String of murders, taxi fare rip-offs and thefts sully Phuket's image

Vana Belle, a Luxury Collection Resort, Koh Samui introduces new General Manager Francois Poletti who brings his European style to the luxury resort on Koh Samui

A Covid-19 testing centre has opened on Koh Samui to travellers entering under either the Sandbox or Test & Go travel schemes.

Countries in the Asia Pacific are increasingly taking firmer steps to reopen travel and tourism as they relax border controls and social restrictions despite the rise in Covid-19 cases due to the Omicron variant.

Club Med has announced plans to reopen Club Med Phuket with redesigned spaces, upgraded facilities and refreshed programming.

Talks with China, Malaysia 'this month'

Thai law is explicit. When you enter an eatery, whether one serving hearty meals or a booze bar offering stale nuts, you should prove you have had an antigen test within the last 72 hours or submit to one at the entrance administered by staff.

Since Feb 1, over 60,000 tourists have registered for their visits through the resumed Test & Go scheme and most of them are Europeans

Registration for travelers to enter Thailand via the Test & Go entry pathway has resumed on Tuesday (Feb 1) after more than a month of hiatus prompted by the emergence of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.

Prompted by large numbers of tourists testing positive for Covid-19 upon arrival, Phuket on Wednesday switched to imposing a repeat RT-PCR Covid-19 test on international tourists arriving under the quarantine-free Test & Go scheme.

Hotels must verify each Thailand Pass booking within 30 hours or visitors' registration will be automatically rejected

Tourists warned to obey Thai laws

Satellite images from 10.16am today (Sunday) showed no sign of oil on Thailand’s Mae Ram Phueng beach or in the sea close to Khao Laem Ya-Moo Koh Samet national park

All 25,000 Suvarnabhumi airport staff are expected to get their fourth vaccination against Covid-19 by the end of February

Some of the oil that leaked from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand washed up on a beach in Rayong province late on Friday