Opinion
The Thaiger Opinion Columns.
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Sponsored What are the most affordable places to visit in Thailand?
The Thaiger key takeaways Thailand is still relatively affordable in 2025, offering cheap stays, street food, and low-cost attractions across all regions. Key budget-friendly destinations include Pai, Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Koh Tao, and Kanchanaburi. Travel protection matters. SafetyWing insurance ensures...
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Phuket Opinion: Great news for Phuket and our football team
PHUKET: Phuket football fans received some excellent news last weekend with the revelation that FC Phuket will enjoy financial support from Thai Premier League powerhouse Muangthong United next season. The news also came as a considerable relief to fans, given that the team had been reported “sold” and that its future had been very much in doubt. [See sports pages,…
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Phuket Opinion: Thailand’s lethal roads are not a secret
PHUKET: The UK’s Channel 4 recently aired a documentary entitled ‘The Undocumented Dangers of Thailand’s Roads’. The Phuket Gazette is grateful to Channel 4, as should be Phuket’s tourism professionals, for putting the dangers of our roads in the minds of tourists precisely when needed: just before the start of the nationwide “Seven Days of Danger” road-safety campaign which ended…
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Sunday Opinion: Nesting sustainable development
PHUKET: The Phuket Gazette would like to join the Phuket Governor in wishing all of our readers a happy, healthy and prosperous 2012. [Click here to read the governor’s column in the current issue of our newspaper.] The past 12 months have seen continued growth in the tourism sector, but Phuket’s ongoing transformation into a vibrant, international destination has not…
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