Phuket
Latest Phuket news, including tourism updates, government policies, and local developments.
- Covid-19 News
Phuket businesses beg to allow import of private vaccines
With the July 1 deadline for reopening to internationals travellers…
- Phuket News
Phuket to close land border from 11pm to 5am each day, essential travel only
The Phuket governor issued an order to close all land…
- Visa Information
Many Thailand Elite Card members cancel travel plans as Covid-19 cases rise
The new wave of Covid-19, infecting more than 30,000 people…
- Covid-19 News
Covid UPDATE: 2,012 new infections, provincial updates
2,012 new Covid-19 infections and 15 coronavirus-related deaths were reported…
- Expats
Phuket foreigners called out again over “ignoring” Covid rules
Phuket’s foreigners are being called out again over their alleged…
- Phuket News
2 Phuket expats infected after returning from Krabi and Bangkok
2 expats in Phuket are infected with Covid-19 after returning…
- Covid-19 News
Bangkok car riders must wear face masks if 2 or more people in car
Bangkok car riders now must wear a face mask if…
- Covid-19 News
Thailand’s “problem foreigners” who don’t wear masks. Really?! | VIDEO
UPDATE: Even the Thai PM has been fined for not…
- Tourism News
Government insists Phuket re-opening will go ahead as planned
The Thai government is adamant the planned re-opening of the…
- Covid-19 News
Phuket: even “problem foreigners” must mask up or 20k fine
Phuket government officials have threatened to strictly enforce the 20,000…
- Covid-19 News
Phuket finds 4 Covid infections from newly-mandated rapid antigen tests
Phuket is reporting 4 new Covid-19 infections from those arriving…
- Covid-19 News
Phuket officials stick to their dual-pricing “covid test” guns
Following a few days of negative publicity over its dual-pricing…
- Covid-19 News
Covid UPDATE: 2,070 new infections, provincial totals
2,070 new Covid-19 cases and 4 coronavirus-related deaths were confirmed…
- Phuket News
Covid-19 screening kicks off at Phuket arrival points
Officials on the southern island of Phuket have begun an…
- Phuket News
Expats condemn Phuket’s “xenophobic” rapid-test payment policy
Expats living in Thailand are up in arms after Phuket…
- Covid-19 News
Phuket requires Covid-19 vaccination or 72-hour test
To help wrangle the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak in…
- Covid-19 News
Almost 100,000 Sinovac doses delivered to Phuket for second round of jabs
Phuket is receiving almost 100,000 Covid-19 Sinovac doses to administer second…
- Thailand News
Phuket requires Covid paperwork to enter from red zone provinces from Wednesday (April 21)
From this Wednesday Phuket joins other provinces after additional entry…
- Thailand News
THAILAND NEWS TODAY | Slight drop in new cases, Pattaya Pit Bull aftermath, Australia and NZ travel bubble | April 19
Thailand’s CCSA reported a total of 1,390 new Covid…
- Tourism News
Thailand’s 3rd wave wreaks havoc on the Tourism Restart Plan – where are we now?
OPINION by Andrew J Wood Thailand Ministers ponder the next…
- Covid-19 News
Siam Bioscience says July due date of locally-produced AstraZeneca vaccine still feasible
Siam Bioscience Co. says the July due date for delivering…
- Covid-19 News
New restrictions start from midnight tonight (Saturday), more could come later
The Thai government has resolved to ‘manage’ its way out…
- Covid-19 News
Friday’s Covid-19 cases, province by province
Today’s provincial totals, as reported in the past 24 hours.…
- Transport News
Footbridges stop luxury yacht travelling from Phuket to Samui
Footbridges in Phuket stood in the way of a luxury…
- Covid-19 News
People and businesses to face legal action for spreading Covid virus
Health officials say those people and entertainment businesses who helped…
- Covid-19 News
Hotel blog suggests Phuket should push ahead with July reopening despite Covid surge
A hotel information blog is claiming that, despite growing Covid-19…
- Covid-19 News
Covid UPDATE: Wednesday’s new infections rise to 1,335 people, 36 people in “serious condition”
Thailand’s CCSA has announced 1,335 new infections today, after a…
- Chiang Mai News
Tourism officials slash Songkran travel expectations by half
The TAT, ever the optimists regarding anything tourism related, even…
- Education
Phuket student protests and is flunked as “not loyal to the nation”
After participating in protests for student’s rights, a Phuket student…
- Covid-19 News
16 more Covid infections reported today in Phuket
Phuket is reporting 16 more infections today. It follows visits…
- Thailand News
UPDATE: Thai PM orders closure of bars and clubs in 41 provinces
UPDATE: The order to close bars and nightlife venues in…
- Covid-19 News
Phuket bars and nightclubs ordered to close for 10 days
Bars, pubs and nightlife venues in Phuket are ordered to…
