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SET-listed Ananda Development plans to develop a mix of residential projects comprising a wellness centre, hotels and an international school on a 500-rai inland plot in Phuket, with the first phase beginning next year.

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Businessmen rescued from broken down boat

PHUKET: Four Chinese businessmen were rescued after from their launch broke down at sea during a fishing trip.

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Ritual piercings mark annual Taoist festival in Phuket

PHUKET: Worshippers in this island resort province have celebrated a nine-day Taoist festival, with many piercing their faces with metal spikes and walking on hot coals to show devotion to deities.

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Swedish driver helped out of burning car

PHUKET: An injured Swedish driver was helped safely from his burning car after crashing into a roadside signpost in Thalang district on Sunday evening.

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Thai vegetarian festival returns after COVID hiatus

Hundreds of devotees flocked to temples and staged processions to celebrate the annual vegetarian festival this week on the island of Phuket in southern Thailand, being held for the first time after the COVID-19 pandemic eased.

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Spartan race puts Phuket in limelight

Phuket will host the Spartan Apac Championship 2022 in November, a gruelling series of races that is expected to attract 5,000 runners and generate 1 billion baht for the local economy.

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Phuket hotels upbeat on prospects for festive season

The festive season in the final quarter is expected to bring hotel bookings in Phuket that match pre-Covid levels, but not every hospitality segment will reap benefits, according to the Phuket Hotels Association.

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Extreme piercing cleanses souls at Phuket vegetarian festival

Taoist devotees had body parts pierced with objects ranging from skewers and swords to a model ship on Tuesday as Phuket's Vegetarian Festival returned from a two-year Covid-19 pandemic hiatus.

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6.2 Sumatra quake felt in southern Thailand

People living in tall buildings in three southern provinces — Songkhla, Phangna and Phuket — felt tremors from an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale centred off the northwestern tip of Sumatra in Indonesia early Saturday.

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Phuket sees 4m foreign tourists

Over four million visitors have arrived in Phuket in the first eight months of 2022, generating at least 66 billion baht for the resort island, according to deputy governor Pichet Panapong.

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Phuket seeks to shift from tourism to new revenue areas

Businesses in Phuket want to pivot the province to gastronomy, international education, marinas, medical services, meetings and conventions, sports, smart city development and tuna exports to reduce dependency on the tourism sector after it was severely hit by the pandemic.

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Disneyland, Thai style

While the sunset lights the sky over Phuket and our car swirls down a mountainous long road to Carnival Magic, it is like we are travelling through a wizardly land straight out of a fairy tale.

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Phuket vegetarian festival expected to bring in B3bn

PHUKET: The annual Phuket vegetarian festival, which begins on Monday, is expected to attract more than 3 billion baht in visitor-spending this year, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

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Saudi tourists injured in go-kart accident

PHUKET: Four tourists from Saudi Arabia, three adults and a child, were slightly injured after a go-kart they were riding rammed into a power post in Muang district of this southern island resort province on Sunday, the Tambon Chalong Municipality said in an announcement.

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Nightspots lobby for 4am licence

PHUKET: The Sports and Tourism Ministry will soon propose that the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) ease opening restrictions on night entertainment venues to increase earnings and attract tourists.

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Apec meet kicks off with SME forum

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) ministers from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) nations kicked off a meeting in Phuket on Monday, which was organised to promote the bio-circular-green (BCG) economic model among its members.

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Phuket to open Carnival Magic park

Carnival Magic Co, under the umbrella of Safari World, the country's biggest theme park operator, is set to open Carnival Magic theme park in Phuket on Sept 20 to draw tourists during the upcoming high season.

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Flights unaffected at partly flooded Phuket airport

PHUKET: Floodwater reached only the private-jet parking area at Phuket airport and commercial flights were continuing as normal on Friday, although nearby roads were flooded.

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Floods in Thalang as downpours hit Phuket

Hours of heavy rain battered Thalang district of Phuket on Friday morning causing serious flooding in many areas, including in front of Phuket airport.

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Floods in Thalang as downpours batter Phuket

PHUKET: Hours of heavy rain battered Thalang district on Friday morning causing serious flooding in many areas, including in front of Phuket airport.

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Doctors seek answers after girl loses hair following Covid

PHUKET: Doctors are trying to determine whether the hair loss of a young girl is linked to her two doses of Covid-19 vaccine, the disease itself or another cause entirely.

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BOI organises a seminar on Thailand’s Long-term Resident (LTR) Visa Program in Phuket

Mr. Narit Therdsteerasukdi, Deputy Secretary General of the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) delivered his opening remarks for the seminar on “Thailand’s Long-term Resident (LTR) Visa Program”, on 26 August 2022, hosted by Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) at Boat Lagoon Resort, Phuket province.

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Penang's Firefly starts regular Phuket flights

PHUKET: Tourism in this island province has been boosted by the introduction of the latest air link from Penang operated by Malaysia-based Firefly which launched its inaugural flight on Friday.

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Get great deals at Cape & Kantary Hotels

Cape & Kantary Hotels with its 23 properties across Thailand announced participation in the "We Travel Together Phase 4" campaign where guests can make their reservation and stay at one of many hotels in popular locations such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Phangnga, Nakhon Ratchasima, Ayutthaya, Rayong, Surat Thani and…

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Rediscovering Penang

As the bus takes us to George Town for breakfast, I glance out the window and see how similar Penang and Phuket islands are to one another. Both old cities are home to a unique collection of magnificent classic Sino-Portuguese buildings that harmoniously fuse Eastern and Western architectural styles.

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