Phuket Airport is expecting a record four million passenger arrivals this year. Arrivals to Asia’s leading resort destination in the first half of the year increased 20% over the same period in 2010.
[Read More »]Thailand’s opposition Puea Thai Party scored a landslide election victory on Sunday and the scale of its win suggests there could be some respite in a six-year political crisis. Here’s a overview of the changes.
[Read More »]Thailand’s powerful military accepted Monday a stunning election victory by the party of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, adding to a new sense of stability in a country plagued by unrest
[Read More »]Reuters reported that Thailand’s stock market is set rise on Monday after the opposition Puea Thai Party convincingly won Sunday’s general election, the scale of its win suggesting there would be some respite.
[Read More »]While Pheu Thai will form the next Thai government after winning at least 262 seats in the general election, Phuket remained firmly Democrat with incumbent MPs Anchalee Vanich Thepabutra
[Read More »]A high-powered task force set up by the Phuket Governor yesterday declared war on illegal timeshare operators in Phuket. The focus is on those that use bait and switch and other illegal tactics
[Read More »]The year 2010 and first five months of 2011 represented a bounce back from the lows following the Global Financial Crisis with foreign buyers honing in again on the island according
[Read More »]More hotel investment transactions will be completed in the second half of this year, mainly in Phuket where occupancy rates have been strong, says Robert McIntosh, executive director of CBRE Hotels in
[Read More »]According to the immigration department, the number of international passengers arriving at Phuket International Airport in 2010 totalled 1,692,598, up 42.7% over 2009.
[Read More »]As if monsoon-season rip currents weren’t bad enough, the head of the island’s lifeguard association is warning the public of a new threat lurking in the Phuket surf: the dreaded bluebottle “jellyfish”.
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