Patong
Patong news, including business developments, law enforcement updates, and public safety reports.
- Things To Do
5 best Phuket Beach Clubs
There’s no better place than a beach club to spend…
- Phuket News
Phuket governor orders investigation into complaints of taxi drivers overcharging
Taxi fares charged from the Phuket International Airport are now…
- Phuket News
Phuket official says taxi fares have gone down since the pandemic
Following posts shared on social media on the notoriously high…
- Phuket News
Phuket unveils “colour” festival to reinvigorate economy
In an attempt to build excitement for the reopening of…
- Phuket News
Thai police chief donates 100,000 baht to Phuket man shot by a drunk officer
Thailand’s national police chief has donated 100,000 baht to support…
- Thailand News
Phuket bars to stay closed for July 1 sandbox
Bars, pubs, and other “entertainment venues” throughout Phuket will remain…
- Thailand News
Patong Thieves cite unemployment for theft
Yesterday morning in Patong, a town in Phuket, 2 men,…
- Thailand News
Body found in water off Patong
Yesterday, a man’s body was found in the sea near…
- Phuket News
Phuket police officer who shot noodle vendor denied bail.
A Phuket Provincial Police officer was denied bail today after…
- Phuket News
30 year old Thai woman found dead in car in Patong from apparent suicide
The Thaiger acknowledges that the names of the family and…
- Environment News
TAT says Phuket beaches have been “revitalised” during the pandemic
Phuket’s beaches are perhaps one of the only silver linings…
- Opinion
Phuket to open on July 1 – first in Thailand
by Andrew J. Wood In a move largely expected after…
- Thailand News
Thailand News Today | Fallout from weekend protest violence, Samut Prakan Covid cluster | March 22
We apologise for some poor patches of sound in the…
- Environment News
Patong official denies wastewater to blame for macro algae bloom along beachfront
A Patong official is denying that wastewater flowing into the…
- Phuket News
Watch your step, hundreds of red sea urchins wash up on Patong Beach
Hundreds of red sea urchins washed up on Phuket’s Patong…
- Phuket News
Rescue workers remove 4 metre long python from Patong resort
Rescue workers from the Kusoldharm Foundation branch in Patong, Phuket,…
- Phuket News
Phuket police officer charged with attempted murder for shooting and critically injuring a noodle vendor
The drunk, off-duty police officer in Phuket who has caught…
- Phuket News
Why do foreign men like Thai women? A Thaiger vlogger wants to know
Why do foreign men like Thai women? Bibi, a vlogger…
- Covid-19 News
Patong, Phuket Town, Chalong to fund residents’ vaccination
Patong and Phuket Town are planning to fund registered residents’…
- Tourism News
The Thai government threw a tourist party (sound of crickets) | VIDEO
The Thai Government, flushed with the success of their containment…
- Phuket News
Can Phuket survive? Interview with Bill Barnett | VIDEO
Interview with Bill Barnett from c9Hotelworks. Phuket has now been…
- Phuket News
Phuket’s Covid High Season Crisis | VIDEO
https://youtu.be/hK_j52xMwnU We visited Phuket 3 months ago and found the…
- Phuket News
Phuket in a Covid Crisis – VIDEO
Phuket is facing an existential crisis. Because of its semi-isolation…
- Phuket News
Newborn baby found on bench in Phuket
A newborn baby was found on a bench at a…
- Phuket News
Strong wind and waves this morning closes Phuket’s beaches, one swimmer rescued
Phuket’s Rawai Mayor, Aroon Solos, ordered all beaches in the…
- Phuket News
Missing retired police officer found pinned under tree in Patong
A retired police officer’s body has been found in Patong,…
- Covid-19 News
Lights are out on Ibiza – the world’s party islands go dark
“The party scene, by its nature, is all about getting…
- Covid-19 News
UPDATE: Pushback from local associations over the Thai government’s “Phuket Model”
UPDATE: Amidst the “plans” and “models” being proposed by the…
- Tourism News
Will Phuket’s ‘safe and sealed’ campaign attract foreign tourists?
Summer starts to wane in the northern hemisphere with thoughts…
- Tourism News
Phuket’s ‘safe and sealed’ plan does nothing for the majority of the island’s hospitality sector
OPINION Damned if they do and damed if they don’t.…
- Phuket News
Dozens of Burmese, Thai workers demand back pay, benefits in Phuket
An estimated 100 Burmese and Thai workers went to Phuket…
- Business News
Phuket’s (in)famous “Soi Bangla” district reopens today
Today is the official reopening of Phuket’s famous (or infamous)…
