Many foreigners have been caught working illegally as tour guides in Phuket and could be deported or banned from re-entering Thailand permanently.

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has announced the government’s decision to allow the use of payment products and services through digital assets in storage areas in Phuket, a popular island destination in the country.

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has announced that Phuket will be elevated to a premium tourism destination as efforts are underway to resolve various challenges facing the island province.

Thailand’s tourism operators have called for a long-term plan to manage floods and storms to prevent possible damage to tourism and the economy, following the floods in northern provinces and a deadly landslide in Phuket.

Along with advantages of diverse and rich natural tourism resources, Phuket province in southern Thaland is working to improve infrastructure and service quality to lure more holiday-makers to its island of same name during low tourist season which spans from April to October.

Thailand’s Phuket seeks measures to promote tourism during low season

Phu Quoc island, known for its natural landscapes and strategic proximity to major Southeast Asian cities, has rapidly emerged as one of Vietnam's fastest-growing destinations, property consultancy Savills Vietnam said.

The island province of Phuket, southern Thailand, is seeking to become a low-carbon destination, with future development plans focusing on waste management and lowering greenhouse emissions to promote eco-tourism.

Vietjet will be the first airline to operate the direct service between Hanoi and Phuket (Thailand) starting this summer.

Localities with popular tourist attractions in Thailand have taken measures to crack down on criminals to better ensure the safety of visitors and residents.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand led by Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh is on a working visit to Phuket province from October 18-20 in a bid to foster cooperation between Vietnamese and Thai localities.

Budget carrier Vietjet Air on June 3 welcomed passengers back on its journey between Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam and Phuket, a popular tourist destination of Thailand.

Thailand’s authorities on January 7 decided to extend the suspension of the Test & Go no-quarantine programme for air travellers indefinitely, but three provinces will be added to the sandbox scheme that currently applies only to Phuket.

While the COVID-19 Task Force of Indonesia is preparing strategies to prevent a spike in COVID-19 cases during the year-end holidays, Thailand is to permit fully vaccinated arrivals from low-risk countries to return to its popular destinations.

Fully vaccinated travellers from any country in the world can now book holidays in Phuket and other provinces taking part in the sandbox scheme, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced.

Phuket, an island of Thailand and one of its most popular tourist attractions, expects to generate tens of billions of baht from one million foreign arrivals over the next six months.

A teleconference was held on September 22 to discuss post-pandemic cooperation between Vietnam’s the northern province of Quang Ninh and Thailand’s Phuket, especially in re-opening tourism markets.

Nearly 8,000 foreign tourists have applied for a Certificate of Entry (COE) through Thai embassies and consulates around the world since the country kicked off the Phuket Tourism “Sandbox”, a pilot phase of Thailand’s tourism reopening plan, on the resort island on July 1.

The first group of Chinese tourists under the Special Tourist Visa (STV) scheme, arrived at Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Airport on October 20 and will enter a 14-day quarantine, said the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

Thai authorities said on October 2 that the country will begin reopening its borders to outsiders and kick-start the tourism industry plagued by the COVID-19 pandemic with a flight from China this month.