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Industry officials are seeking the go-ahead for a project to transform over 140 rai of government land in Phuket into a world-leading medical hub. The project...
A man has been found hanged in Phuket Town apartment yesterday. Police are treating the cases as a suicide at the moment. The man was found...
Some domestic routes are being added as local routes continue to expand. This time Bangkok Airways has announced it's resuming its Samui-Phuket, Phuket-Hat Yai and Phuket-Pattaya/Rayong...
Phuket officials are setting aside around 4 billion baht to transform medical tourism in the southern province of Phuket, by developing a state-of-the-art treatment hub in...
https://youtu.be/NbUBBzcYLRM Bill Heinecke speaks to Bill Barnett. The two heavy-hitters of Thailand's hotel and hospitality sector, mull over the current Covid situation and the reopening of...
After much confusion and a few apparent 'misunderstandings', Chinese tourists on the Special Tourist Visa will actually arrive on October 20 and 26. At least that's...
Government officials are to hold a Cabinet meeting in Phuket on November 2 and 3, when they will meet with local authorities and business owners to...
WARNING: Graphic photos and video below. After months and months of an economic slowdown induced by the coronavirus pandemic and the lack of tourists, thousands of...
WARNING: Content below contains graphic images of self-mutilation that some may find disturbing. While Phuket's annual Vegetarian Festival was given the "okay" to move forward with...
A man who held a Phuket shopkeeper hostage at gunpoint has surrendered following a 4 hour stand-off with police. Nation Thailand reports that the incident occurred...
The Covid-19 pandemic led has tax revenue in Phuket to be cut in half. Border closures, banning international tourists, has caused the tax revenue for the...
Not a single person from Guangzhou, China, actually applied for the new Special Tourist Visa. That's the sad and bizarre truth, according to Thai media outlet...
Thailand's Soi Dog Foundation co-founder John Dalley has been honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours List and been awarded an MBE, the Most Excellent Order of the British...
The director of Phuket Airport says at least 15,000 domestic passengers per day are expected during the upcoming Vegetarian Festival. Thani Chuangchu says the event, which...
Phuket is a province in the south of Thailand. Phuket's beaches face the Andaman Sea allowing the west coast beaches fantastic sunsets right throughout the year. If you're looking for news in Phuket, go to thethaiger.com/phuket Or follow our instant news in our Facebook pages.
The good news is that Phuket is famous for its foodie scene with an enormously diverse range of local and international foods - Phuket and southern favorites, street food along with international choices catering for the 12 million visitors to the island each year. The Thaiger follows Phuket news and information 24 hours a day with regular updates.
Phuket is only 'just' an island with a 300 metre bridge linking it to Thailand's mainland. We're always reporting in the news that the channel beneath is frequently dredged to maintain Phuket's status as an island. On the other side of Sarasin Bridge is the Province of Phang Nga.
Getting to Phuket is easy as the island has land, air and sea connections. Phuket is also used as a take-off point for local island trips as Thailand's largest island is surrounded by over 30 pristine islands. Koh Phi Phi and the famous Maya Bay are always in the news and would be the best known of the island's just off Phuket's shores.
Phuket is an island and a province. It's the largest island in Thailand – 48 km north to south, 21 km east to west.
It's about 20% smaller, in area, than Singapore but much less densely populated. Whilst the island nation of Singapore boasts a population of nearly 6 million, Phuket has a permanent population of around 400-450,000 (but varies a lot with the influx of tourists and a workforce that is always changing). Most of Phuket remains jungle and tropical rainforest despite an acceleration of development over the past 20 years.
Unlike some of Thailand's other popular islands (that are in the Gulf of Thailand), the news is that Phuket is located in the Andaman Sea.
Phuket is 878 km north of the equator.
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