According to eturbonews.com, Thai and foreign tourists trapped on Racha Yai island after a heavy storm were lifted to safety by the Thai navy, police said on Sunday. A total of 157 tourists, comprising 141 foreigners and 16 Thais, were stuck on the island on the east coast of Phuket after a rainstorm arrived on Saturday morning, bringing strong winds and four-metre high waves. The Provincial Navy Region 3 vessel HTMS Sriracha went to rescue the stranded tourists and take them back to Phuket’s Muang district at around 8pm Saturday. Read article
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dailymail.co.uk reported that more than 30,000 demonstrators marched to 13 areas across the city, including state offices, military headquarters and television stations. The tourist industry in Thailand could be dealt another blow after further political demonstrations flared up in Bangkok over the weekend. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has not updated its advice since […]
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Thailand’s Tourism Police have sacked an officer arrested for involvement in a transnational ATM skimming gang. Tourist Police Division Commander Pol Maj Gen Apichai Thi-amart said Pol Sen Sgt Maj Nontapan Saengsuk, 37, a Tourist Police officer, was dismissed from the agency following his arrest. Pol Sen Sgt Maj Nontapan was caught in Nakhon Ratchasima, […]
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According to AOL Travel UK, a British tourist drowned at Karon Beach in Phuket, Thailand, on Wednesday afternoon just hours after a bad weather warning was issued for the area. Edward Joseph Brookes, 63, disappeared in the surf in front of the Karon Muncipality Stadium. According to Nationmultimedia.com, Kata-Karon chief lifeguard Uten Singsom said: “By […]
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According to AOL Travel UK, a British tourist is lucky to be alive after falling from a third-storey hotel balcony in Thailand after reportedly having her drinks spiked. Romany Mitchell, 21, fell 30ft after returning to her hotel following a night out in Phuket last Tuesday. Friends claim she had her drinks spiked in a […]
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Bangkokpost.com reports that the accident involving the double-decker bus carrying 51 passengers occurred on Road 7, better known as the Pattaya bypass road, rescue officials said. Twelve injured tourists were taken to Samitivej Hospital in Sri Racha, including Gary Pomeransve, 75, the only person hurt in the incident to be named so far. Another 10 […]
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AOL Travel UK reports that Tourists have been warned to stay out of the water at Phuket’s northern beaches after a large three-metre crocodile was spotted in the sea on Monday. According to the Phuket Wan, the animal was seen at Mai Khao beach in Thailand, and the sighting was confirmed by authorities. The alarm […]
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The Guardian reports that an overcrowded tourist ferry capsized and sank near a popular Thai seaside town on Sunday, killing six people including two Russians and a Chinese, police said. The rest of the roughly 200 people aboard were rescued. The double-decker ferry carrying Thai and foreign tourists left Lan island on a 30-minute trip […]
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Eturbonews.com reported that, police have confirmed that a Russian tourist died in a swimming pool at the Royal Crown Hotel & Palm Spa Resort in Patong this morning (November 1) at around 4.30am. Pol Maj Jongsirm Preecha, an inquiry officer at Kathu Police, said he believed the Russian man died from falling in the pool […]
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Arabianbusiness.com reports that two Omani tourists allegedly had their drinks spiked before being robbed in Thailand’s tourist hot spot of South Pattaya in the early hours of Friday morning, it was reported. According to the Pattaya Daily News, the two Omani nationals were returning to their hotel in Soi Kor-Phai, Chonburi Province when a woman, […]
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