 12, 2022

Russian and Ukrainian tourists in Phuket get help

PHUKET: Businesses on this resort island are helping Russian and Ukrainian tourists who remain stranded because of events related to the conflict in Ukraine, says a senior hotelier.

Bangkok Post · Mar 12, 2022

Phuket welcomes sea tourists

Phuket has welcomed its first group of foreign travellers arriving by sea under the Test & Go entry programme.

Bangkok Post · Mar 10, 2022

Call centre opens for stranded Ukrainian, Russian tourists

PHUKET: Phuket opened a call centre on Wednesday to help tourists from Ukraine and Russia unable to return home because of flight cancellations and economic sanctions imposed over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Bangkok Post · Mar 9, 2022

Crew on gas tanker seek help after 13 months at sea

PHUKET: Five crewmen of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker were brought ashore by the navy and labour officials after one of them requested help, saying he had been 13 months at sea without shore leave.

Bangkok Post · Mar 9, 2022

Thousands of Russians stuck in Thailand as sanctions kick in

Thousands of tourists from Russia are currently stranded in Thailand, officials said on Tuesday, as unprecedented Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine put a squeeze on Russians struggling to find flights and finances.

Reuters · Mar 8, 2022