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Testing Faith: Phuket Vegetarian Festival facing fall in tourism appeal
Testing Faith: Phuket Vegetarian Festival facing fall in tourism appeal
PHUKET: The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is facing serious challenges to its appeal as a major tourist attraction as the number of tourists, including Chinese visitors, turning up to witness the events is falling, local tourism experts have acknowledged.
AoT welcomes Chinese tourists to Phuket for Golden Week, as hordes flock to Chiang Mai
AoT welcomes Chinese tourists to Phuket for Golden Week, as hordes flock to Chiang Mai
PHUKET: Phuket International Airport General Manager Thanee Chuangchoo together with airport staff, Immigration officers and Thai Airways international staff yesteday (Oct 3) welcomed and gave gifts to Chinese tourists arriving in Phuket for the “Golden Week” China national day holidays.
Senate standing Committee on Tourism and Sports swings by Phuket
Senate standing Committee on Tourism and Sports swings by Phuket
PHUKET: Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Tourism and Sports visited Phuket today (Oct 4) to be briefed on the tourism situation in Phuket
Phuket kicks off new Faldo Series Thailand trilogy
Phuket kicks off new Faldo Series Thailand trilogy
GOLF: Phuket is making its mark in the junior golf world after last weekend’s Faldo Series Thailand series saw tough competition from participants of all ages.
Fugitives wanted for B700mn embezzlement in China arrested in Phuket
Fugitives wanted for B700mn embezzlement in China arrested in Phuket
PHUKET: Immigration Bureau Chief Pol Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang has announced the arrest of three Chinese fugitives hiding in Phuket wanted over more than B700 million being embezzled from a company in China.
Two blacklisted foreigners in Phuket arrested, deported
Two blacklisted foreigners in Phuket arrested, deported
PHUKET: Two foreigners already blacklisted and banned from re-entering Thailand have been caught in Phuket thanks to biometric passports, reports the Immigration Bureau.
Youth leaders join Trash Hero in Patong Beach clean-up as part of US-Asean Summit
Youth leaders join Trash Hero in Patong Beach clean-up as part of US-Asean Summit
Over 150 young leaders collaborated with Phuket’s Trash Hero chapter in a clean-up challenge yesterday (October 2) along Patong Beach called “plogging” – picking up rubbish while jogging.
Phuket gets a new Provincial Police Commander
Phuket gets a new Provincial Police Commander
PHUKET: Pol Maj Gen Rungrote Thakurapunyasiri has arrived in Phuket to officially begin his duties at the new Commander of the Phuket Provincial Police.
Man claims ‘Russian Rules’ in shopping mall watch theft
Man claims ‘Russian Rules’ in shopping mall watch theft
PHUKET: A Russian man arrested for stealing a watch from a kiosk in the Central Festival shopping mall has claimed that he had the right to take the watch under “Russian Rules”, reports the Immigration Bureau.
Phuket newborn found abandoned has died
Phuket newborn found abandoned has died
PHUKET: A newborn boy found abandoned beside a lagoon behind a workers camp in Cherng Talay early Sunday morning (Sept 29) has died, police have confirmed.
Kathu checkpoint nets two men with 9mm handguns
Kathu checkpoint nets two men with 9mm handguns
PHUKET: A daytime regular police checkpoint in Kathu yesterday resulted in two men being arrested with both carrying 9mm handguns. Both firearms were legally registered, but the men were caught without a permit to carry them in a public place.
Phuket Vice Governor moved out in regular transfers
Phuket Vice Governor moved out in regular transfers
PHUKET: Prakob Wongmaneerung, who has served as a Phuket Vice Governor since Oct 1, 2017, has been transferred out of Phuket among the regular annual transfers announced each year for Oct 1.
Culture Minister presides over Vegetarian Festival official event
Culture Minister presides over Vegetarian Festival official event
PHUKET: Culture Minister Itthiphol Kunplome was in Phuket yesterday evening (Sept 30) to preside over an official Phuket Vegetarian Festival event at Queen Sirikit Park in Phuket Town.
Le Méridien opens in Khao Lak
Le Méridien opens in Khao Lak
PHUKET: Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, part of Marriott International, has announce the opening of Le Méridien Khao Lak Resort & Spa, a brand-new contemporary-styled resort at Bang Sak Beach in Phang Nga.
Scheduled power outage to hit south of Heroines Monument
Scheduled power outage to hit south of Heroines Monument
PHUKET: The Thalang office of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that power supply will be shut off along one side of Thepkrasattri Rd south of Heroines Monument on Wednesday (Oct 2) while workers carry out repair and maintenance to high-voltage cables in the area.
Main Phuket Town roads to close for Veg Fest procession for His Majesty
Main Phuket Town roads to close for Veg Fest procession for His Majesty
PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality has advised that sections of mains roads in the heart of Phuket Town will be closed to traffic this afternoon and evening (Sept 30) for a special Vegetarian Festival street procession to be held in honour of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun (Rama X).
Youth leaders arrive in Phuket for US-Asean Summit
Youth leaders arrive in Phuket for US-Asean Summit
PHUKET: The US Department of State has brought together 150 emerging leaders between the ages of 18 and 35 from all 10 Asean member states and Timor-Leste for advanced leadership training, collaboration and networking at a summit being held in Phuket today (Sept 30).
Kamala main road to close for Vegetarian Festival
Kamala main road to close for Vegetarian Festival
PHUKET: The main road in Kamala will close for little under two hours tomorrow (Sept 30) as Mah Song spirit mediums and devotees conduct a street procession through the beach resort town as part of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival.
Phuket Opinion: Forest fires up the Asean
Phuket Opinion: Forest fires up the Asean
PHUKET: The haze smothering Phuket earlier this week was not the first, and likely will not be the last time we suffer from Indonesian forest fires. Thankfully the winds soon changed for our island and we were blessed with some rain to clear the skies within a few days, but Songkhla and Hat Yai had already suffered heavily.
Phuket Vegetarian Festival underway
Phuket Vegetarian Festival underway
PHUKET: The Phuket Vegetarian Festival for this year began at sunset on Saturday evening (Sept 28) with devotees raising Go Teng poles high into the air so that the Jade Emperor and the Nine Emperor Gods may descend from the heavens and walk the Earth while the festival takes place over the next nine days.