Koh Samui Experiences Tourism Surge: Fully Booked Flights and Hotels Amid Summer Season
Surat Thani—
On March 27th, 2024, Koh Samui local media reported a large number of foreign tourists flocking to Koh Samui, Surat Thani. It was reported that Bangkok Airways was fully booked for 43 flights...
British Man Arrested at Phuket Airport after Cocaine Found in Passport
Phuket-
On Thursday, May 2nd, a British national was detained at Phuket International Airport for carrying cocaine.
The individual, later identified by Phuket Immigration as Jamie Louis Swain, aged 29, was apprehended at the international...
Breath alcohol tests for drunk drivers to be reduced at police checkpoints nationwide due...
National -
National police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk announced today, December 25th, that breath alcohol tests will be less performed at police checkpoints nationwide during the upcoming holiday season to prevent the possible spread of the...
Phuket car crash brings down NINE power poles and causes local power outages for...
Phuket –
An unidentified male driver has sustained minor injuries after he crashed his car into a power pole in Phuket City before bringing down an additional eight power poles which caused a localized blackout...
More than 550 road accidents reported with 73 deaths in Thailand on the fourth...
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Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDOM) today (January 2nd) reported a total of 574 accidents, with 73 deaths and 574 injuries, on the fourth day (January 2nd) of the ‘New Year’s...
15 thousand international tourists expected to flow into Thailand daily after Test and Go...
National —
The Minister of Transport Mr. Saksiam Chidchob visited Suvarnabhumi International Airport this weekend to check its readiness to accommodate an expected daily 15 thousand international tourists after Thailand will drop the unpopular Test...
Another taxi incident goes viral in Phuket as tension between online app taxis and...
Kamala –
The driving licenses of two taxi drivers have been suspended after what relevant officials are calling a “dispute” in Kamala between a traditional “queue” taxi and a taxi driver for an online application.
The...
UPDATE: Cost of Phuket ferry fire damage estimated at ten million baht
Phuket –
The cost of damages is estimated at more than 10 million baht after a ferry fire at Koh Sirey, Rassada.
Our previous story:
A fire has damaged a ferry parked at a pier on Sirey...
Australian Man Dies After Suspected Road Rage Incident with Group of Motorbike Racers in...
Banglamung –
An Australian man who was an engineer died after a suspected road rage incident with a group of motorbike racers in the Pattaya area.
The Nongprue Police were notified of the accident last night...
Six People Dead, Five Injured after Minivan Crash in Nakhon Si Thammarat
Nakhon Si Thammarat –
Six people have died and five were injured after a minivan from Bangkok collided with a trailer truck in the Thung Yai district.
The Thung Yai Police was notified of the accident...